lightweight gmail downloader

popclientdump.py

# quick hack to download a bunch of gmail emails for testing. this is the easiest way to do this the hardway.

from poplib import POP3_SSL, error_proto
from sys import argv
from time import time
from argparse import ArgumentParser

def gmaildump(username, password, quantity):
    gmail = POP3_SSL("pop.gmail.com", 995)
#    gmail.set_debuglevel(5)
    gmail.user(username)
    gmail.pass_(password)
    gmail.getwelcome()
    gmail.stat()
    inbox = gmail.list()[1]
    for message_index in range(int(quantity)):
        #I don't really care about individual emails, so I don't track their names
        f = open(str(time()), 'w')
        f.write("\r\n".join(gmail.retr(str(message_index+1))[1]))
        f.close()
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    #overkill, but pretty
    argparser = ArgumentParser("Dump a bunch of gmail emails")
    argparser.add_argument('username')
    argparser.add_argument('password')
    argparser.add_argument('quantity',type=int,help="The number of emails to download. Oldest first")
    args = argparser.parse_args()
    
    try:
        gmaildump(args.username,args.password,args.quantity)
    except error_proto as unfortunate:
        print unfortunate.message