Count imap unread emails

imap-count.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
    small script to check for unread count on imap inbox
"""
import imaplib

IMAPSERVER = 'imap.fastmail.com'
USER = 'user@domain'
PASSWORD = 'xxxxxxxx'

try:
    mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(IMAPSERVER)
    mail.login(USER, PASSWORD)
    mail.select("INBOX", True) # connect to inbox.
    return_code, mail_ids = mail.search(None, 'UnSeen')
    converted = str(mail_ids[0], "UTF-8") 
    if converted == "":
        count = 0
    else:
        count = len(converted.split(" "))
except:
    count = 0

if count == 0:
    print("<span color='#a3be8c'>📪 " + str(count) + "</span>")
else:
    print("<span color='#bf616a'>📬 " + str(count) + "</span>")