Name

imap_get — get messages from a IMAP4 mail server.

Synopsis

array imap_get ( in host varchar ,
in user varchar ,
in password varchar ,
in command varchar ,
in folder_id varchar ,
in list vector ,
in use_ssl integer );

Description

imap_get is used used to work with mail server running the IMAP4 version 4rev1 as defined in rfc3501.

Parameters

host

The host to connect with. IP address or hostname:port. There is no default for port, so to connect to the standard port for IMAP, use <hostname/IP address>:143

user

string user id in remote host.

password

string password in remote host.

command

Command string . Valid values are ' list ', 'delete ', 'create ', 'select ', 'expunge ', 'rename ', 'fetch ', ' message_delete ', ' message_copy '.

folder_id

IMAP4 mail box ID (e.g. 'INBOX', 'Draft' and etc) to work with.

list

A list of items to work with, depends on the command.

use_ssl

Use SSL connection, 1 - use, 0 - do not use.

Return Types

Depends on the command value:

  • list : - list of mail boxes in selected mail box (needs folder_id, if folder_id = '' work with root of mail account). list - empty vector.

    Returns: A vector of strings containing name attributes, hierarchy delimiter, name of mailbox or empty vector.

    See more specification details .

    Example

    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','list','INBOX', vector (), 1);
    imap_get
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    vector(0x00491f08)
    
    1 Rows. -- 2090 msec.
    
    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','list','INBOX', vector (), 1)[0];
    aref
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX"
    
    1 Rows. -- 1997 msec.
    
    
  • delete : deletes the selected mail box (needs folder_id). list - empty vector.

    Returns: Empty vector.

    See more specification details .

    Example

    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','delete','SomeBox', vector (), 1);
    imap_get
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    vector()
    
    1 Rows. -- 2090 msec.
    
  • create : creates a new mail box in the selected mail box (needs folder_id). list - empty vector.

    Returns: Empty vector.

    See more specification details .

    Example

    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','create','INBOX/SomeBox', vector (), 1);
    imap_get
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    vector()
    
    1 Rows. -- 2090 msec.
    
  • select : lists all messages in the selected mail box (needs folder_id). list - empty vector.

    This command gets the header fields of messages:

    UID FLAGS INTERNALDATE RFC822.SIZE BODY.PEEK[HEADER.FIELDS (DATE FROM SUBJECT TO CC MESSAGE-ID REFERENCES CONTENT-TYPE CONTENT-DESCRIPTION IN-REPLY-TO REPLY-TO LINES LIST-POST X-LABEL)]
    

    Returns: A vector of vectors containing: UID, header fields and data separated by ' ', Data of BODY.PEEK information (the last requested parameter - BODY.PEEK[HEADER.FIELDS (DATE FROM SUBJECT TO CC MESSAGE-ID REFERENCES CONTENT-TYPE CONTENT-DESCRIPTION IN-REPLY-TO REPLY-TO LINES LIST-POST X-LABEL)]).

    Example

    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','select', 'INBOX', vector (), 1);
    imap_get
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    vector(0x004435a0)
    
    1 Rows. -- 2293 msec.
    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','select', 'INBOX', vector (), 1)[0];
    aref
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    vector(139,0x00443d50,0x00494758)
    
    1 Rows. -- 2293 msec.
    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','select', 'INBOX', vector (), 1)[0][1];
    aref
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    RFC822.SIZE 89126 INTERNALDATE "09-Nov-2011 22:47:59 +0000" FLAGS (NonJunk \Seen) BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (DATE FROM SUBJECT TO CC MESSAGE-ID REFERENCES CONTENT-TYPE CONTENT-DESCRIPTION IN-REPLY-TO REPLY-TO LINES LIST-POST X-LABEL)] {368}
    
    1 Rows. -- 2230 msec.
    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','select', 'INBOX', vector (), 1)[0][2];
    aref
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    Message-ID: <4EBB0319.1050200@openlinksw.com>
    Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:47:53 +0100
    From: demo <demo@openlinksw.com>
    To: "ods.check@gmail.com" <ods.check@gmail.com>
    Subject: test from OL account with attached image
    Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------ms000205010302050500060406"
    
    1 Rows. -- 2200 msec.
    
    
  • expunge : expunges (deletes messages marked for deletion) the selected mail box (needs folder_id). list - empty vector.

    Returns: An empty vector.

    Example

    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','expunge', 'INBOX', vector (), 1);
    imap_get
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    vector()
    
    1 Rows. -- 3541 msec.
    
  • rename : renames selected mail box. folder_id is not used, folder_id = ''. list - vector of 2 names: old and new.

    Returns: Empty vector.

    See more specification details .

    Example

    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','rename', '', vector ('Travel', 'New Travel'), 1);
    imap_get
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    vector()
    
    1 Rows. -- 2013 msec.
    
    
  • fetch : fetches messages from the selected mail box (needs folder_id). folder_id is id of selected mail box, list - vector of UIDs of messages.

    Returns: A vector of vectors containing: UID and data of BODY.PEEK[] information (full message data).

    Example Get the list and UIDs of messages:

    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','select', 'INBOX', vector (), 1)[0];
    aref
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    vector(139,0x00443d50,0x00494758)
    
    1 Rows. -- 2215 msec.
    

    Then get full data of message by its mail box id and UID:

    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','fetch', 'INBOX', vector (139), 1);
    imap_get
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    vector(0x00442410)
    
    1 Rows. -- 3807 msec.
    
    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','fetch', 'INBOX', vector (139), 1) [0][1];
    aref
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    Warning 01004: [OpenLink][Virtuoso ODBC Driver]CL077: Data truncated in column 1 of the result-setr(aref, type 242)
    at line 1 of Top-Level: select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','fetch', 'INBOX', vector (139), 1)[0][1]
    Delivered-To: ods.check@gmail.com
    Received: by 43.18.75.3 with SMTP id um9cs133471icb; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:48:00 -0800 (PST)
    Received: by 101.43.13.258 with SMTP id d19mr8062565vdh.48.1320878879524; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:47:59 -0800 (PST)
    Return-Path: <demo@openlinksw.com>
    Received: from mail.openlinksw.com (mail.openlinksw.com. [25.138.12.16])by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id pm6si1474987vcb.111.2013.04.12.81.63.84 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:47:59 -0800 (PST)
    Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of demo@openlinksw.com designates 81.134.67.27 as permitted sender) client-ip=25.138.12.16;
    Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of demo@openlinksw.com designates 25.138.12.16 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=demo@openlinksw.com
    Received: from example.com ([152.114.12.11] helo=[152.114.12.146]) by mail.openlinksw.com with esmtp (Exim 4.74) (envelope-from <demo@openlinksw.com>) id 1ROGw0-0004Oj-5a for ods.check@gmail.com; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:47:58 -0500
    Message-ID: <4EBB0319.1050200@openlinksw.com>
    Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:47:53 +0100
    From: demo <demo@openlinksw.com>
    User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thunderbird/7.0.1
    MIME-Version: 1.0
    To: "ods.check@gmail.com" <ods.check@gmail.com>
    Subject: test from OL account with attached image
    Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------ms000205010302050500060406"
    
    This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format.
    
    --------------ms000205010302050500060406
    Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080604090408010101040005"
    
    This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
    --------------080604090408010101040005
    Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------060001020305030405060601"
    
    --------------060001020305030405060601
    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
    
    *simple test*
    
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    Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
    
    <html>
      <head>
        <meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DISO=-8859-1">
      </head>
      <body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000">
        <b>simple test</b><br>
      </body>
    </html>
    
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    1 Rows. -- 3338 msec.
    
    
  • message_delete : deletes messages from mail box (needs folder_id). folder_id is id of selected mail box, list - vector of UIDs of messages.

    Returns: empty vector.

    Example

    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','message_delete', 'INBOX', vector(139), 1);
    imap_get
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    vector()
    
    1 Rows. -- 2262 msec.
    
  • message_copy : copies messages from select mail box to another. folder_id is id of selected mail box, list - vector of: first vector item is an id of target mail box, and UIDs of messages.

    Returns: empty vector.

    Example

    SQL> select imap_get ('imap.gmail.com:993','ods.check','openlink','message_copy', 'INBOX', vector('Travel', 139), 1);
    imap_get
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    
    vector()
    
    1 Rows. -- 2262 msec.
    

Errors

Table24.63.Errors signalled by all commands

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
IM001 Cannot resolve host in imap_get
IM002 Cannot connect in imap_get
IM003 No response from remote IMAP server
IM004 Could not login to remote IMAP server. Please check user or password parameters.
IM005 CAPABILITY command to remote IMAP server failed
IM010 Failed reading output of LIST command on remote IMAP server
IM007 Cannot resolve host in imap_get
IM008 Cannot resolve host in imap_get

Table24.64.Errors signalled by command "delete":

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
IM011 There must be folder name to delete (5th argument)
IM012 DELETE command to remote IMAP server failed

Table24.65.Errors signalled by command "create":

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
IM015 There must be folder name to create (5th argument)
IM016 CREATE command to remote IMAP server failed

Table24.66.Errors signalled by command "select":

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
IM019 SELECT command to remote IMAP server failed
IM027 Failed reading output of FETCH command on remote IMAP server

Table24.67.Errors signalled by command "expunge":

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
IM020 EXPUNGE command to remote IMAP server failed

Table24.68.Errors signalled by command "rename":

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
IM028 There must be 2 string items in vector of argument 6 (old folder name to rename and a new name)
IM029 There must be 2 string items in vector of argument 6 (old folder name to rename and a new name)
IM030 command to remote IMAP server failed

Table24.69.Errors signalled by command "fetch":

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
IM032 SELECT command to remote IMAP server failed
IM033 No messages in list
IM034 There must be integer items in vector of argument 6

Table24.70.Errors signalled by command "delete":

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
IM035 Error in IMAP command UID STORE

Table24.71.Errors signalled by incorrect command value:

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
IM042 No such command (5th parameter) in protocol

See Also

pop3_get

RFC3501