Check unread count of Gmail messages with Python

Check unread count of Gmail messages with Python

You can check the unread count of Gmail messages using Python by using the Google API client library for Gmail. To do this, you'll need to follow these steps:

  1. Set up a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) project and enable the Gmail API:

    • Go to the Google Cloud Console (https://console.cloud.google.com/).
    • Create a new project or use an existing one.
    • Enable the Gmail API for your project.

  2. Create OAuth 2.0 credentials:

    • In the Cloud Console, navigate to "APIs & Services" > "Credentials."
    • Click "Create credentials" and select "OAuth client ID."
    • Choose "Desktop app" as the application type.
    • Download the JSON file containing your client ID and client secret.

  3. Install the required libraries: You'll need the google-auth, google-auth-oauthlib, and google-auth-httplib2 libraries for authentication, and the google-api-python-client library for working with the Gmail API. You can install them using pip:

    pip install google-auth google-auth-oauthlib google-auth-httplib2 google-api-python-client

  4. Use the following Python code to check the unread count of Gmail messages:

import os from google.oauth2 import credentials from google.auth.transport.requests import Request from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow from googleapiclient.discovery import build # Define the scope for accessing Gmail API SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly'] def main(): # Set up the credentials creds = None if os.path.exists('token.json'): creds = credentials.Credentials.from_authorized_user_file('token.json', SCOPES) if not creds or not creds.valid: if creds and creds.expired and creds.refresh_token: creds.refresh(Request()) else: flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file( 'credentials.json', SCOPES) creds = flow.run_local_server(port=0) # Save the credentials for the next run with open('token.json', 'w') as token: token.write(creds.to_json()) # Build the Gmail API service service = build('gmail', 'v1', credentials=creds) # Get the unread message count results = service.users().messages().list(userId='me', labelIds=['INBOX'], q='is:unread').execute() unread_count = results.get('resultSizeEstimate', 0) print(f'Unread Gmail messages: {unread_count}') if __name__ == '__main__': main()

Make sure to replace 'credentials.json' with the path to the JSON file containing your OAuth client ID and client secret that you downloaded in step 2.

When you run this script, it will authenticate with Gmail and print the number of unread messages in your inbox. If successful, you should see the count displayed in the console.

Examples

  1. "Python code to check unread count of Gmail messages" Description: This query seeks Python code to retrieve the number of unread Gmail messages. Code:

    import imaplib def get_unread_count(username, password): try: mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com') mail.login(username, password) mail.select('inbox') _, data = mail.search(None, 'UNSEEN') unread_count = len(data[0].split()) return unread_count except Exception as e: print("An error occurred:", e) return None # Usage username = 'your_email@gmail.com' password = 'your_password' unread_count = get_unread_count(username, password) print("Unread count:", unread_count)

  2. "Python script to fetch unread Gmail messages count" Description: This query looks for a Python script specifically designed to fetch the count of unread Gmail messages. Code:

    from google.auth import exceptions, credentials from googleapiclient.discovery import build def get_unread_count(credentials_path): try: creds = credentials.Credentials.from_authorized_user_file(credentials_path) service = build('gmail', 'v1', credentials=creds) unread_messages = service.users().messages().list(userId='me', q='is:unread').execute() unread_count = unread_messages['resultSizeEstimate'] return unread_count except (exceptions.DefaultCredentialsError, FileNotFoundError, exceptions.RefreshError) as e: print("An error occurred:", e) return None # Usage credentials_path = 'path/to/credentials.json' unread_count = get_unread_count(credentials_path) print("Unread count:", unread_count)

  3. "Python code to get unread Gmail messages count" Description: This query seeks Python code to extract the count of unread Gmail messages using the Gmail API. Code:

    import os from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials from googleapiclient.discovery import build def get_unread_count(): try: creds = Credentials.from_authorized_user_file('credentials.json') service = build('gmail', 'v1', credentials=creds) response = service.users().messages().list(userId='me', q='is:unread').execute() unread_count = len(response.get('messages', [])) return unread_count except Exception as e: print("An error occurred:", e) return None # Usage unread_count = get_unread_count() print("Unread count:", unread_count)

  4. "Python function to check unread Gmail messages count" Description: This query is looking for a Python function that can be used to check the count of unread Gmail messages. Code:

    import imaplib def get_unread_count(username, password): try: mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com') mail.login(username, password) mail.select('inbox') _, data = mail.search(None, 'UNSEEN') unread_count = len(data[0].split()) return unread_count except Exception as e: print("An error occurred:", e) return None # Usage username = 'your_email@gmail.com' password = 'your_password' unread_count = get_unread_count(username, password) print("Unread count:", unread_count)

  5. "Python code to get number of unread emails in Gmail" Description: This query aims to find Python code to obtain the count of unread emails in a Gmail account. Code:

    import imaplib def get_unread_count(username, password): try: mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com') mail.login(username, password) mail.select('inbox') _, data = mail.search(None, 'UNSEEN') unread_count = len(data[0].split()) return unread_count except Exception as e: print("An error occurred:", e) return None # Usage username = 'your_email@gmail.com' password = 'your_password' unread_count = get_unread_count(username, password) print("Unread count:", unread_count)

  6. "Python script to count unread emails in Gmail" Description: This query is looking for a Python script that can count the number of unread emails in a Gmail inbox. Code:

    import imaplib def get_unread_count(username, password): try: mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com') mail.login(username, password) mail.select('inbox') _, data = mail.search(None, 'UNSEEN') unread_count = len(data[0].split()) return unread_count except Exception as e: print("An error occurred:", e) return None # Usage username = 'your_email@gmail.com' password = 'your_password' unread_count = get_unread_count(username, password) print("Unread count:", unread_count)

  7. "Python function to retrieve unread emails count from Gmail" Description: This query seeks a Python function capable of retrieving the count of unread emails from a Gmail account. Code:

    import imaplib def get_unread_count(username, password): try: mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com') mail.login(username, password) mail.select('inbox') _, data = mail.search(None, 'UNSEEN') unread_count = len(data[0].split()) return unread_count except Exception as e: print("An error occurred:", e) return None # Usage username = 'your_email@gmail.com' password = 'your_password' unread_count = get_unread_count(username, password) print("Unread count:", unread_count)

  8. "Python code to fetch unread emails count in Gmail" Description: This query looks for Python code capable of fetching the count of unread emails in a Gmail inbox. Code:

    import imaplib def get_unread_count(username, password): try: mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com') mail.login(username, password) mail.select('inbox') _, data = mail.search(None, 'UNSEEN') unread_count = len(data[0].split()) return unread_count except Exception as e: print("An error occurred:", e) return None # Usage username = 'your_email@gmail.com' password = 'your_password' unread_count = get_unread_count(username, password) print("Unread count:", unread_count)

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