Read Pst Files From Win32 Or Pypff

I want to read PST files using Python. I've found 2 libraries win32 and pypff Using win32 we can initiate a outlook object using: import win32com.client outlook = win32com.client.

Solution 1:

This is something that I want to do for my own application. I was able to piece together a solution from these sources:

1. https://gist.github.com/attibalazs/d4c0f9a1d21a0b24ff375690fbb9f9a7
2. https://github.com/matthewproctor/OutlookAttachmentExtractor
3. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/outlook.namespace

The third link above should give additional details about available attributes and various item types. My solution still needs to connect to your Outlook application, but it should be transparent to the user since the pst store is automatically removed using in the try/catch/finally block. I hope this helps you get on the right track!

import win32com.client

deffind_pst_folder(OutlookObj, pst_filepath) :
    for Store in OutlookObj.Stores :
        if Store.IsDataFileStore and Store.FilePath == pst_filepath :
            return Store.GetRootFolder()
    returnNonedefenumerate_folders(FolderObj) :
    for ChildFolder in FolderObj.Folders :
        enumerate_folders(ChildFolder)
    iterate_messages(FolderObj)

defiterate_messages(FolderObj) :
    for item in FolderObj.Items :
        print("***************************************")
        print(item.SenderName)
        print(item.SenderEmailAddress)
        print(item.SentOn)
        print(item.To)
        print(item.CC)
        print(item.BCC)
        print(item.Subject)

        count_attachments = item.Attachments.Count
        if count_attachments > 0 :
            for att inrange(count_attachments) :
                print(item.Attachments.Item(att + 1).Filename)

Outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")

pst = r"C:\Users\Joe\Your\PST\Path\example.pst"
Outlook.AddStore(pst)
PSTFolderObj = find_pst_folder(Outlook,pst)
try :
    enumerate_folders(PSTFolderObj)
except Exception as exc :
    print(exc)
finally :
    Outlook.RemoveStore(PSTFolderObj)