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How do I access Online Archive mailbox using Python?

SOLVED ! :)
I used the following to move my mail from somewhere in my inbox into online archives with some important help mentioned below :
import win32com
import os
import sys
outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch('outlook.application')
mapi = outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
src = mapi.GetDefaultFolder(6).Folders["tobemoved"]
target = mapi.Folders["Online Archive - XXX"].Folders['Archive']
messages = src.Items
i = range(messages.count, 1, -1)
for x in i:
print(x)
messages(x).Move(target)
`
I have additional folder called
'Online-Archive-Same email address as "inbox" email '
that i currently can't locate it tried to use this link to figure out the enumeration of it . but no luck ..
as i must free up some disk space ill appreciate any help given.
P.S
tried the conventional way - with outlook struggling with connection issues and 22k email to be moved to be archived outlook just giving up on me :) feel free to advise anything that can resolve this issue.

You can access the Office 365 Online Archive folders like this:
Replace the example email with the exact email address you see in outlook.
import win32com.client
import win32com
app = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch("Outlook.Application")
outlook = app.GetNamespace("MAPI")
outlook_folder = outlook.Folders['Online Archive - Example#email.com'].Folders['Inbox']
item_count = outlook_folder.Items.Count
print(item_count)
180923

On the low (Extended MAPI) level (C++ or Delphi only), Online Archive is just another delegate Exchange mailbox. The only way to distinguish an archive mailbox from yet another delegate mailbox owned by some Exchange user is by reading PR_PROFILE_ALTERNATE_STORE_TYPE property in the archive store profile section - retrieve the store entry id (PR_ENTRYID), then find the matching row in the session stores table (IMAPISession::GetMsgStoresTable). For the matching row (use IMAPISession::CompareEntryIDs), retrieve PR_PROVIDER_UID property. Use its value to call IMAPISession.OpenProfileSection. Read PR_PROFILE_ALTERNATE_STORE_TYPE property from the IProfSect object and check if its value is "Archive" (unlike the store name, is not localized).
If Extended MAPI in C++ or Delphi is not an option, you can either
Try to find a matching store in the Namespace.Stores collection with the name starting with "Online Archive - " and the SMTP address of the user. Since that prefix is locale specific, that is not something I would use in production code.
Use Redemption (I am its author) - it exposes RDOExchangeMailboxStore.IsArchive property. If the archive store is not already opened in Outlook, you can also use RDOSession.GetArchiveMailbox. In VB script:
set rSession = CreateObject("Redemption.RDOSession")
rSession.MAPIOBJECT = Application.Session.MAPIOBJECT
userAddress = rSession.CurrentUser.SMTPAddress
set store = GetOpenArchiveMailboxForUser(userAddress)
if not store is Nothing Then
MsgBox "Found archive store for " & userAddress
Else
MsgBox "Could not find archive store for " & userAddress
End If
function GetOpenArchiveMailboxForUser(SmtpAddress)
set GetOpenArchiveMailboxForUser = Nothing
for each store in rSession.Stores
if TypeName(store) = "RDOExchangeMailboxStore" Then
Debug.Print store.Name & " - " & store.Owner.SMTPAddress & " - " & store.IsArchive
if store.IsArchive and LCase(store.Owner.SMTPAddress) = LCase(SmtpAddress) Then
set GetOpenArchiveMailboxForUser = store
exit for
End If
End If
next
end function

Getting the name of a folder using Exchangelib

I have looked at:
How to get the parent folder name of Message with Exchangelib python
But have been unable to make this work using the following debugging code:
for item in docdead.all().order_by('-datetime_received')[:3000]: #look into the inbox the first 3K emails order desc by date received
if item.datetime_received < ews_bfr: #if the mail if older than the custom date in the EWS format then apply rule
print (item.subject)
print (item.datetime_received)
print (item.sender.email_address)
print (item.sender.name)
print (item.body)
print(SingleFolderQuerySet(
account=account,
folder=account.root
).get(id=item.parent_folder_id.id))
for attachment in item.attachments:
print (attachment.name)
I get:
ValueError: EWS does not support filtering on field 'id'
I am sure its a simple error, but I would appreciate any help.

If you're just querying one folder, then parent_folder_id will always point to that folder.
If you're querying multiple folders at a time, here's the general way to look up a folder name by ID:
from exchangelib.folders import FolderId, SingleFolderQuerySet
folder_name = SingleFolderQuerySet(
account=account,
folder=FolderId(id=item.parent_folder_id.id),
).resolve().name

How do I use python to create outlook events in multiple calendars

This is the code I've been using. It works when I want to create an appointment, but only in my main calendar. Do any of you know how to create the appointments in a secondary calendar?
import win32com.client
from win32com.client import Dispatch
outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application")
def sendMeeting():
appt = outlook.CreateItem(1) # AppointmentItem
appt.Start = "2021-5-28 16:10" # yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm
appt.Subject = "Fake meeting"
appt.Duration = 30 # In minutes (60 Minutes)
appt.Location = "The bat cave"
appt.Save()
appt.Send()

Do you mean a secondary Exchange account in the profile? Or a delegate Exchange mailbox?
In the former case, open the store from the Namespace.Stores collection, open the Calendar folder using Store.GetDefaulFolder(olFolderCalendar), create new item using MAPIFolder.Items.Add. In the latter case, you can use Namespace.GetSharedDefaultFolder(Recipient, olFolderCalendar) (where Recipient can be retrieved from Namespace.CreateRecipient).
If it is a subfolder in your primary store, you can access it from its parent folder and call MAPIFolder.Items.Add. E.g. if it is a subfolder of your default Calendar folder, use outlook.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar).Folders.Item("The name"). If it is on the same level as your Calendar folder, use outlook.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar).Parent.Folders.Item("The name").

Python Saving Attachments from Outlook

I am trying to automate some python code that will automatically save some attachments from certain emails with a specific title.
Below is what I currently have:
import win32com.client as client
outlook = client.Dispatch('Outlook.Application')
namespace = outlook.GetNameSpace('MAPI')
inbox = namespace.GetDefaultFolder(6)
target_subject = 'Testing attachment'
mail_items = [item for item in inbox.Items if item.Class == 43]
filtered = [item for item in mail_items if item.Subject == target_subject]
if len(filtered) != 0:
target_email = filtered[0]
if target_email.Attachments.Count > 0:
attachments = target_email.Attachments
save_path = 'C:'
for file in attachments:
file.SaveAsFile(save_path.format(file.FileName))
However I seem to be getting an error with permissions?
com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (4096, 'Microsoft Outlook', "Cannot save the attachment. You don't have appropriate permission to perform this operation.", None, 0, -2147024891), None)
Not sure how to work around this, I am the Admin etc.
I am also wondering what would be the changes required to actually deploy this online and have it running, i.e. I am not passing any credentials as it's local, if operating stand alone I would like it to access my inbox every 7 days or so and download this specific attachments from this specific email.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Choose another drive or folder, for example, My Documents doesn't require admin privileges for writing. Otherwise, you will have to run Outlook with admin privileges if you want to write anything to the system drive (C:).
Also I've noticed the following lines of code:
mail_items = [item for item in inbox.Items if item.Class == 43]
filtered = [item for item in mail_items if item.Subject == target_subject]
Iterating over all items in the folder is not really a good idea, moreover, you are doing that twice!
I'd recommend using the Find/FindNextorRestrict` methods of the Items class that allow getting only items that correspond to the specified condition. Read more about these methods in the following articles:
How To: Use Find and FindNext methods to retrieve Outlook mail items from a folder (C#, VB.NET)
How To: Use Restrict method to retrieve Outlook mail items from a folder

Users by default do not have write access to the root drive (C:).
Change it to something like 'c:\temp\'

Google Analytics and Python

I'm brand new at Python and I'm trying to write an extension to an app that imports GA information and parses it into MySQL. There is a shamfully sparse amount of infomation on the topic. The Google Docs only seem to have examples in JS and Java...
...I have gotten to the point where my user can authenticate into GA using SubAuth. That code is here:
import gdata.service
import gdata.analytics
from django import http
from django import shortcuts
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
def authorize(request):
next = 'http://localhost:8000/authconfirm'
scope = 'https://www.google.com/analytics/feeds'
secure = False # set secure=True to request secure AuthSub tokens
session = False
auth_sub_url = gdata.service.GenerateAuthSubRequestUrl(next, scope, secure=secure, session=session)
return http.HttpResponseRedirect(auth_sub_url)
So, step next is getting at the data. I have found this library: (beware, UI is offensive) http://gdata-python-client.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pydocs/gdata.analytics.html
However, I have found it difficult to navigate. It seems like I should be gdata.analytics.AnalyticsDataEntry.getDataEntry(), but I'm not sure what it is asking me to pass it.
I would love a push in the right direction. I feel I've exhausted google looking for a working example.
Thank you!!
EDIT: I have gotten farther, but my problem still isn't solved. The below method returns data (I believe).... the error I get is: "'str' object has no attribute '_BecomeChildElement'" I believe I am returning a feed? However, I don't know how to drill into it. Is there a way for me to inspect this object?
def auth_confirm(request):
gdata_service = gdata.service.GDataService('iSample_acctSample_v1.0')
feedUri='https://www.google.com/analytics/feeds/accounts/default?max-results=50'
# request feed
feed = gdata.analytics.AnalyticsDataFeed(feedUri)
print str(feed)

Maybe this post can help out. Seems like there are not Analytics specific bindings yet, so you are working with the generic gdata.

I've been using GA for a little over a year now and since about April 2009, i have used python bindings supplied in a package called python-googleanalytics by Clint Ecker et al. So far, it works quite well.
Here's where to get it: http://github.com/clintecker/python-googleanalytics.
Install it the usual way.
To use it: First, so that you don't have to manually pass in your login credentials each time you access the API, put them in a config file like so:
[Credentials]
google_account_email = youraccount#gmail.com
google_account_password = yourpassword
Name this file '.pythongoogleanalytics' and put it in your home directory.
And from an interactive prompt type:
from googleanalytics import Connection
import datetime
connection = Connection() # pass in id & pw as strings **if** not in config file
account = connection.get_account(<*your GA profile ID goes here*>)
start_date = datetime.date(2009, 12, 01)
end_data = datetime.date(2009, 12, 13)
# account object does the work, specify what data you want w/
# 'metrics' & 'dimensions'; see 'USAGE.md' file for examples
account.get_data(start_date=start_date, end_date=end_date, metrics=['visits'])
The 'get_account' method will return a python list (in above instance, bound to the variable 'account'), which contains your data.

You need 3 files within the app. client_secrets.json, analytics.dat and google_auth.py.
Create a module Query.py within the app:
class Query(object):
def __init__(self, startdate, enddate, filter, metrics):
self.startdate = startdate.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
self.enddate = enddate.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
self.filter = "ga:medium=" + filter
self.metrics = metrics
Example models.py: #has the following function
import google_auth
service = googleauth.initialize_service()
def total_visit(self):
object = AnalyticsData.objects.get(utm_source=self.utm_source)
trial = Query(object.date.startdate, object.date.enddate, object.utm_source, ga:sessions")
result = service.data().ga().get(ids = 'ga:<your-profile-id>', start_date = trial.startdate, end_date = trial.enddate, filters= trial.filter, metrics = trial.metrics).execute()
total_visit = result.get('rows')
<yr save command, ColumnName.object.create(data=total_visit) goes here>