NAME

Net::IMAP::SimpleX - Addons for Net::IMAP::Simple

SYNOPSIS

    use strict;
    use warnings;
    use Net::IMAP::SimpleX;

Net::IMAP::SimpleX uses Net::IMAP::Simple as a base so the object creation is the same as it is for the ancestor:

    my $imap = Net::IMAP::SimpleX->new('imap.example.com') ||
       die "Unable to connect to IMAP: $Net::IMAP::Simple::errstr\n";

    $imap->select("INBOX");

So far Net::IMAP::SimpleX only provides one extension.

    # get an object representation of the message body
    my $summary = $imap->body_summary($message_number);

    # multipart message
    if ($summary->has_parts) {
        for my $subpart ($summary->parts) {
            if ($subpart->has_parts) { ... }
            # examine the message part
            my @attr = map { $subpart->$_ } qw/content_type encoding encoded_size/;
            # fetch the raw message part
            my $subpart_body = $imap->get($message_number, $subpart->part_number);
        }
    } else {
        my $body = $summary->body;
        my @attr = map { $body->$_ } qw/content_type encoding encoded_size/
    }

DESCRIPTION

This module adds some useful, yet not so simple, extensions on top of Net::IMAP::Simple.

METHODS

body_summary

    my $summary = $imap->body_summary($message_number);

This method returns a simple object that contains a representation of the body of a message. The object is built by a Parse::RecDescent parser using the output of an IMAP fetch body command. The parser uses the formal syntax as defined by RFC3501 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-9.

    my $body = $summary->body;
    my @attr = map { $body->$_ } qw/
        content_description
        encoded_size
        charset
        content_type
        part_number
        format
        id
        encoding
    /;

For multipart messages, the object contains sub-objects for each message part, accessable via the parts() method and inspected via the has_parts() method. The type method describes the type of multipart (such as mixed or alternative). The parts method returns a list of sub parts, which themselves may have subparts, and so on.

An example of a multipart, alternative message with a text body and an html version of the body would looke something like:

    if ($summary->has_parts) {
        if ($summary->type eq 'alternative') {
            my ($html) = grep { $_->content_type eq 'text/html' } $summary->parts;
        }
    }

A really complex, multipart message could look something like this:

    if ($summary->has_parts && $summary->type eq 'mixed') {

        for my $part ($summary->parts) {
            if ($part->has_parts && $part->type eq 'mixed') { ... }
            ...
        }

    }

new

For details on the invocation, read Net::IMAP::Simple.

AUTHOR

Jason Woodward <woodwardj@jaos.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2010 Jason Woodward

All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

LICENSE

This module is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

BUGS

https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Net-IMAP-Simple

SEE ALSO

perl, Net::IMAP::Simple, Parse::RecDescent