import { ITriggerFunctions } from 'n8n-core';
import {
IBinaryData,
IDataObject,
INodeExecutionData,
INodeType,
INodeTypeDescription,
ITriggerResponse,
} from 'n8n-workflow';
import { connect as imapConnect, ImapSimple, ImapSimpleOptions, getParts, Message } from 'imap-simple';
export class EmailReadImap implements INodeType {
description: INodeTypeDescription = {
displayName: 'EmailReadImap',
name: 'emailReadImap',
icon: 'fa:inbox',
group: ['trigger'],
version: 1,
description: 'Triggers the workflow when a new email gets received',
defaults: {
name: 'IMAP Email',
color: '#44AA22',
},
inputs: [],
outputs: ['main'],
credentials: [
{
name: 'imap',
required: true,
}
],
properties: [
{
displayName: 'Mailbox Name',
name: 'mailbox',
type: 'string',
default: 'INBOX',
},
{
displayName: 'Action',
name: 'postProcessAction',
type: 'options',
options: [
{
name: 'Mark as read',
value: 'read'
},
{
name: 'Nothing',
value: 'nothing'
},
],
default: 'read',
description: 'What to do after the email has been received. If "nothing" gets
selected it will be processed multiple times.',
},
{
displayName: 'Download Attachments',
name: 'downloadAttachments',
type: 'boolean',
default: false,
description: 'If attachments of emails should be downloaded.
Only set if needed as it increases processing.',
},
{
displayName: 'Property Prefix Name',
name: 'dataPropertyAttachmentsPrefixName',
type: 'string',
default: 'attachment_',
displayOptions: {
show: {
downloadAttachments: [
true
],
},
},
description: 'Prefix for name of the binary property to which to
write the attachments. An index starting with 0 will be added.
So if name is "attachment_" the first attachment is saved to "attachment_0"',
},
{
displayName: 'Options',
name: 'options',
type: 'collection',
placeholder: 'Add Option',
default: {},
options: [
{
displayName: 'Ignore SSL Issues',
name: 'allowUnauthorizedCerts',
type: 'boolean',
default: false,
description: 'Do connect even if SSL certificate validation is not possible.',
},
],
},
],
};
async trigger(this: ITriggerFunctions): Promise {
const credentials = this.getCredentials('imap');
if (credentials === undefined) {
throw new Error('No credentials got returned!');
}
const mailbox = this.getNodeParameter('mailbox') as string;
const postProcessAction = this.getNodeParameter('postProcessAction') as string;
const downloadAttachments = this.getNodeParameter('downloadAttachments') as boolean;
const options = this.getNodeParameter('options', {}) as IDataObject;
// Returns the email text
const getText = async (parts: any[], message: Message, subtype: string) => { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
if (!message.attributes.struct) {
return '';
}
const textParts = parts.filter((part) => {
return part.type.toUpperCase() === 'TEXT' && part.subtype.toUpperCase() === subtype.toUpperCase();
});
if (textParts.length === 0) {
return '';
}
return await connection.getPartData(message, textParts[0]);
};
// Returns the email attachments
const getAttachment = async (connection: ImapSimple, parts: any[], message: Message): Promise => { // tslint:disable-line:no-any
if (!message.attributes.struct) {
return [];
}
// Check if the message has attachments and if so get them
const attachmentParts = parts.filter((part) => {
return part.disposition && part.disposition.type.toUpperCase() === 'ATTACHMENT';
});
const attachmentPromises = [];
let attachmentPromise;
for (const attachmentPart of attachmentParts) {
attachmentPromise = connection.getPartData(message, attachmentPart)
.then((partData) => {
// Return it in the format n8n expects
return this.helpers.prepareBinaryData(partData, attachmentPart.disposition.params.filename);
});
attachmentPromises.push(attachmentPromise);
}
return Promise.all(attachmentPromises);
};
// Returns all the new unseen messages
const getNewEmails = async (connection: ImapSimple): Promise => {
const searchCriteria = [
'UNSEEN'
];
const fetchOptions = {
bodies: ['HEADER', 'TEXT'],
markSeen: postProcessAction === 'read',
struct: true,
};
const results = await connection.search(searchCriteria, fetchOptions);
const newEmails: INodeExecutionData[] = [];
let newEmail: INodeExecutionData, messageHeader, messageBody;
let attachments: IBinaryData[];
let propertyName: string;
let dataPropertyAttachmentsPrefixName = '';
if (downloadAttachments === true) {
dataPropertyAttachmentsPrefixName = this.getNodeParameter('dataPropertyAttachmentsPrefixName') as string;
}
// All properties get by default moved to metadata except the ones
// which are defined here which get set on the top level.
const topLevelProperties = [
'cc',
'date',
'from',
'subject',
'to',
];
for (const message of results) {
const parts = getParts(message.attributes.struct!);
newEmail = {
json: {
textHtml: await getText(parts, message, 'html'),
textPlain: await getText(parts, message, 'plain'),
metadata: {} as IDataObject,
}
};
messageHeader = message.parts.filter((part) => {
return part.which === 'HEADER';
});
messageBody = messageHeader[0].body;
for (propertyName of Object.keys(messageBody)) {
if (messageBody[propertyName].length) {
if (topLevelProperties.includes(propertyName)) {
newEmail.json[propertyName] = messageBody[propertyName][0];
} else {
(newEmail.json.metadata as IDataObject)[propertyName] = messageBody[propertyName][0];
}
}
}
if (downloadAttachments === true) {
// Get attachments and add them if any get found
attachments = await getAttachment(connection, parts, message);
if (attachments.length) {
newEmail.binary = {};
for (let i = 0; i < attachments.length; i++) {
newEmail.binary[`${dataPropertyAttachmentsPrefixName}${i}`] = attachments[i];
}
}
}
newEmails.push(newEmail);
}
return newEmails;
};
let connection: ImapSimple;
const config: ImapSimpleOptions = {
imap: {
user: credentials.user as string,
password: credentials.password as string,
host: credentials.host as string,
port: credentials.port as number,
tls: credentials.secure as boolean,
authTimeout: 3000
},
onmail: async () => {
const returnData = await getNewEmails(connection);
if (returnData.length) {
this.emit([returnData]);
}
},
};
if (options.allowUnauthorizedCerts === true) {
config.imap.tlsOptions = {
rejectUnauthorized: false
};
}
// Connect to the IMAP server and open the mailbox
// that we get informed whenever a new email arrives
connection = await imapConnect(config);
await connection.openBox(mailbox);
// When workflow and so node gets set to inactive close the connectoin
async function closeFunction() {
await connection.end();
}
return {
closeFunction,
};
}
}