imap-client

High-level UMD module wrapper for browserbox. This module encapsulates the most commonly used IMAP commands.

Needs ES6 Promises, supply polyfills where necessary.

API

Constructor

var ImapClient = require(‘imap-client’);
var imap = new ImapClient({
    port: 993, // the port to connect to
    host: ’imap.example.com’, // the host to connect to
    secure: true/false, // use SSL?
        ignoreTLS: true/false, // if true, do not call STARTTLS before authentication even if the host advertises support for it
        requireTLS: true/false, // if true, always use STARTTLS before authentication even if the host does not advertise it. If STARTTLS fails, do not try to authenticate the user
    auth.user: ’[email protected]’, // username of the user (also applies to oauth2)
    auth.pass: ‘examplepassword’, // password for the user
    auth.xoauth2: ‘EXAMPLEOAUTH2TOKEN’, // OAuth2 access token to be used instead of password
    ca: ‘PEM ENCODED CERT’,     // (optional, used only in conjunction with the TCPSocket shim) if you use TLS with forge, pin a PEM-encoded certificate as a string. Please refer to the [tcp-socket documentation](https://github.com/whiteout-io/tcp-socket) for more information!
    maxUpdateSize: 20 // (optional) the maximum number of messages you want to receive in one update from the server
});

#login() and #logout()

Log in to an IMAP Session. No-op if already logged in.

imap.login().then(function() {
    // yay, we’re logged in
})

imap.logout().then(function() {
    // yay, we’re logged out
});

#listenForChanges() and #stopListeningForChanges()

Set up a connection dedicated to listening for changes published by the IMAP server on one specific inbox.

imap.listenForChanges({
    path: ‘mailboxpath’
}).then(function() {
    // the audience is listening
    ...
})

imap.stopListeningForChanges().then(function() {
    // we’re not listening anymore
})

#listWellKnownFolders()

Lists folders, grouped to folders that are in the following categories: Inbox, Drafts, All, Flagged, Sent, Trash, Junk, Archive, Other.

#createFolder(path)

Creates a folder...

imap.createFolder({
    path: ['foo', 'bar']
}).then(function(path) {
    // folder created
    console.log('created folder: ' + path);
})

#search(options, callback)

Returns the uids of messages containing the search terms in the options.

imap.search({
    answered: true,
    unread: true,
    header: ['X-Foobar', '123qweasdzxc']
}).then(function(uids) {
    console.log(‘uids: ‘ + uids.join(‘, ‘))
});

#listMessages(options, callback)

Lists messages in the mailbox based on their UID.

imap.listMessages({
    path: ‘path’, the folder's path
    firstUid: 15, (optional) the uid of the first messagem defaults to 1
    lastUid: 30 (optional) the uid of the last message, defaults to ‘*’
}).then(function(messages) {})

Messages have the following attributes:

• uid: The UID in the mailbox
• id: The Mesage-ID header (without "<>")
• inReplyTo: The Message-ID that this message is a reply to
• references: The Message-IDs that this message references
• from, replyTo, to, cc, bcc: The Sender/Receivers
• modseq: The MODSEQ number of this message (as a string – javascript numbers do not tolerate 64 bit uints)
• subject: The message's subject
• sentDate: The date the message was sent
• unread: The unread flag
• answered: The answered flag
• bodyParts: Array of message parts, simplified version of a MIME tree. Used by #getBodyParts

#getBodyParts()

Fetches parts of a message from the imap server

imap.getBodyParts({
    path: 'foo/bar',
    uid: someMessage.uid,
    bodyParts: someMessage.bodyParts
}).then(function() {
    // all done, bodyparts can now be fed to the mailreader
})

#updateFlags(options, callback)

Marks a message as un-/read or un-/answered.

imap.updateFlags({
    path: 'foo/bar',
    uid: someMessage.uid,
    unread: true/false/undefined, // (optional) Marks the message as un-/read, no action if omitted
    answered: true/false/undefined // (optional) Marks the message as answered, no action if omitted
}).then(function(
    // all done
});

#moveMessage(options, callback)

Moves a message from mailbox A to mailbox B.

imap.moveMessage({
    path: 'foo/bar', // the origin folder
    uid: someMessage.uid, // the message's uid
    destination: 'bla/bli' // the destination folder
}).then(function(
    // all done
});

uploadMessage(options, callback)

Uploads a message to a folder

imap.uploadMessage({
    path: 'foo/bar', // the target folder
    message: '...' // RFC-2822 compliant string
}).then(function(
    // all done
});

#deleteMessage(options, callback)

Deletes a message from a folder

imap.deleteMessage({
    path: 'foo/bar', // the folder from which to delete the message
    uid: someMessage.uid, // the message's uid
}).then(function(
    // all done
});

#onSyncUpdate

If there are updates available for an IMAP folder, you will receive the changed UIDs in the #onSyncUpdate callback. The IMAP client invokes the callback if there are new/changes messages after a mailbox has been selected and on IMAP expunge/exists/fetch updates have been pushed from the server. If this handler is not set, you will not receive updates from IMAP.

var SYNC_TYPE_NEW = 'new';
var SYNC_TYPE_DELETED = 'deleted';
var SYNC_TYPE_MSGS = 'messages';

imap.onSyncUpdate = function(options) {
    var updatedMesages = options.list,
    updatesMailbox = options.path

    if (options.type === SYNC_TYPE_NEW) {
        // new messages available on imap
        // updatedMesages is an array of the newly available UIDs
    } else if (options.type === SYNC_TYPE_DELETED) {
        // messages have been deleted
        // updatedMesages is an array of the deleted UIDs
    } else if (options.type === SYNC_TYPE_MSGS) {
        // NB! several possible reasons why this could be called.
        // updatedMesages is an array of objects
        // if an object in the array has uid value and flags array, it had a possible flag update
    }
};

Getting started

Run the following commands to get started:

npm install && grunt

License

The MIT License (MIT)

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