Python bindings for the Nylas REST API. https://www.nylas.com/docs
This library is available on pypi. You can install it by running pip install nylas.
##Requirements
- requests (>= 2.3.0)
There's an example Flask app in the examples directory. You can run the sample app to see how an authentication flow might be implemented.
Note: you will need to replace the APP_ID and APP_SECRET with your Nylas App ID and secret to use the sample app.
Before you can interact with the Nylas REST API, you need to register for the Nylas Developer Program at https://www.nylas.com/. After you've created a developer account, you can create a new application to generate an App ID / Secret pair.
Generally, you should store your App ID and Secret into environment variables to avoid adding them to source control. That said, in the example project and code snippets below, the values are hardcoded for convenience.
The Nylas REST API uses server-side (three-legged) OAuth, and this library provides convenience methods to simplify the OAuth process. Here's how it works:
- You redirect the user to our login page, along with your App Id and Secret
- Your user logs in
- She is redirected to a callback URL of your own, along with an access code
- You use this access code to get an authorization token to the API
For more information about authenticating with Nylas, visit the Developer Documentation.
In practice, the Nylas REST API client simplifies this down to two steps.
Step 1: Redirect the user to Nylas:
from flask import Flask, session, request, redirect, Response
from inbox import APIClient
@app.route('/')
def index():
redirect_url = "http://0.0.0.0:8888/login_callback"
client = APIClient(APP_ID, APP_SECRET)
return redirect(client.authentication_url(redirect_uri))Step 2: Handle the Authentication Response:
@app.route('/login_callback')
def login_callback():
if 'error' in request.args:
return "Login error: {0}".format(request.args['error'])
# Exchange the authorization code for an access token
client = APIClient(APP_ID, APP_SECRET)
code = request.args.get('code')
session['access_token'] = client.token_for_code(code)You can take a look at examples/server.py to see a server implementing the auth flow.
client = APIClient(APP_ID, APP_SECRET, token)
# Get the first namespace
namespace = client.namespaces.first()
# Print out the email address and provider (Gmail, Exchange)
print namespace.email_address
print namespace.provider# Fetch the first thread
thread = namespace.threads.first()
# Fetch a specific thread
thread = namespace.threads.find('ac123acd123ef123')
# List all threads tagged `inbox`
# (paginating 50 at a time until no more are returned.)
for thread in namespace.threads.items():
print thread.subject
# List the 5 most recent unread threads
for thread in namespace.threads.where(tag='unread'):
print thread.subject
# List all threads with 'ben@nylas.com'
for thread in namespace.threads.where(any_email='ben@nylas.com').items():
print thread.subject# List thread participants
for participant in thread.participants:
print participant["email"]
# Mark as read
thread.mark_as_read()
# Archive
thread.archive()
# Unarchive
thread.unarchive()
# Add or remove arbitrary tags
tagsToAdd = ['inbox', 'cfa1233ef123acd12']
tagsToRemove = []
thread.update_tags(tagsToAdd, tagsToRemove)
# List messages
for message in thread.messages.items():
print message.subjectFiles can be uploaded via two interfaces. One is providing data directly, another is by providing a stream (e.g. to an open file).
# List files
for file in namespace.files:
print file.filename
# Create a new file with the stream interface
f = open('test.py', 'r')
myfile = namespace.files.create()
myfile.filename = 'test.py'
myfile.stream = f
myfile.save()
f.close()
# Create a new file with the data interface
myfile2 = ns.files.create()
myfile2.filename = 'test.txt'
myfile2.data = "Hello World."
myfile2.save()Once the files have been created, they can be added to a draft via the attach() function.
Drafts can be created, saved and then sent. The following example will create a draft, attach a file to it and then send it.
# Create the attachment
myfile = namespace.files.create()
myfile.filename = 'test.txt'
myfile.data = "hello world"
# Create a new draft
draft = namespace.drafts.create()
draft.to = [{'name': 'My Friend', 'email': 'my.friend@example.com'}]
draft.subject = "Here's an attachment"
draft.body = "Cheers mate!"
draft.attach(myfile)
draft.send()The following example shows how to create, update and delete an event.
# Create the event
ev = namespace.events.create()
ev.title = "Party at the Ritz"
ev.when = {"start_time": 1416423667, "end_time": 1416448867} # These numbers are UTC timestamps
ev.location = "The Old Ritz"
ev.participants = [{"name": "My Friend', 'email': 'my.friend@example.com'}]
ev.save()
# Update it
ev.location = "The Waldorf-Astoria"
ev.save()
# Delete it
namespace.events.delete(ev.id)Each of the primary collections (contacts, messages, etc.) behaves the same way as threads. For example, finding messages with a filter is similar to finding threads:
messages = namespace.messages.where(to=ben@nylas.com).all()The where method accepts a keyword argument for each of the filters documented in the Nylas Filters Documentation.
It's possible to query the status of all the user accounts registered to an app by using .accounts:
accounts = client.accounts
print [(acc.sync_status, acc.account_id, acc.trial, acc.trial_expires) for acc in accounts.all()]The Nylas Sync Engine is open-source, and you can also use the Python library with the open-source API. Since the open-source API provides no authentication or security, connecting to it is simple. When you instantiate the Inbox object, provide null for the App ID, App Secret, and API Token, and pass the fully-qualified address of your copy of the sync engine:
from inbox import APIClient
client = APIClient(None, None, None, 'http://localhost:5555/')We'd love your help making Nylas better. Join the Google Group for project updates and feature discussion. We also hang out in #nylas on irc.freenode.net, or you can email support@nylas.com.
Please sign the Contributor License Agreement before submitting pull requests. (It's similar to other projects, like NodeJS or Meteor.)
If you have access to the PyPI repository, you can make a new release as such:
python setup.py release <major/minor/patch>
git log # to verify
python setup.py publishIf you're looking for Kenneth Reitz's SMTP project, please update your requirements.txt file to use inbox.py or see the Inbox.py repo on GitHub.