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MimeKit

IMailFolderGetBodyPartAsync(UniqueId, BodyPart, CancellationToken, ITransferProgress) Method

Asynchronously get the specified body part.

Namespace: MailKit
Assembly: MailKit (in MailKit.dll) Version: 4.7.1
Syntax
C#
Task<MimeEntity> GetBodyPartAsync(
	UniqueId uid,
	BodyPart part,
	CancellationToken cancellationToken = default,
	ITransferProgress progress = null
)

Parameters

uid  UniqueId
The UID of the message.
part  BodyPart
The body part.
cancellationToken  CancellationToken  (Optional)
The cancellation token.
progress  ITransferProgress  (Optional)
The progress reporting mechanism.

Return Value

TaskMimeEntity
The body part.
Remarks
Asynchronously gets the specified body part.
Example
C#
public static void DownloadBodyAndAttachments (string baseDirectory)
{
    using (var client = new ImapClient ()) {
        client.Connect ("imap.gmail.com", 993, SecureSocketOptions.SslOnConnect);

        client.Authenticate ("username", "password");

        client.Inbox.Open (FolderAccess.ReadOnly);

        // search for messages where the Subject header contains either "MimeKit" or "MailKit"
        var query = SearchQuery.SubjectContains ("MimeKit").Or (SearchQuery.SubjectContains ("MailKit"));
        var uids = client.Inbox.Search (query);

        // fetch summary information for the search results (we will want the UID and the BODYSTRUCTURE
        // of each message so that we can extract the text body and the attachments)
        var items = client.Inbox.Fetch (uids, MessageSummaryItems.UniqueId | MessageSummaryItems.BodyStructure);

        foreach (var item in items) {
            // determine a directory to save stuff in
            var directory = Path.Combine (baseDirectory, item.UniqueId.ToString ());

            // create the directory
            Directory.CreateDirectory (directory);

            // IMessageSummary.TextBody is a convenience property that finds the 'text/plain' body part for us
            var bodyPart = item.TextBody;

            if (bodyPart != null) {
                // download the 'text/plain' body part
                var plain = (TextPart) client.Inbox.GetBodyPart (item.UniqueId, bodyPart);

                // TextPart.Text is a convenience property that decodes the content and converts the result to
                // a string for us
                var text = plain.Text;

                File.WriteAllText (Path.Combine (directory, "body.txt"), text);
            }

            // IMessageSummary.HtmlBody is a convenience property that finds the 'text/html' body part for us
            bodyPart = item.HtmlBody;

            if (bodyPart != null) {
                // download the 'text/html' body part
                var html = (TextPart) client.Inbox.GetBodyPart (item.UniqueId, bodyPart);

                // TextPart.Text is a convenience property that decodes the content and converts the result to
                // a string for us
                var text = html.Text;

                File.WriteAllText (Path.Combine (directory, "body.html"), text);
            }

            // now iterate over all of the attachments and save them to disk
            foreach (var attachment in item.Attachments) {
                // download the attachment just like we did with the body
                var entity = client.Inbox.GetBodyPart (item.UniqueId, attachment);

                // attachments can be either message/rfc822 parts or regular MIME parts
                if (entity is MessagePart) {
                    var rfc822 = (MessagePart) entity;

                    var path = Path.Combine (directory, attachment.PartSpecifier + ".eml");

                    rfc822.Message.WriteTo (path);
                } else {
                    var part = (MimePart) entity;

                    // default to using the sending client's suggested fileName value
                    var fileName = attachment.FileName;

                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty (fileName)) {
                        // the FileName wasn't defined, so generate one...
                        if (!MimeTypes.TryGetExtension (attachment.ContentType.MimeType, out string extension))
                            extension = ".dat";

                        fileName = Guid.NewGuid ().ToString () + extension;
                    }

                    var path = Path.Combine (directory, fileName);

                    // decode and save the content to a file
                    using (var stream = File.Create (path))
                        part.Content.DecodeTo (stream);
                }
            }
        }

        client.Disconnect (true);
    }
}
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