[SOLVED]Conky Gmail Script Incorrect

Question

The python gmail script on the arch wik no longer works on python3 or python2 for me. This error is shown in wing:
builtins.ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10:
I'm not sure how to fix the incorrect int value, but I would love to see it fixed and posted to the arch wiki again.
#Enter your username and password below within double quotes
# eg. username="username" and password="password"
username="****"
password="****"
com="wget -q -O - https://"+username+":"+password+"@mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom --no-check-certificate"
temp=os.popen(com)
msg=temp.read()
index=msg.find("<fullcount>")
index2=msg.find("</fullcount>")
fc=int(msg[index+11:index2])
if fc==0:
print("0 new")
else:
print(str((fc)+" new"))
Thanks
Last edited by duke11235 (2011-11-21 04:55:28)

Answer 1

Your problem may be with wget.  Try curl:
com = 'curl -s -u "{}:{}" https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom'.format( username, password )
The url you are using is for the Gmail RSS feed, and it contains a ':'.  The python urllib.request module that lunar used expects that a port number will follow the ':'. That is why lunar's script is failing for you.
The script I use does not use the RSS feed.  It uses the python IMAP library and connects to imap.gmail.com at port 993.
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
import sys, imaplib
port = 993
server = 'imap.gmail.com'
username = '...'
passwd = '...'
imap_server = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(server, port)
try:
imap_server.login(username, passwd)
except:
print('?? new')
sys.exit( 1 )
typ, data = imap_server.select ('Inbox', True)
if typ == 'OK':
total = int(data[0])
typ, data = imap_server.search (None, 'SEEN')
if typ == 'OK':
seen = len(data[0].split())
print('{}/{} new'.format(total, total - seen))
if typ != 'OK':
print('?? new')
imap_server.logout()