Email to PDF to email

This script will check an imap folder for unread emails. Any unread email that does not have an attachment will be converted to a pdf and then emailed to the address you specify. The script is run at a configurable interval.

This was built to integrate with paperless-ng which works with pdf attachements. However, I get many documents that are html only, so I wanted them converted to pdf for storage in paperless-ng.

Usage

The following parameters are used:

• IMAP_URL
• IMAP_USERNAME
• IMAP_PASSWORD
• IMAP_FOLDER Which folder to watch for unread emails
• SMTP_URL
• MAIL_SENDER: Address the mail with pdf should be sent from
• MAIL_DESTINATION: Where to send the resulting pdf
• INTER_RUN_INTERVAL: Time in seconds that the system should wait between running the script

Docker-Compose

1. Use prebuilt image

This image is stored in the github registry, so you can use it without downloading this code repository. The image address is ghcr.io/rob-luke/emails-html-to-pdf/image:latest. So to use it in a docker-compose it would be something like…

version: "3.8"

services:

  email2pdf:
    image: ghcr.io/rob-luke/emails-html-to-pdf/image:latest
    container_name: email2pdf
    environment:
      - IMAP_URL=imap.provider.com
      - [email protected]
      - IMAP_PASSWORD=randompassword
      - IMAP_FOLDER=Paperless
      - SMTP_URL=smtp.provider.com
      - [email protected]
      - [email protected]
      - INTER_RUN_INTERVAL=600

2. Build image yourself

Open the docker-compose file and enter your details in the environment. This will run the script every minute.

docker-compose up -d

Python

Or if you prefer you can run the script manually by running these commands.

poetry install
poetry run src/main.py

GitHub

GitHub - rob-luke/emails-html-to-pdf: Convert emails without attachments to pdf and send as email

Convert emails without attachments to pdf and send as email - GitHub - rob-luke/emails-html-to-pdf: Convert emails without attachments to pdf and send as email

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