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To get and save attachments, follow these steps:
- Instantiate the Viewer object. Specify a file that contains attachments.
- Call the get_attachments method. It returns the attachment collection.
- Iterate through the collection. To save an attachment, call the save_attachment method.
The following code snippet shows how to get and save all attachments from the MSG file:
NoteNOTE: provided code snippet suits all format families that support attachments: emails, Outlook data files, archives, and PDF documents.
from groupdocs.viewer import Viewer
def extract_and_save_attachments():
# Load document with attachments
with Viewer("with_attachments.msg") as viewer:
attachments = viewer.get_attachments()
print("\nAttachments:")
for attachment in attachments:
print(attachment)
# Save attachment to disk
viewer.save_attachment(attachment, f"./attachments/{attachment.file_name}")
print(f"\nAttachments retrieved successfully.")
if __name__ == "__main__":
extract_and_save_attachments()
with_attachments.msg is the sample file used in this example. Click here to download it.
attachments/attachment-image.png (26 KB)
attachments/attachment-word.doc (220 KB)
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