--- -- Working Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDxTR_KJLhc -- @author Miguel (AllAboutEE.com) -- @description This example will read the first email in your inbox using IMAP and -- display it through serial. The email server must provided unecrypted access. The code -- was tested with an AOL and Time Warner cable email accounts (GMail and other services who do -- not support no SSL access will not work). local imap = require("imap") local IMAP_USERNAME = "email@domain.com" local IMAP_PASSWORD = "password" -- find out your unencrypted imap server and port -- from your email provided i.e. google "[my email service] imap settings" for example local IMAP_SERVER = "imap.service.com" local IMAP_PORT = "143" local IMAP_TAG = "t1" -- You do not need to change this local IMAP_DEBUG = true -- change to true if you would like to see the entire conversation between -- the ESP8266 and IMAP server local SSID = "ssid" local SSID_PASSWORD = "password" local count = 0 -- we will send several IMAP commands/requests, this variable helps keep track of which one to send local imap_socket, timer --- -- @name setup -- @description A call back function used to begin reading email -- upon sucessfull connection to the IMAP server local function setup(sck) -- Set the email user name and password, IMAP tag, and if debugging output is needed imap.config(IMAP_USERNAME, IMAP_PASSWORD, IMAP_TAG, IMAP_DEBUG) imap.login(sck) end local subject = "" local from = "" local body = "" --- -- @name do_next -- @description A call back function for a timer alarm used to check if the previous -- IMAP command reply has been processed. If the IMAP reply has been processed -- this function will call the next IMAP command function necessary to read the email local function do_next() -- Check if the IMAP reply was processed if(imap.response_processed() == true) then -- The IMAP reply was processed if (count == 0) then -- After logging in we need to select the email folder from which we wish to read -- in this case the INBOX folder imap.examine(imap_socket,"INBOX") count = count + 1 elseif (count == 1) then -- After examining/selecting the INBOX folder we can begin to retrieve emails. -- Retrieve the SUBJECT of the first/newest email imap.fetch_header(imap_socket,imap.get_most_recent_num(),"SUBJECT") count = count + 1 elseif (count == 2) then subject = imap.get_header() -- store the SUBJECT response in subject -- Retrieve the FROM of the first/newest email imap.fetch_header(imap_socket,imap.get_most_recent_num(),"FROM") count = count + 1 elseif (count == 3) then from = imap.get_header() -- store the FROM response in from -- Retrieve the BODY of the first/newest email imap.fetch_body_plain_text(imap_socket,imap.get_most_recent_num()) count = count + 1 elseif (count == 4) then body = imap.get_body() -- store the BODY response in body imap.logout(imap_socket) -- Logout of the email account count = count + 1 else -- display the email contents -- create patterns to strip away IMAP protocol text from actual message local pattern1 = "%*.*}\n" -- to remove "* n command (BODY[n] {n}" local pattern2 = "%)\n.+" -- to remove ") t1 OK command completed" from = string.gsub(from,pattern1,"") from = string.gsub(from,pattern2,"") print(from) subject = string.gsub(subject,pattern1,"") subject = string.gsub(subject,pattern2,"") print(subject) body = string.gsub(body,pattern1,"") body = string.gsub(body,pattern2,"") print("Message: " .. body) timer:stop() -- Stop the timer alarm imap_socket:close() -- close the IMAP socket collectgarbage() -- clean up end end end do -- configure the ESP8266 as a station wifi.setmode(wifi.STATION) wifi.sta.config(SSID,SSID_PASSWORD) wifi.sta.autoconnect(1) -- create an unencrypted connection imap_socket = net.createConnection(net.TCP,0) imap_socket:on("connection",setup) -- call setup() upon connection imap_socket:connect(IMAP_PORT,IMAP_SERVER) -- connect to the IMAP server -- A timer alarm is sued to check if an IMAP reply has been processed timer = tmr.create() timer:alarm(1000, tmr.ALARM_AUTO, do_next) end