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Retrieve emails via IMAP using the n8n-nodes-imap-fork-test package

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Email → Download Attachment

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Summary

Downloads one or more email attachments as binary data and returns metadata for each.

Inputs

  • mailboxPath (required) — Select the mailbox containing the email to download.
  • emailUid — UID of the email to download.
  • allAttachments — Whether to download all attachments (ignores Part IDs).
  • partId (required) — Comma-separated list of attachment part IDs to download (only used if All Attachments is false).
  • includeInlineAttachments — Whether to include inline attachments when downloading all attachments.

Output shape

A list of items, where each item contains a JSON object with an 'attachments' array and binary data for each downloaded file.

Binary field names are auto-generated (e.g., attachment_0, attachment_1). The JSON includes metadata like partId, filename, and contentType for each attachment.

Examples

Example 1: Download a specific attachment by part ID.

Mailbox: INBOX, Email UID: 123, Part ID: 1

Example 2: Download all attachments from an email.

Mailbox: INBOX, Email UID: 123, All Attachments: true

Example 3: Download all attachments including inline images.

Mailbox: INBOX, Email UID: 123, All Attachments: true, Include Inline Attachments: true

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