Importing Email Attachments using the POP3 Connector

Learn how to use the POP3 connector to transfer information via email.

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Description

This example shows you how to use the POP3 connector to facilitate information transfer through email. It also illustrates how you can use the datamapper to transform a CSV file to XML.

Example Use Case

In this example a CSV file containing sample sales data which has been received as an attachment in a mail inbox is imported using the POP3 connector. The Datamapper then converts the CSV file to the XML format. The logger then logs this data on the studio console.

Set Up and Run this Example

1. Open the project in the studio interface

2. Click on the POP3 endpoint in the Mule flow and edit its properties as follows:

       pop3.host=pop.gmail.com
       pop3.port=995
       pop3.user=receiveremailaddress%40gmail.com
       pop3.password=receiver_password

3. Run the project as a Mule application

4. Navigate to src/main/resources and use any email address to send the 'input.csv' file as an attachement to receiveremailaddress@gmail.com

1. If you have configured and run this example correctly, the csv file should appear in XML format in the studio console. The log message should be similar to what is shown below:

    INFO  2014-07-07 16:49:09,973 [[pop3-to-xml-master].POP3.receiver.01] org.mule.api.security.tls.TlsPropertiesMapper:         Defaulting mule.email.pop3s trust store to client Key Store
    WARN  2014-07-07 16:49:09,988 [[pop3-to-xml-master].POP3.receiver.01] org.mule.api.security.tls.TlsProperties: File         tls-default.conf not found, using default configuration.
    INFO  2014-07-07 16:49:10,706 [[pop3-to-xml-master].pop-to-xmlFlow1.stage1.02]
    org.mule.api.processor.LoggerMessageProcessor: recieved: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    < orders>
    < order>
    < orderId>1< /orderId>
    < name>aaa< /name>
    < units>2.0< /units>
    < pricePerUnit>10< /pricePerUnit>
    < /order>
    < /orders>
    < orders>
    < order>
    < orderId>2< /orderId>
    < name>bbb< /name>
    < units>4.15< /units>
    < pricePerUnit>5< /pricePerUnit>
    < /order>
    < /orders>

2. After processing the attachment, it will be saved in src/tests/resources/output folder with XML format.

Documentation

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