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Tempmail python

Python library for generating temporary emails

From cubicbyte·Updated April 1, 2026·View on GitHub·

**tempmail-python** is a Python library for generating and managing temporary email addresses using the 1secmail service. It provides functions for creating email addresses, checking for new messages, and retrieving message contents. The project is written primarily in Python, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2023. Key topics include: 1secmail, disposable-email, email, email-generator, mail.

Latest release: 2.3.32.3.3 - Python 3.7+ support
January 8, 2024View Changelog →

Python Temp Email Library

Python 3.7+

tempmail-python is a Python library for generating and managing temporary email addresses using the 1secmail service. It provides functions for creating email addresses, checking for new messages, and retrieving message contents.

Installation

You can install tempmail-python using pip:

bash
pip install tempmail-python

Or you can install it from source:

bash
pip install git+https://github.com/cubicbyte/tempmail-python.git

Examples

Receive a message (e.g. activation code)

python
from tempmail import EMail email = EMail() print(email.address) # qwerty123@1secmail.com # ... request some email ... msg = email.wait_for_message() print(msg.body) # Hello World!\n

Get all messages in the inbox

python
from tempmail import EMail email = EMail('example@1secmail.com') inbox = email.get_inbox() for msg_info in inbox: print(msg_info.subject, msg_info.message.body)

Download an attachment

python
from tempmail import EMail email = EMail(username='example', domain='1secmail.com') msg = email.wait_for_message() if msg.attachments: attachment = msg.attachments[0] data = attachment.download() # Print print(data) # b'Hello World!\n' print(data.decode('utf-8')) # Hello World!\n # Save to file with open(attachment.filename, 'wb') as f: f.write(data)

Get reddit activation code

python
from tempmail import EMail def reddit_filter(msg): return (msg.from_addr == 'noreply@reddit.com' and msg.subject == 'Verify your Reddit email address') email = EMail(address='redditaccount@1secmail.com') msg = email.wait_for_message(filter=reddit_filter) # get_activation_code(html=msg.html_body)

Some other features:

python
from tempmail.providers import OneSecMail email = OneSecMail() # request_email(email=email.address) # Speed up inbox refresh rate OneSecMail.inbox_update_interval = 0.1 # every 100ms # Accept only emails with a specific subject, raise error after 60 seconds msg = email.wait_for_message(timeout=60, filter=lambda m: m.subject == 'Hello World!') print(msg.body)

License

tempmail-python is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.

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