Create a Terminal Email Client using Textual and Python

This project will show you how to create a Terminal Email Client to read, reply, delete and compose emails.

Setup

System dependencies

• Python v3.x

Gather environment variables

You'll need the following values:

NYLAS_API_KEY =
NYLAS_API_URI =
GRANT_ID =

Add the above values to a new .env file:

$ touch .env # Then add your env variables

Install dependencies

$ pip3 install textual[dev]
# pip3 install beautifulsoup4

Usage

Clone the repository. Go to your terminal and type:

$ cd terminal_email_client
$ python3 email_client.py

Or you can simply run:

pip install textual-email-client

Once installed, you will need to create an .env where the package was installed, for this you can use:

pip show text-email-client

Copy the location and then do:

nano /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.12/site-packages/.env

Using the the following values (Fill them with your Nylas information):

NYLAS_API_KEY =
NYLAS_API_URI =
GRANT_ID =

Once installed you can call it straight from your terminal as:

emailClient

Visit our Nylas Python SDK documentation to learn more.