Hello.
How to get UID email in IMAP node? Here https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/pull/13152 they write that you can do this. But I don’t understand how to do this? I don’t have an attributes column with UID data.
hello @koordinator7
The PR is not yet implemented. It’s still open
Thanks for the answer @ barn4k. What is PR? And how to find out when it will be done. In the screenshot there is already a UID.
The feature you’re looking for (email UIDs in IMAP trigger) isn’t released yet - the pull request (#13152) is still open and pending merge.
As a workaround (VERY HARD) until this is officially implemented:
Add a Function node after your IMAP trigger with this code:
// This extracts message IDs which can be used for tracking
return items.map(item => {
const headers = item.json.headers;
return {
...item.json,
trackingId: headers['message-id'] ||
headers['Message-ID'] ||
`${headers.Date}_${headers.From}`.replace(/[<>]/g, '')
}
});
Alternatively, if you really need UIDs specifically, you can create a custom IMAP connection using the Function node:
const imapSimple = require('imap-simple');
const config = {
imap: {
user: 'your_email',
password: 'your_password',
host: 'imap.example.com',
port: 993,
tls: true
}
};
// This is a simplified example - you'd need to implement full email retrieval
const messages = await imapSimple.connect(config).then(connection => {
return connection.search(['UNSEEN'], {bodies: ['HEADER', 'TEXT']})
});
// Each message will have a uid property
return {json: {messages}};
Note: Manual code modifications to n8n core are not recommended as they’ll be overwritten on updates.
Thank you.
Do I understand correctly that UID and Message-ID are different things? I need UID. The option with “Add a Function node after your IMAP trigger with this code:” did not work for me, it gives an error. If you can, please send me the working process.
I understand that the standard IMAP node does not yet contain UID. But you somehow get UID in the IMAP node. Please tell me what I need to do to get UID too. If it is not difficult, please provide more details.