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mRpostman (version 0.3.1)

older_than: Criteria Helper Functions for Custom Search

Description

Criteria helper functions to be combined inside a operator helper function as a custom request in custom_search.

Usage

older_than(seconds, negate = FALSE)

Arguments

seconds

An integer specifying the number of seconds to be used as search criterion.

negate

If TRUE, negates the search and seeks for "NOT search_criterion". Default is FALSE.

Value

A search string to be used as a custom_request parameter in custom_search function.

See Also

Other customsearch helper functions: AND, OR, before, flag, larger_than, on, sent_before, sent_on, sent_since, since, smaller_than, string, younger_than

Examples

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# NOT RUN {
# configure IMAP
library(mRpostman)
imapconf <- configure_imap(url="imaps://your.imap.server.com",
                           username="your_username",
                           password=rstudioapi::askForPassword()
                          )

# search
result <- imapconf %>%
    select_mailbox(mbox = "INBOX") %>%
    custom_search(custom_request =
                 OR(string(
                       section_or_field = "from", string = "allanvcq@gmail.com"),
                    older_than(
                       seconds = 3600)
                   )
                 )
# searches for messages containing the string "allanvcq@gmail.com" in the
# field "FROM" OR messgaes that are "older" than one hour (messages arrived
# more than 3600 seconds ago).

# }
# NOT RUN {
# }

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