Why to Convert Email to OTT?
Email to OTT conversion is a process of converting emails into Open Office Text Template (OTT) format. This conversion is useful for developers who want to add a feature of email to OTT conversion within their application. OTT format is a template format used by Open Office applications such as Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw. It is an XML based format which stores the content of the document along with its formatting. This makes it easier to edit the document and also makes it easier to share the document with other users.
How Aspose.Total helps for Email to OTT Conversion?
Aspose.Total for Python via .NET is a full package of various APIs dealing different formats including Email, Images and Microsoft Word formats. It provides two APIs, Aspose.Words for Python via .NET and Aspose.Email for Python via .NET, which makes the conversion of Email to OTT easy using Python. It is a two step process, firstly load Email and render it into HTML via Aspose.Email for Python via .NET. Secondly load the converted HTML using Aspose.Words for Python via .NET and save it into respective Word OTT format. This makes it easier for developers to add the feature of email to OTT conversion within their application.
How to Convert EMAIL to OTT in Python
- Open the source EMAIL file using MailMessage.load class
- Call the
save
method while specifying output HTML file path and relevant HTML Save options as parameter. So your EMAIL file is converted to HTML at the specified path - Now Load the saved HTML file using Document
- Call the save method with relevant file path. So finally the EMAIL is converted
Conversion Requirements
- For EMAIL to OTT conversion, Python 3.5 or later is required
- Reference APIs within the project directly from PyPI ( Aspose.Words and Aspose.Email )
- Or use the following pip command
pip install aspose.words
andpip install Aspose.Email-for-Python-via-NET
- Moreover, Microsoft Windows or Linux based OS (see more for Words and Email ) and for Linux check additional requirements for gcc and libpython and follow step by step instructions INSTALL