A temporary email right from your terminal written in POSIX sh
`tmpmail` is a command line utility written in POSIX `sh` that allows you to create a temporary email address
and receive emails to the temporary email address. It uses 1secmail's [API](https://www.1secmail.com/api/)
to receive emails.
By default `w3m` is used to render the HTML emails on the terminal.
But if you prefer another text based web browser or would rather view the email in a GUI web browser such as Firefox, simply
use the `--browser` argument followed by the command needed to launch the web browser of your choice.
## Dependencies
- `w3m`
- `curl`
- [`jq`](https://github.com/stedolan/jq)
- `xclip`
## Installation
### Install locally
```bash
# Download the tmpmail file and make it executable
$ curl -L "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdushantha/tmpmail/master/tmpmail" > tmpmail && chmod +x tmpmail
# Then move it somewhere in your $PATH. Here is an example:
$ mv tmpmail ~/bin/
```
### AUR
`tmpmail` is available on the [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tmpmail-git/), which is currently being maintained by [Benjamin Bädorf](https://github.com/b12f)
```bash
$ yay -S tmpmail-git
```
### [Pacstall](https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall) (Debian/Ubuntu)
`tmpmail` is available on the [pacstall-programs repository](https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall-programs/blob/master/packages/tmpmail-bin/tmpmail-bin.pacscript), which is being currently being maintained by [wizard-28](https://github.com/wizard-28)
```
$ pacstall -I tmpmail-bin
```
### Nixpkgs
`tmpmail` is also available in the [nix package collection (only unstable currently)](https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=tmpmail&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&query=tmpmail), which is maintained by [legendofmiracles](https://github.com/legendofmiracles)
Either add it to your system packages, install it with nix-env or try it out in a ephemeral nix-shell `nix-shell -p tmpmail`
### Docker
requirements:
- [docker](https://www.docker.com/)
- clone this repo
```bash
$ docker build -t mail .; # Dockerfile available in source code
$ docker run -it mail;
```
## Usage
```console
$ tmpmail --help
tmpmail
tmpmail -h | --version
tmpmail -g [ADDRESS]
tmpmail [-t | -b BROWSER] -r | ID
When called with no option and no argument, tmpmail lists the messages in
the inbox and their numeric IDs. When called with one argument, tmpmail
shows the email message with specified ID.
-b, --browser BROWSER
Specify BROWSER that is used to render the HTML of
the email (default: w3m)
--clipboard-cmd COMMAND
Specify the COMMAND to use for copying the email address to your
clipboard (default: xclip -selection c)
-c, --copy
Copy the email address to your clipboard
-d, --domains
Show list of available domains
-g, --generate [ADDRESS]
Generate a new email address, either the specified ADDRESS, or
randomly create one
-h, --help
Show help
-r, --recent
View the most recent email message
-t, --text
View the email as raw text, where all the HTML tags are removed.
Without this option, HTML is used.
--version
Show version
```
### Examples
Create random email
```console
$ tmpmail --generate
xoithrjagpx@1secmail.net
```
Create custom email
```console
$ tmpmail --generate mycustomemail@1secmail.com
mycustomemail@1secmail.com
```
View the inbox
```console
$ tmpmail
[ Inbox for wdebivbyjor@1secmail.com ]
83414443 username@example.com Test Email
```
View the email
```console
$ tmpmail 83414443
```
View the most recent email
```console
$ tmpmail -r
```
View emails as pure text
```console
$ tmpmail -t 83414443
To: wdebivbyjor@1secmail.com
From: username@example.com
Subject: Test Email
Hello World
[Attachments]
https://is.gd/aBCdEf [apple.jpg]
https://is.gd/AbCDeF [ball.jpg]
```
## Credits
This script is heavily inspired by Mitch Weaver's [`1secmail`](https://github.com/mitchweaver/bin/blob/master/OLD/1secmail) script