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@pfista pfista released this 10 Aug 00:18
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Release Notes

Large changes

  • The Nylas Python SDK now fully supports both Python 2.7 and Python 3.3+.
  • The SDK has a new dependency: the
    URLObject library.
    This dependency will be automatically installed when you upgrade.
  • The SDK now automatically converts between timestamps and Python datetime
    objects. These automatic conversions are opt-in: your existing code should
    continue to work unmodified. See the "Timestamps and Datetimes"
    section of this document for more information.

Small changes

  • The SDK now has over 95% automated test coverage.
  • Previously, trying to access the following model properties would raise an error:
    Folder.threads, Folder.messages, Label.threads, Label.messages.
    These properties should now work as expected.
  • The Thread model now exposes the last_message_received_timestamp and
    last_message_sent_timestamp properties, obtained from the Nylas API.
  • Previously, if you created a Draft object, saved it, and then
    deleted it without modifying it further, the deletion would fail silently.
    Now, the SDK will actually attempt to delete a newly-saved Draft object,
    and will raise an error if it is unable to do so.
  • Previously, you could initialize an APIClient with an api_server
    value set to an http:// URL. Now, APIClient will verify that the
    api_server value starts with https://, and will raise an error if it
    does not.
  • The APIClient constructor no longers accepts the auth_server argument,
    as it was never used for anything.
  • The nylas.client.util.url_concat and nylas.client.util.generate_id
    functions have been removed. These functions were meant for internal use,
    and were never documented or expected to be used by others.
  • You can now pass a state argument to APIClient.authentication_url(),
    as per the OAuth 2.0 spec.

Timestamps and Datetimes

Some properties in the Nylas API use timestamp integers to represent a specific
moment in time, such as Message.date. The Python SDK now exposes new properties
that have converted these existing properties from integers to Python datetime
objects. You can still access the existing properties to get the timestamp
integer -- these new properties are just a convenient way to access Python
datetime objects, if you want them.

This table summarizes the new datetime properties, and which existing timestamp
properties they match up with.

New Property (datetime) Existing Property (timestamp)
Message.received_at Message.date
Thread.first_message_at Thread.first_message_timestamp
Thread.last_message_at Thread.last_message_timestamp
Thread.last_message_received_at Thread.last_message_received_timestamp
Thread.last_message_sent_at Thread.last_message_sent_timestamp
Draft.last_modified_at Draft.date
Event.original_start_at Event.original_start_time

You can also use datetime objects when filtering on models with the .where()
method. For example, if you wanted to find all messages that were received
before Jan 1, 2015, previously you would run this code:

client.messages.where(received_before=1420070400).all()

That code will still work, but if you prefer, you can run this code instead:

from datetime import datetime

client.messages.where(received_before=datetime(2015, 1, 1)).all()

You can now use datetimes with the following filters:

  • client.messages.where(received_before=datetime())
  • client.messages.where(received_after=datetime())
  • client.threads.where(last_message_before=datetime())
  • client.threads.where(last_message_after=datetime())
  • client.threads.where(started_before=datetime())
  • client.threads.where(started_after=datetime())

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