How to get the body of an Email in Text or string format not in HTML

Question

I have a requirement to get the content of a email body. When I am using item.getBody().toString() method, I am getting output in HTML format , but i wanted body to be in text format. I found C# code in website but i don't know how that could be converted to java.

I have tried below approach but didn't work as expected.

PropertySet bindPropSet = new PropertySet(BasePropertySet.FirstClassProperties , EmailMessageSchema.Body);
                    bindPropSet.getRequestedBodyType();
                    BodyType body = BodyType.Text;
                    LOGGER.info(BodyType.Text);

Below is the C# code

PropertySet BindPropSet = new PropertySet(BasePropertySet.FirstClassProperties);
BindPropSet.RequestedBodyType = BodyType.Text;
Item itm = Item.bind(service, itemId, BindPropSet);

I understand the c# has that feature, but what is your email email format? Could it be "multipart/alternative"? — parlad, Dec 20 '18 at 16:04
Have you checked these links: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3931409/mailmessage-sent-string-as-body-without-newline-in-outlook https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3288176/formatting-a-plain-text-e-mail-in-c-sharp — Alina Li, Dec 21 '18 at 03:21
@AlinaLi I require Java code for formatting email body to text. — Karthik tn, Dec 21 '18 at 05:04
@parladneupane mail format is multipart.. could u pls provide me the code snippet in java — Karthik tn, Dec 31 '18 at 06:25

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '18 at 12:13

I found the solution for the above query. Below is the code snippet to have plain text format of email instead of HTML.

PropertySet psPropSet = new PropertySet(BasePropertySet.FirstClassProperties , EmailMessageSchema.MimeContent, EmailMessageSchema.ToRecipients);
psPropSet.setRequestedBodyType(BodyType.Text);
emEmailMessage = EmailMessage.bind(service, itItemId, psPropSet);
String body = emEmailMessage.getBody().toString();

How to get the body of an Email in Text or string format not in HTML

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