Correctly decode subject header in gmail client

gmail_client/message.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def parse_labels(headers):
 def parse_subject(encoded_header):
 
     if encoded_header is not None:
-        dh = encoded_header.encode('UTF-8')
+        dh = decode_email_header(encoded_header)
     else:
         dh = ''
 
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ def __init__(self, mailbox, uid):
         self.gmail = mailbox.gmail if mailbox else None
 
         self.message = None
+        self.raw = None
         self.headers = {}
 
         self.subject = None
@@ -301,15 +302,25 @@ def _parse(self, raw_message):
         if re.search(r'X-GM-MSGID (\d+)', raw_headers):
             self.message_id = re.search(r'X-GM-MSGID (\d+)', raw_headers).groups(1)[0]
 
-    def fetch(self): return self.message if self.message else self.forced_fetch()
+    def fetch(self): 
+        if self.message:
+            return self.message
+        else:
+            if self.raw:
+                self._parse(self.raw)
+                return self.message
+            else:
+                return self.forced_fetch(parse=True)
 
     @property
     def has_attachments(self):
         return len(self.attachments) > 0
 
-    def forced_fetch(self):
+    def forced_fetch(self, parse=True):
         _, results = self.gmail.imap.uid('FETCH', self.uid, '(BODY.PEEK[] FLAGS X-GM-THRID X-GM-MSGID X-GM-LABELS)')
-        self._parse(results[0])
+        self.raw = results[0]
+        if parse:
+            self._parse(self.raw)
 
         return self.message
 

setup.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name = "gmail-client",
-    version = "0.0.7.7",
+    version = "0.0.8.1",
     author = "Wilberto Morales",
     author_email = "[email protected]",
     description = ("A Pythonic interface for Google Mail. Based of https://github.com/charlierguo/gmai"),