Postmark inbound test email can not be parsed

[Ecno92]

It seems like the inbound test email from postmark can not be parsed by anymail

After pressing the check button in postmark:

• Anymail version: 91.
• ESP: Postmark
• Your ANYMAIL settings (change secrets to "redacted"): According documentation, Work in progress during development..
• Versions of Django, requests, python: python 3.10.6 with Django 4.1.7
• Exact error message and/or stack trace

  [03/Apr/2023 13:07:04] "POST /redacted/inbound/ HTTP/1.1" 500 104741
  Internal Server Error: /redacted/inbound/
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 56, in inner
  response = get_response(request)
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 197, in _get_response
  response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 103, in view
  return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py", line 46, in _wrapper
  return bound_method(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/views/decorators/csrf.py", line 55, in wrapped_view
  return view_func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/anymail/webhooks/base.py", line 67, in dispatch
  return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 142, in dispatch
  return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/anymail/webhooks/base.py", line 81, in post
  events = self.parse_events(request)
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/anymail/webhooks/postmark.py", line 26, in parse_events
  return [self.esp_to_anymail_event(esp_event)]
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/anymail/webhooks/postmark.py", line 169, in esp_to_anymail_event
  attachments = [
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/anymail/webhooks/postmark.py", line 172, in <listcomp>
  content=attachment["Content"],
  KeyError: 'Content'

Some debugging

(Pdb) esp_event.get("Attachments", [])
[{'Name': 'test.txt', 'ContentType': 'text/plain', 'Data': 'VGhpcyBpcyBhdHRhY2htZW50IGNvbnRlbnRzLCBiYXNlLTY0IGVuY29kZWQu', 'ContentLength': 45}]

I checked the developer guide by postmark and it seems like anymail is doing the right thing. The documentation also mentions Content, but in my case I'm seeing a Data key.

I'll follow up to figure out what's causing this issue. It might be an issue at Postmark, but given that the view crashes as a result of it I'll report it here first.

[Ecno92]

Got confirmation that this is an issue on the Postmark side and that they are working on it.

[medmunds]

Thanks for following up with Postmark on this. I reported the same issue to them about a year ago.

Postmark's actual inbound payloads use a Content key in attachments (matching their documentation, and Anymail's implementation). But their (hardcoded) sample payload incorrectly uses a Data key.

I'm thinking Anymail should maybe allow either key, just in case it takes a while for them to release a fix.

[Ecno92]

That puts things in a different perspective. I just had contact with them and they will keep me informed about any fix. They do not expect it very soon, because there is a workaround available. You can just send a real email to get a correct POST to your endpoint.

I will continue testing with real data tomorrow. This will allow me to understand how the current implementation works and finish the implementation for my client.

Normally I would not be in favor of workarounds like this, but given that it might take "another year" I think it is not a bad idea to implement.

I'll try to come back to this by the end of this week whether I can pick this up.

Update 2023/04/11: I'm trying to pick this up, but I expect that it might take some time as I'm quite busy during the upcoming weeks.