1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/alot/db/envelope.py b/alot/db/envelope.py
index 314be03c..d5b84b3e 100644
--- a/alot/db/envelope.py
+++ b/alot/db/envelope.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
 from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
 import email.charset as charset
+from urllib.parse import unquote
+
 import gpg
 
 from .attachment import Attachment
@@ -347,3 +349,35 @@ class Envelope:
                 del self['Attach']
 
         self.body = raw[headerEndPos:].strip()
+
+    _MAILTO_PREFIX       = 'mailto:'
+    _MAILTO_SAFE_HEADERS = ('Subject', 'Cc', 'Keywords')
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_mailto(cls, mailto):
+        if not mailto.startswith(cls._MAILTO_PREFIX):
+            raise ValueError('Invalid mailto string: %s' % mailto)
+        mailto = mailto[len(cls._MAILTO_PREFIX):]
+
+        headers = {}
+        body    = ''
+
+        to, _, hfields = mailto.partition('?')
+        to = unquote(to)
+        if to:
+            headers['To'] = [to]
+
+        for hfield in hfields.split('&'):
+            key, _, value = hfield.partition('=')
+
+            key   = key.capitalize()
+            value = unquote(value)
+            if not value:
+                continue
+
+            if key == 'Body':
+                body = value
+            elif key in cls._MAILTO_SAFE_HEADERS:
+                headers[key] = [value]
+
+        return cls(headers = headers, bodytext = body)