Python3 Win32com Copy body of an email and paste to a new excel file - email

Question

I'm trying to copy paste an html table received by outlook email to a new excel spreadsheet but I get a "pywintypes.com_error." Seeking a more pythonic way to do a the equivalent of a "Control+A" on an email body and paste to a new spreadsheet.
The relevant pieces of code are:
import win32com.client
outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
# Select main Inbox
inbox = outlook.GetDefaultFolder(6)
messages = inbox.Items
try:
for message in messages:
try:
if message.subject == 'myemailed Report':
print('Sender:' , message.sender)
print(message.subject)
mailItem = message.HTMLBody # <----Attempting to copy the body of the selected email.
# Start an instance of Excel
Xlsx = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application")
# Prevent Excel from asking questions.
Xlsx.DisplayAlerts = True # will change to False
Xlsx.Visible = True # will change to False
# Create a new Excel Workbook
workbook = Xlsx.Workbooks.Add()
ws = workbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
ws.Range('a7').select
ws.Paste(mailItem) # <--------------- Generates Error
workbook.SaveAs(mydesktop+'UpdatedSheet.xlsx')
# Quit Excel
Xlsx.Quit()
except:
x=1
except:
x=1
I get a message: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
ws.Paste(mailItem)
File ">", line 3, in Paste
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Microsoft Excel', 'Paste method of Worksheet class failed', 'xlmain11.chm', 0, -2146827284), None)
Is there a better way? Help is appreciated!

Answer 1

ws.Paste(mailItem) is the main part of the problem. Code should be:
ws.Paste()
However - copying the email body as if hitting "Ctrl-A" is a little more involved and there are a lot of almost answers. I managed to get the following work but I don't know why it works.
I used import pyperclip which requires pip install pyperclip, along with the following code:
import pyperclip
def copy(text):
win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
win32clipboard.EmptyClipboard()
win32clipboard.SetClipboardText(text, win32clipboard.CF_UNICODETEXT)
win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()
def paste():
win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
data = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(win32clipboard.CF_UNICODETEXT)
win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()
return data
Then later on...
mailItem = message.HTMLBody
pyperclip.copy(mailItem)
# Start an instance of Excel
Xlsx = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application")
# Create a new Excel Workbook
workbook = Xlsx.Workbooks.Add()
ws = workbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
ws.Range('a1').select
ws.Paste()
ws.Range('a1').select
workbook.SaveAs(myexcel.xlsx')
I tried doing this without using pyperclip but the combination of the two def's in the beginning and the ws.Paste() worked.