diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+__pycache__/
+secrets.py
+ProtonWebmail
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diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
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+from selenium import webdriver
+from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
+from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
+from selenium.webdriver.support.wait import WebDriverWait
+from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
+from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException
+from selenium.common.exceptions import ElementNotInteractableException
+
+import json
+from types import NoneType
+
+class MailMessage:
+    def __init__(self, subject: str, sender: str, maintext: str):
+        self.subject = subject
+        self.sender = sender
+        self.maintext = maintext
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return other == self.subject or other == self.sender or other == self.maintext
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        return {
+            "subject": self.subject,
+            "sender": self.sender,
+            "maintext": self.maintext,
+            "date": "", # fill this in later
+        }
+    
+    def serialize_to_string(self) -> str:
+        return json.dumps(self.serialize())
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def from_json(cls, json_data):
+        if isinstance(json_data, str):
+            parsed = json.loads(json_data)
+        else:
+            parsed = json_data
+        
+        return cls(json_data["subject"], json_data["sender"], json_data["maintext"])
+
+class MailProvider:
+    def __init__(self, username: str, password: str, cachefile: NoneType | str = None):
+        self.username: str = username
+        self.password: str = password
+        self.sessionmessages = []
+        self.webdriver = None # TODO: fill in type information for this instance
+        self.cachefile = cachefile
+
+    def _get_webdriver(self):
+        self.webdriver = webdriver.Chrome()
+
+    def _get_elem_children(self, elem):
+        return elem.find_elements(By.XPATH, "./child::*")
+
+    def _to_elem(self, xpath):
+        return self.webdriver.find_element(By.XPATH, xpath)
+
+    def _wait_for_elem(self, xpath):
+        try: WebDriverWait(self.webdriver, 20).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, xpath)))
+        except TimeoutException: pass
+
+    def get_seen_messages(self):
+        try:
+            if not self.cachefile:
+                self.cachefile = self.__class__.__qualname__
+
+            with open(self.cachefile, "r") as f:
+                loaded = json.load(f)["payload"]
+                for entry in loaded:
+                    self.seen_messages.append(MailMessage.from_json(entry))
+        except (
+            FileNotFoundError,
+            json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
+        ) as e:
+            self.seen_messages = []
+    
+    def write_seen_messages(self):
+        if not self.cachefile:
+            self.cachefile = self.__name__
+
+        with open(self.cachefile, "w") as f:
+            data = {"payload": [item.serialize() for item in self.seen_messages]}
+            print(data)
+            f.write(
+                json.dumps(
+                    data
+                )
+            )
+    
+    def add_to_seen(self, msg):
+        self.seen_messages.append(msg)
+
+    def is_seen(self, msg):
+        for i in self.seen_messages:
+            if i == msg:
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def _type_in_elem(self, xpath, typed):
+        target_element = self._to_elem(xpath)
+        ActionChains(self.webdriver) \
+            .move_to_element(target_element) \
+            .send_keys(typed) \
+            .perform()
+
+    def _click_elem(self, xpath):
+        try:
+            target_element = self._to_elem(xpath)
+        except:
+            target_element = xpath
+
+        ActionChains(self.webdriver) \
+            .move_to_element(target_element) \
+            .click(target_element) \
+            .perform()
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diff --git a/driver.py b/driver.py
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+++ b/driver.py
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+from proton import ProtonWebmail
+from secrets import proton, gmail
+
+print(ProtonWebmail(proton.username, proton.password).get())
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diff --git a/proton.py b/proton.py
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+++ b/proton.py
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+from selenium import webdriver
+from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
+from common import MailProvider, MailMessage
+import json
+from time import sleep
+
+class ProtonWebmail(MailProvider):
+    def transform_message_header(self, header):
+        return header.replace('\n', ' - ').replace('Unread email - ', '')
+
+    def get(self):
+        self.messages_failed = 0
+        xpaths = {
+            "username_box": "/html/body/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/main/div[1]/div[2]/form/div[2]/div[1]/div/div/input",
+            "password_box": "/html/body/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/main/div[1]/div[2]/form/div[3]/div[1]/div/div[1]/input",
+            "sign_in": "/html/body/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/main/div[1]/div[2]/form/button",
+            "messages": "/html/body/div[1]/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div/div/main/div/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div[2]",
+            "messagebody": "/html/body/div[1]/div[3]/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div/div/main/div/div/section/div/div[3]/div/div/article/div[2]",
+            "backbutton": "//*[text()[contains(., 'Back')]]",
+        }
+        self.get_seen_messages()
+        self._get_webdriver()
+        self.webdriver.get("https://account.proton.me/login")
+        self._wait_for_elem(xpaths["username_box"])
+        sleep(0.5)
+        self._type_in_elem(xpaths["username_box"], self.username)
+        self._click_elem(xpaths["password_box"])
+        self._type_in_elem(xpaths["password_box"], self.password)
+        self._click_elem(xpaths["sign_in"])
+        self._wait_for_elem(xpaths["messages"])
+        count = 0
+        for i in self._get_elem_children(self._to_elem(xpaths["messages"])):
+            
+            if not self.is_seen(i.text):
+                count += 1
+                if count == 3:
+                    break
+                text = i.text
+                # we can interact with it, just selenium doesn't like it
+                try:
+                    self._click_elem(i)
+                except ElementNotInteractableException:
+                    pass
+                self._wait_for_elem(xpaths["messagebody"])
+                sleep(5)
+                self.webdriver.switch_to.frame(self._to_elem(xpaths["messagebody"]).find_elements(By.XPATH, "//iframe")[0])
+                message = MailMessage(
+                    self.transform_message_header(text),
+                    "",
+                    self.webdriver.page_source,
+                )
+                self.add_to_seen(message)
+                self.webdriver.switch_to.default_content()
+                sleep(2)
+                self._click_elem(xpaths["backbutton"])
+                sleep(2)
+
+        self.write_seen_messages()
+        self.webdriver.quit()
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diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
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+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+  pkgs.mkShell {
+    # nativeBuildInputs is usually what you want -- tools you need to run
+    nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ buildPackages.python311Packages.selenium buildPackages.python311Packages.beautifulsoup4 chromedriver ];
+}