mbox-json

Parses MBOX file to JSON

Mail Labels (e.g. Time, From, Received, etc.) become attributes.

install

npm install mbox-json

example

var mboxJSON = require('mbox-json');
 
mboxJSON.parse(__dirname + '/Chat.mbox', function(data){
    console.log(data); // prints array of messages
    console.log(data[0]); // prints first message
    console.log(data[0].Time); // prints timestamp of when first message was sent
    console.log(data[0].From); // prints sender of first message
    console.log(data[0]['Content-Type']); // prints content type of first message
    console.log(data[0].Message); // prints message content of first message
});
 

api

parse(callback)

Type: function

Calls back with object containing array of messages.

data

Type: array

Message objects.

messageObject['Time']

Type: string

Time that message was sent.

messageObject['From']

Type: string

Sender of message.

messageObject['Content-Type']

Type: string

Content Type of message.

messageObject['Message']

Type: string

Content of message.

license

MIT © Rishi Masand