msg_parser

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Python module for parsing outlook msg files.

• Free software: BSD license
• Documentation: https://msg-parser.readthedocs.io.

Features

• Parse MSG file.
• Convert MSG file to EML file.
• Output MSG file as JSON string.
• Handles nested MSG/EML attachments.
• Works 100% on Linux machines, do not require any windows libraries.

Installation

• Basic installation

  .. code-block:: bash

  pip install msg_parser

• With RTF decompression

  .. code-block:: bash

  pip install msg_parser[rtf]

Usage

• Run CLI command

  .. code-block:: bash

   $ msg_parser --help
     usage: msg_parser [-h] -i FILE [-j] [-e EML_FILE]
  
    Microsoft Message Parser
  
    optional arguments:
        -h, --help            show this help message and exit
        -i FILE, --input FILE
                              msg file path
        -j, --json            output parsed msg as json to console
        -e EML_FILE, --eml EML_FILE
                              provide email file path to save as eml file.
  

• Import in python modules

  .. code-block:: python

   from msg_parser import MsOxMessage
  
   msg_obj = MsOxMessage(msg_file_path)
  
   json_string = msg_obj.get_message_as_json()
  
   msg_properties_dict = msg_obj.get_properties()
  
   saved_path = msg_obj.save_email_file(output_eml_file_path)