mbox-to-json 1.0.4

MBOX to JSON Converter

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^{Prakhar Sharma -
Adrita Bhattacharya -}

MBOX to JSON

A command line tool to convert MBOX file to JSON.
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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
3. Usage
4. Roadmap
5. License
6. Contact

About The Project

A small package that converts MBOX files to JSON. Also includes functionality to extract attachments.

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Built With

• Python

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Getting Started

There are 2 ways to install this tool.

Prerequisites

Make sure you upgrade pip before moving on.
All the required dependencies are in requirements.txt which would be installed at the time of running the setup.

pip install --upgrade pip

1. Install from PyPI

pip install mbox-to-json

2. Install from GitHub

1. Download the repository as zip. Unzip.

2. cd to the repository folder

3. Run this command

   pip install .
   

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Usage

• Help Function

  mbox-to-json -h
  

• Most basic conversion from MBOX to JSON. Just provide the file path. Output JSON file would be in the same location as the input file.

  mbox-to-json /Users/prakhar/downloads/random_file.mbox
  

• Use -a flag to extract attachments. The files would be available in input_file_directory/attachments

  mbox-to-json /Users/prakhar/downloads/random_file.mbox -a
  

• Use -c flag to convert to CSV insted of JSON. Output CSV file would be in the same location as the input file.

  mbox-to-json /Users/prakhar/downloads/random_file.mbox -c
  

• Use -o to specify the output file location. Make sure to provide the file name too, with the extension JSON (or CSV)

  mbox-to-json /Users/prakhar/downloads/random_file.mbox -o /Users/prakhar/downloads/random_output.json
  

For more examples, please refer to the Documentation

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Roadmap

• TBA

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License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.

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Contact

LinkedIn - Prakhar Sharma, Adrita Bhattacharya

Github - PS1607, adritabhattacharya

Google Developer - PS1607

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