msg_parser

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

  pip install msg_parser

• With RTF decompression

  pip install msg_parser[rtf]

Usage

• Run CLI command

  $ 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

  frommsg_parserimportMsOxMessagemsg_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)