Grant granawkins
benwattsjones
/ gmail_mbox_parser.py
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December 17, 2025 12:11
Quick python code to parse mbox files, specifically those used by GMail. Extracts sender, date, plain text contents etc., ignores base64 attachments.
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| #! /usr/bin/env python3 | |
| # ~*~ utf-8 ~*~ | |
| import mailbox | |
| import bs4 | |
| def get_html_text(html): | |
| try: | |
| return bs4.BeautifulSoup(html, 'lxml').body.get_text(' ', strip=True) | |
| except AttributeError: # message contents empty |