Python Dependencies

mboxr requires Anaconda Python environment on your system Path.

If you have not installed Conda environment on your system, please download and install Anaconda (Python 3.6 or later is recommended).

For this package, I have implemented mailbox.mbox, pandas.DataFrame, and email.header.decode_header Python modules into R using reticulate.

R Package Installation

if(!require(devtools)) {
install.packages("devtools")
}

devtools::install_github("jooyoungseo/mboxr")

install.packages('mboxr')

Usage

Please use read_mbox() function after loading mboxr library like below:

library(mboxr)
# Importing your mbox file into an R:
test <- system.file("extdata", "test1.mbox", package = "mboxr")
data <- read_mbox(test)
str(data)
#> Classes 'tbl_df', 'tbl' and 'data.frame':    2 obs. of  5 variables:
#>  $ date   : chr  "Fri Jul  8 12:08:34 2011" "Fri Jul  8 12:08:34 2011"
#>  $ from   : chr  "author@example.com" "author@example.com"
#>  $ to     : chr  "recipient@example.com" "recipient@example.com"
#>  $ subject: chr  "Sample message 1" "Sample message 2"
#>  $ content: chr  "This is the body.\n>From (should be escaped).\nThere are 3 lines.\n" "This is the second body.\n"

# Or, you can save your mbox file as a CSV file while assigning a tibble variable at the same time like below:
data <- read_mbox(test, "output.csv")
data
#> # A tibble: 2 x 5
#>   date         from       to         subject    content                    
#>   <chr>        <chr>      <chr>      <chr>      <chr>                      
#> 1 Fri Jul  8 ~ author@ex~ recipient~ Sample me~ "This is the body.\n>From ~
#> 2 Fri Jul  8 ~ author@ex~ recipient~ Sample me~ "This is the second body.\~

# You can merge all mbox files in your current directory or in any specified path into one tibble and save csv file for the integrated one:
test_path <- system.file("extdata", package = "mboxr")
all_data <- merge_mbox_all(path = test_path, out = "all_merged_mbox.csv")
## Find your "output.csv" file saved in your computer while freely using the imported tibble in your R session!
all_data
#> # A tibble: 4 x 5
#>   date         from      to         subject      content                   
#>   <chr>        <chr>     <chr>      <chr>        <chr>                     
#> 1 Fri Jul  8 ~ author@e~ recipient~ Sample mess~ "This is the body.\n>From~
#> 2 Fri Jul  8 ~ author@e~ recipient~ Sample mess~ "This is the second body.~
#> 3 Sat Jul  9 ~ author@e~ recipient~ Another sam~ "R is the best!\nLet's us~
#> 4 Sun Jul  10~ author@e~ recipient~ The last sa~ "This is the last message