Golang : How to parse plain email text and process email header?
Problem :
Your program receive email in plain text and you need to parse email header information. How to that in Golang?
Solution :
First, convert the plain text into proper mail message type( see http://golang.org/pkg/net/mail/#Message ) with mail.ReadMessage()
function and then process the email header with the associated methods. See example code below.
package main
import (
"bytes"
"fmt"
"net/mail"
)
var emailData = `From: Adam <adam@earth.com>
To: Eve <eve@earth.com>
Subject: Do not eat the apple from that tree!
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 0000 09:55:06 -0600
Message-ID: <1234@garden.earth>
Don't listen to that snake. Don't eat the apple!
`
func main() {
msg, err := mail.ReadMessage(bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(emailData)))
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println(msg.Header)
// --------------
header := msg.Header
key := "From"
address, err := header.AddressList(key)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println(address[0].String())
// --------------
key = "To"
addresses, err := header.AddressList(key)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println(addresses[0].String())
// --------------
dateTime, err := header.Date()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println(dateTime.String())
// --------------
getSubject := header.Get("Subject")
fmt.Println(getSubject)
}
Output :
map[Message-Id:[1234@garden.earth] From:[Adam adam@earth.com] To:[Eve eve@earth.com] Subject:[Do not eat the apple from that tree!] Date:[Fri,
21 Nov 0000 09:55:06 -0600]]
"Adam" adam@earth.com
"Eve" eve@earth.com
0000-11-21 09:55:06 -0600 -0600
Do not eat the apple from that tree!
References :
By Adam Ng
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