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<p>EmailReplyParser is a small library to parse plain text email content. The
goal is to identify which fragments are quoted, part of a signature, or
original body content. We want to support both top and bottom posters, so
no simple “REPLY ABOVE HERE” content is used.</p>
<p>Beyond RFC 5322 (which is handled by the <a href="https://github.com/mikel/mail">Ruby mail gem</a>), there aren’t
any real standards for how emails are created. This attempts to parse out
common conventions for things like replies:</p>
<pre><code>this is some text
On <date>, <author> wrote:
> blah blah
> blah blah
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<p>… and signatures:</p>
<pre><code>this is some text
--
Bob
http://homepage.com/~bob
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<p>Each of these are parsed into Fragment objects.</p>
<p>EmailReplyParser also attempts to figure out which of these blocks should
be hidden from users.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">EmailReplyParser</span>
<span class="no">VERSION</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"0.2.0"</span></pre></div>
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<p>Splits an email body into a list of Fragments.</p>
<p>text – A String email body.</p>
<p>Returns an Email instance.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nc">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nf">read</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="no">Email</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<h2>Emails</h2>
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<p>An Email instance represents a parsed body String.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Email</span></pre></div>
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<p>Emails have an Array of Fragments.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="kp">attr_reader</span> <span class="ss">:fragments</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">initialize</span>
<span class="vi">@fragments</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">[]</span>
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<p>Splits the given text into a list of Fragments. This is roughly done by
reversing the text and parsing from the bottom to the top. This way we
can check for ‘On <date>, <author> wrote:’ lines above quoted blocks.</p>
<p>text – A String email body.</p>
<p>Returns this same Email instance.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">read</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">)</span></pre></div>
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<p>The text is reversed initially due to the way we check for hidden
fragments.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="n">text</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reverse!</span></pre></div>
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<p>This determines if any ‘visible’ Fragment has been found. Once any
visible Fragment is found, stop looking for hidden ones.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="vi">@found_visible</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kp">false</span></pre></div>
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<p>This instance variable points to the current Fragment. If the matched
line fits, it should be added to this Fragment. Otherwise, finish it
and start a new Fragment.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="vi">@fragment</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kp">nil</span></pre></div>
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<p>Use the StringScanner to pull out each line of the email content.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="vi">@scanner</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="no">StringScanner</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">while</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="vi">@scanner</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">scan_until</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sr">/\n/</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">scan_line</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">end</span></pre></div>
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<p>Be sure to parse the last line of the email.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">last_line</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="vi">@scanner</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rest</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_s</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">size</span> <span class="o">></span> <span class="mi">0</span>
<span class="n">scan_line</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">last_line</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">end</span></pre></div>
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<p>Finish up the final fragment. Finishing a fragment will detect any
attributes (hidden, signature, reply), and join each line into a
string.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="n">finish_fragment</span>
<span class="vi">@scanner</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="vi">@fragment</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kp">nil</span></pre></div>
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<p>Now that parsing is done, reverse the order.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="vi">@fragments</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reverse!</span>
<span class="nb">self</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="kp">private</span>
<span class="no">EMPTY</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">""</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">freeze</span></pre></div>
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<h2>Line-by-Line Parsing</h2>
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<p>Scans the given line of text and figures out which fragment it belongs
to.</p>
<p>line – A String line of text from the email.</p>
<p>Returns nothing.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">scan_line</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">line</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">chomp!</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">line</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lstrip!</span></pre></div>
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<p>We’re looking for leading <code>></code>’s to see if this line is part of a
quoted Fragment.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="n">line_levels</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="o">=~</span> <span class="sr">/(>+)$/</span> <span class="p">?</span> <span class="vg">$1</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">size</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">0</span></pre></div>
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<p>Mark the current Fragment as a signature if the current line is empty
and the Fragment starts with a common signature indicator.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="vi">@fragment</span> <span class="o">&&</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="no">EMPTY</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="vi">@fragment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lines</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">last</span> <span class="o">=~</span> <span class="sr">/[\-\_]$/</span>
<span class="vi">@fragment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">signature</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kp">true</span>
<span class="n">finish_fragment</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
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<p>If the line matches the current fragment, add it. Note that a common
reply header also counts as part of the quoted Fragment, even though
it doesn’t start with <code>></code>.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="vi">@fragment</span> <span class="o">&&</span>
<span class="p">((</span><span class="vi">@fragment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">quoted?</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="n">line_levels</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">zero?</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">||</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="vi">@fragment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">quoted?</span> <span class="o">&&</span> <span class="n">quote_header?</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">)))</span>
<span class="vi">@fragment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lines</span> <span class="o"><<</span> <span class="n">line</span></pre></div>
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<p>Otherwise, finish the fragment and start a new one.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">else</span>
<span class="n">finish_fragment</span>
<span class="vi">@fragment</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="no">Fragment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">line_levels</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">zero?</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>Detects if a given line is a header above a quoted area. It is only
checked for lines preceding quoted regions.</p>
<p>line – A String line of text from the email.</p>
<p>Returns true if the line is a valid header, or false.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">quote_header?</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">line</span> <span class="o">=~</span> <span class="sr">/^:etorw.*nO$/</span>
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<p>Builds the fragment string and reverses it, after all lines have been
added. It also checks to see if this Fragment is hidden. The hidden
Fragment check reads from the bottom to the top.</p>
<p>Any quoted Fragments or signature Fragments are marked hidden if they
are below any visible Fragments. Visible Fragments are expected to
contain original content by the author. If they are below a quoted
Fragment, then the Fragment should be visible to give context to the
reply.</p>
<pre><code>some original text (visible)
> do you have any two's? (quoted, visible)
Go fish! (visible)
> --
> Player 1 (quoted, hidden)
--
Player 2 (signature, hidden)
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">finish_fragment</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="vi">@fragment</span>
<span class="vi">@fragment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">finish</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">!</span><span class="vi">@found_visible</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="vi">@fragment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">quoted?</span> <span class="o">||</span> <span class="vi">@fragment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">signature?</span> <span class="o">||</span>
<span class="vi">@fragment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">to_s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">strip</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="no">EMPTY</span>
<span class="vi">@fragment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">hidden</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kp">true</span>
<span class="k">else</span>
<span class="vi">@found_visible</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kp">true</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="vi">@fragments</span> <span class="o"><<</span> <span class="vi">@fragment</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="vi">@fragment</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kp">nil</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="k">end</span></pre></div>
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<p>Represents a group of paragraphs in the email sharing common attributes.
Paragraphs should get their own fragment if they are a quoted area or a
signature.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Fragment</span> <span class="o"><</span> <span class="no">Struct</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ss">:quoted</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ss">:signature</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ss">:hidden</span><span class="p">)</span></pre></div>
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<p>This is an Array of String lines of content. Since the content is
reversed, this array is backwards, and contains reversed strings.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="kp">attr_reader</span> <span class="ss">:lines</span><span class="p">,</span></pre></div>
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<p>This is reserved for the joined String that is build when this Fragment
is finished.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="ss">:content</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">initialize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">quoted</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">first_line</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nb">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">signature</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">hidden</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kp">false</span>
<span class="nb">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">quoted</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">quoted</span>
<span class="vi">@lines</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">[</span><span class="n">first_line</span><span class="o">]</span>
<span class="vi">@content</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kp">nil</span>
<span class="vi">@lines</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">compact!</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="k">alias</span> <span class="n">quoted?</span> <span class="n">quoted</span>
<span class="k">alias</span> <span class="n">signature?</span> <span class="n">signature</span>
<span class="k">alias</span> <span class="n">hidden?</span> <span class="n">hidden</span></pre></div>
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<p>Builds the string content by joining the lines and reversing them.</p>
<p>Returns nothing.</p>
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<div class='highlight'><pre> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">finish</span>
<span class="vi">@content</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="vi">@lines</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="vi">@lines</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kp">nil</span>
<span class="vi">@content</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reverse!</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">to_s</span>
<span class="vi">@content</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">inspect</span>
<span class="nb">to_s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">inspect</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
<span class="k">end</span></pre></div>
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