Mork file parser for Node.js

Mork is a textual database used by Mozilla Thunderbird Address Book Data (.mab files) and Mail Folder Summaries (.msf files).

The parser is derived from the mork.pl perl script.

Read more about Mork Structure.

Getting Started

Install the module

npm install mork-parser

Use MorkParser to parse mork content

const fs = require('fs');
const MorkParser = require('mork-parser');

//Read Thunderbird Address Book
var srcfile = "/Thunderbird/Profile/abook.mab";
var content = fs.readFileSync(srcfile, "utf-8");

//Parse Mork file
var mork = new MorkParser();
var records = mork.parse(content);

//Print Mork records
console.log(records);

Convert Mork to JSON

Define the convert function

const fs = require('fs');
const MorkParser = require('mork-parser');

function convert(src, dst) {
	//Read Mork file
	var content = fs.readFileSync(src, "utf-8");

	//Parse Mork file
	var mork = new MorkParser();
	var records = mork.parse(content);

	//Save to JSON file
	var json = JSON.stringify(records, " ", 2);
	fs.writeFileSync(dst, json);
}

Usage

convert("path/to/inbox.msf", "path/to/output.json");

Command Line Utility

Install the module globally

npm install -g mork-parser

Run the command

mork2json <src> <dst>

where src is path to Mork file (.mab, .msf) to parse and dst is path to the .json file to be generated.

For example

mork2json %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\t2v8v38h.default\history.mab history.json

or

mork2json "$HOME/Thunderbird/Profiles/t2v8v38h.default/Mail/Local Folders/Inbox.msf" messages.json

Source Code

Download the source code from GitHub repository

git clone https://github.com/papnkukn/mork-parser

Run the unit tests

npm test

Example of a Mork file

Mork file content, in this case Thunderbird Address Book (abook.mab)

// <!-- <mdb:mork:z v="1.4"/> -->
< <(a=c)> // (f=iso-8859-1)
  (B8=Notes)(B9=LastModifiedDate)(BA=RecordKey)(BB=AddrCharSet)
  (BC=LastRecordKey)(BD=ns:addrbk:db:table:kind:pab)(BE=ListName)
  (BF=ListNickName)(C0=ListDescription)(C1=ListTotalAddresses)
  (C2=LowercaseListName)(C3=ns:addrbk:db:table:kind:deleted)
  (80=ns:addrbk:db:row:scope:card:all)
  (81=ns:addrbk:db:row:scope:list:all)
  (82=ns:addrbk:db:row:scope:data:all)(83=UID)(84=FirstName)(85=LastName)
  (86=PhoneticFirstName)(87=PhoneticLastName)(88=DisplayName)
  (89=NickName)(8A=PrimaryEmail)(8B=LowercasePrimaryEmail)
  (8C=SecondEmail)(8D=LowercaseSecondEmail)(8E=PreferMailFormat)
  (8F=PopularityIndex)(90=WorkPhone)(91=HomePhone)(92=FaxNumber)
  (93=PagerNumber)(94=CellularNumber)(95=WorkPhoneType)(96=HomePhoneType)
  (97=FaxNumberType)(98=PagerNumberType)(99=CellularNumberType)
  (9A=HomeAddress)(9B=HomeAddress2)(9C=HomeCity)(9D=HomeState)
  (9E=HomeZipCode)(9F=HomeCountry)(A0=WorkAddress)(A1=WorkAddress2)
  (A2=WorkCity)(A3=WorkState)(A4=WorkZipCode)(A5=WorkCountry)
  (A6=JobTitle)(A7=Department)(A8=Company)(A9=_AimScreenName)
  (AA=AnniversaryYear)(AB=AnniversaryMonth)(AC=AnniversaryDay)
  (AD=SpouseName)(AE=FamilyName)(AF=WebPage1)(B0=WebPage2)(B1=BirthYear)
  (B2=BirthMonth)(B3=BirthDay)(B4=Custom1)(B5=Custom2)(B6=Custom3)
  (B7=Custom4)>

<(80=0)>
{1:^80 {(k^BD:c)(s=9)} 
  [1:^82(^BC=0)]}

@$${1{@
< <(a=c)> // (f=iso-8859-1)
  (C4=_Yahoo)(C5=_MSN)(C6=DbRowID)(C7=PhotoType)(C8=_ICQ)(C9=_IRC)
  (CA=_JabberId)(CB=_Skype)(CC=PreferDisplayName)(CD=PhotoName)(CE=_QQ)
  (CF=PhotoURI)(D0=_GoogleTalk)>

<(83=1)(81=Foo Bar)(82=)(84=83b857bf-58e3-459c-8f8b-882693285721)(85
    =generic)(86=Foo)(87=Bar)([email protected])>
{-1:^80 {(k^BD:c)(s=9)} 
  [1:^82(^BC=1)]
  [-1(^88^81)(^87=)(^86=)(^C4=)(^B8=)(^A2=)(^AF=)(^C5=)(^C6=1)(^8E=0)
    (^B3=)(^A8=)(^9B=)(^B4=)(^A7=)(^A5=)(^83^84)(^93=)(^A6=)(^A4=)(^9C=)
    (^C7^85)(^9F=)(^B1=)(^8F=0)(^C8=)(^94=)(^C9=)(^A1=)(^CA=)(^CB=)
    (^9A=)(^84^86)(^A9=)(^CC=1)(^85^87)(^9D=)(^B7=)(^B9=0)(^8A^88)(^B0=)
    (^CD=)(^91=)(^B2=)(^CE=)(^90=)(^A3=)(^92=)(^89=)(^A0=)(^B5=)(^9E=)
    (^8C=)(^CF=)(^D0=)(^B6=)(^8B^88)(^BA=1)]}
@$$}1}@

Converted to JSON

[
  {
    "LastRecordKey": "1",
    "DisplayName": "Foo Bar",
    "PhoneticLastName": "",
    "PhoneticFirstName": "",
    "_Yahoo": "",
    "Notes": "",
    "WorkCity": "",
    "WebPage1": "",
    "_MSN": "",
    "DbRowID": "1",
    "PreferMailFormat": "0",
    "BirthDay": "",
    "Company": "",
    "HomeAddress2": "",
    "Custom1": "",
    "Department": "",
    "WorkCountry": "",
    "UID": "83b857bf-58e3-459c-8f8b-882693285721",
    "PagerNumber": "",
    "JobTitle": "",
    "WorkZipCode": "",
    "HomeCity": "",
    "PhotoType": "generic",
    "HomeCountry": "",
    "BirthYear": "",
    "PopularityIndex": "0",
    "_ICQ": "",
    "CellularNumber": "",
    "_IRC": "",
    "WorkAddress2": "",
    "_JabberId": "",
    "_Skype": "",
    "HomeAddress": "",
    "FirstName": "Foo",
    "_AimScreenName": "",
    "PreferDisplayName": "1",
    "LastName": "Bar",
    "HomeState": "",
    "Custom4": "",
    "LastModifiedDate": "0",
    "PrimaryEmail": "[email protected]",
    "WebPage2": "",
    "PhotoName": "",
    "HomePhone": "",
    "BirthMonth": "",
    "_QQ": "",
    "WorkPhone": "",
    "WorkState": "",
    "FaxNumber": "",
    "NickName": "",
    "WorkAddress": "",
    "Custom2": "",
    "HomeZipCode": "",
    "SecondEmail": "",
    "PhotoURI": "",
    "_GoogleTalk": "",
    "Custom3": "",
    "LowercasePrimaryEmail": "[email protected]",
    "RecordKey": "1"
  }
]