node-talon

Port of mailgun/talon (signature detection in mails) from Python to JavaScript.

This can be used to extract and strip signature from mail messages, allowing safer automatic parsing for example.

Installation

npm install --save talon

Usage

var talon = require("talon");
var extractSignature = talon.signature.bruteforce.extractSignature;
 
var message = "Wow. Awesome!\n--\nBob Smith";
 
console.log(extractSignature(message));

expected output:

{ text: 'Wow. Awesome!', signature: '--\nBob Smith' }

Why the whole talon.signature.bruteforce.extractSignature?

In the original library, there are multiple ways of extracting signatures. Here is implemented only one of the available methods, but I chose to keep the same namespace structure.

Roadmap

What's working?

• The bruteforce method of extracting signature
• Added French support

What's not working?

• Everything else, including:
  • machine-learning way of extracting signature
  • quotations extraction

What's planned?

• We'll need quotations handling very soon, so it will land fast
• The machine-learning thing is really not a priority