Installation¶

Requirements¶

Go 1.23 or later (for iterator support)

Install the Library¶

go get github.com/grokify/outlook-pst-go

Install the CLI Tool¶

go install github.com/grokify/outlook-pst-go/cmd/pstinfo@latest

Import in Your Code¶

import outlookpst "github.com/grokify/outlook-pst-go"

Verify Installation¶

Create a simple test program:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"

    outlookpst "github.com/grokify/outlook-pst-go"
)

func main() {
    pst, err := outlookpst.Open("test.pst")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    defer pst.Close()

    fmt.Printf("Format: %s\n", pst.Format())
    fmt.Printf("Encryption: %s\n", pst.CryptMethod())
}

Run it:

go run main.go