Bogofilter

A simple library written in Ruby language to detect spam built around bogofilter executable (wrapper). The supported input format is the same as in bogofilter - text, EML, mbox.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'bogofilter'

or

gem 'bogofilter', github: 'istana/bogofilter-ruby'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install bogofilter

Also bogofilter executable is required on the system, run apt-get install bogofilter or similar.

  filter = Bogofilter.new(dbpath: "exampledb")
  #=> #<Bogofilter:0x00007fa9e2999a60 @dbpath="exampledb", @verbosity=0>
  filter.add_spam("test")
  #=> true # adds and also creates the database
  filter.classify("an example of tested text")
  #=> {:result=>:unsure, :score=>0.52}
  filter.is_spam?("an example of tested text")
  #=> nil (nil means unsure result)

For more information, see the source code. The same behavior applies to the gem as with pure bogofilter command, i.e. a database needs to be trained to be sure if input is spam or ham.

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/istana/bogofilter-ruby. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Everyone interacting in the Bogofilter project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.