email2country (Python Package)
This is an easy-to-use Python package to look up the country given an email address.
- GitHub project: https://github.com/zhijing-jin/email2country.
- PyPI package:
pip installemail2country
Installation
Requirement: Python 3
pip install --upgrade git+git://github.com/zhijing-jin/email2country.gitHow to Run
(All country names are conssitent with ISO 3166-1)
Function 1: Find the country where the email server is located
>>> from email2country import email2country
>>> email2country('zhijing@mit.edu')
'United States'Or you can just use the domain
>>> email2country('connect.hku.hk')
'Hong Kong'Function 2: Find the country where the institution of this email address is located
>>> from email2country import email2institution_country
>>> email2institution_country('zhijing@mit.edu')
'United States'
>>> email2institution_country('zhijing@gmail.com')
[Info] Email domain "gmail.com" is generic. There is no specific country.
>>> email2institution_country('zhijing@gmail.com111')
[Info] Country not found for "gmail.com111"Function 3: Look up in batches
>>> from email2country import batch_email2institution_country
>>> batch_email2institution_country(['nyu.edu','gmail.com', 'hku.hk'])
['United States', None, 'Hong Kong']
# or you can enable the "enable warning" option:
>>> batch_email2institution_country(['nyu.edu','gmail.com', 'hku.hk'], enable_warning=True)
[Info] Email domain "gmail.com" is generic. There is no specific country.
['United States', None, 'Hong Kong']
# Similarly, you can try email2country lookup
>>> from email2country import batch_email2country
>>> batch_email2country(['nyu.edu','gmail.com', 'hku.hk'])
['United States', 'United States', 'Hong Kong']Function 4: Customize your own function
You can use the EmailCountryChecker object directly:
>>> from email2country import EmailCountryChecker
>>> checker = EmailCountryChecker()
>>> checker.get_institution_country('hku.hk', enable_warning=True)
'Hong Kong'
>>> # ... Perform your own actionsOr you can use the Email object
>>> from email2country import Email
>>> addr = 'zhijing@mit.edu'
>>> email = Email(addr)
>>> email.country
'United States'
>>> email.institution_country
'United States'Contact
If you have more questions, feel free to contact the author Zhijing Jin (Miss).
