email-checker-mv 0.2.0

Batch and CLI email validator

📧 Email Checker

Email Checker is a Python-based CLI and Dockerized tool for validating email addresses — individually or in batches. It detects disposable email domains (updated automatically from a public source), integrates with cron for scheduled tasks, and runs smoothly in local and containerized environments.

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🚀 Features

• ✅ Validate a single email address from the CLI or Docker
• 📄 Batch check emails from CSV files (/input/*.csv)
• ὐ1 Update and store disposable domains for validation
• 🕒 Scheduled updates via cron (built-in)
• 🐳 Docker-ready for isolated use or integration
• 💻 Easy to install and use via pip or make

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📦 Installation (CLI version)

  pip install email-checker-mv

ὐ4 Uninstall

  pip uninstall email-checker-mv

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🛠️ CLI Commands

Command	Description
check_email [e-mail]	✅ Check a single email
check_batch	📄 Batch check CSV files in input/ directory
update_domains	ὐ1 Update the list of disposable domains

Disposable domains are fetched from Propaganistas/Laravel-Disposable-Email.

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🐳 Docker Usage

You can control Docker using either make or manage.sh.

▶️ manage.sh Script

Before using it, ensure it’s executable:

  chmod +x manage.sh

Command	Description
./manage.sh -start	🟢 Start the Docker container with build
./manage.sh -stop	🔵 Stop the running container
./manage.sh -destroy	⚠️ Remove containers, images, volumes
./manage.sh -logs	📄 Show cron job logs inside the container
./manage.sh -batch	📬 Run batch check via Docker
./manage.sh -check [e-mail]	✅ Run single email check
./manage.sh -update	ὐ1 Update disposable domains inside Docker
./manage.sh -help	ℹ️ Show help message

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⚙️ Makefile Shortcuts

Use make help to list all commands.

Make Command	Description
make start	🟢 Start the container
make stop	🔵 Stop the container
make destroy	⚠️ Remove everything related to the container
make logs	📄 Follow cron job logs
make batch	📬 Run batch email check inside Docker
make check email=[e-mail]	✅ Check a single email
make update	ὐ1 Update disposable domains

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📂 Cron Customization

You can edit the cron configuration directly inside the running container using:

  docker exec -it email_checker crontab -e

This allows advanced scheduling if needed.

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📅 Input Files

• Batch checks read from .csv files placed in the input/ folder.
• Results are stored in the output/ folder by default.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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Thank you for using Email Checker! Contributions and feedback are welcome.