email2country (Python Package)

This is an easy-to-use Python package to look up the country given an email address. The GitHub project is at email2country.

Installation

Requirement: Python 3

pip install --upgrade git+git://github.com/zhijing-jin/email2country.git

How 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 Email, 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'])

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 actions

Or 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).