py3-validate-email 0.2.0

Email validator with regex, blacklisted domains and SMTP checking.

py3-validate-email

py3-validate-email is a package for Python that check if an email is valid, not blacklisted, properly formatted and really exists.

This module is for Python 3.6 and above!

INSTALLATION

You can install the package with pip:

pip install py3-validate-email

USAGE

Basic usage:

from validate_email import validate_email
is_valid = validate_email(email_address='[e-mail]', check_regex=True, check_mx=True, from_address='[e-mail]', helo_host='my.host.name', smtp_timeout=10, dns_timeout=10, use_blacklist=True)

check_regex will check will the email address has a valid structure and defaults to True

check_mx: check the mx-records and check whether the email actually exists

from_address: the email address the probe will be sent from,

helo_host: the host to use in SMTP HELO when checking for an email,

smtp_timeout: seconds until SMTP timeout

dns_timeout: seconds until DNS timeout

use_blacklist: use the blacklist of domains downloaded from https://github.com/martenson/disposable-email-domains

Auto-updater

The package contains an auto-updater for downloading and updating the built-in blacklist.txt. It will run on each module load (and installation), but will try to update the content if the file is older than 5 days, and if the content is not the same that’s already downloaded.

TODOs and BUGS

See: https://github.com/karolyi/py3-validate-email/issues