kennym / mailchecker

Cross-language temporary (disposable/throwaway) email detection library. Covers 1979 fake email providers.

MailChecker

Cross-language email validation. Backed by a database of 1979 throwable email providers.

• Validate the format of your email (uses validator.js email regex underneath and FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL for PHP)
• Validate if the email is not a temporary mail (yopmail-like..., add your own dataset to list.json)

This will be very helpful when you have to contact your users and you want to avoid errors causing lack of communication or want to block "spamboxes".

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MailChecker currently supports:

• NodeJS (CommonJS)
• JavaScript (Client-Side)
• PHP
• Python
• Ruby
• Elixir
• Clojure
• Easily add support for your own language with MailChecker template system and send us a pull-request!

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Usage

NodeJS

var MailChecker = require('mailchecker');

if(!MailChecker('[e-mail]')){
  console.error('O RLY !');
  process.exit(1);
}

if(!MailChecker('myemail.com')){
  console.error('O RLY !');
  process.exit(1);
}

JavaScript

<script type="text/javascript" src="MailChecker/platform/javascript/MailChecker.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
if(!MailChecker('[e-mail]')){
  console.error('O RLY !');
}

if(!MailChecker('myemail.com')){
  console.error('O RLY !');
}
</script>

PHP

include __DIR__."/MailChecker/platform/php/MailChecker.php";

if(!MailChecker('[e-mail]')){
  die('O RLY !');
}

if(!MailChecker('myemail.com')){
  die('O RLY !');
}

Elixir

Code.require_file("mail_checker.ex", "mailchecker/platform/elixir/")

unless MailChecker.valid?("[e-mail]") do
  raise "O RLY !"
end

unless MailChecker.valid?("myemail.com") do
  raise "O RLY !"
end

Python

# no package yet; just drop in MailChecker.py where you want to use it.
import MailChecker
m = MailChecker.MailChecker()

if not m.is_valid('[e-mail]'):
    print "O RLY !"

Ruby

require 'mail_checker'

unless MailChecker('[e-mail]')
  fail('O RLY!')
end

unless MailChecker.valid?('[e-mail]')
  fail('O RLY!')
end

Clojure

; no package yet; just drop in mailchecker.clj where you want to use it.
(load-file "platform/clojure/mailchecker.clj")

(if (not (mailchecker/valid? "[e-mail]"))
  (throw (Throwable. "O RLY!")))

(if (not (mailchecker/valid? "myemail.com"))
  (throw (Throwable. "O RLY!")))

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Installation

NodeJS/JavaScript

npm install mailchecker

Ruby

gem install ruby-mailchecker

We accept pull-requests for other package manager.

Data sources

TorVPN

  $('td', 'table:last').map(function(){
    return this.innerText;
  }).toArray();

BloggingWV

  Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('.entry > ul > li a')).map(function(el){return el.innerText});

... please add your own dataset to list.json.

Regenerate libraries from list.json

Just run (requires NodeJS):

./gen.js

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License

Copyright (c) 2013 Francois-Guillaume Ribreau Licensed under the MIT license.