Find all times, dates, links, phone numbers, and emails in a string. I did the hard work so you don't have to.
Pull requests welcome!
>>> from commonregex import CommonRegex
>>> parsed_text = CommonRegex("John, please get that article on www.linkedin.com to me by 5:00PM
on Jan 9th 2012. 4:00 would be ideal, actually. If you have any
questions, You can reach me at (519)-236-2723 or get in touch with
my associate at harold.smith@gmail.com")
>>> parsed_text.times
['5:00PM', '4:00']
>>> parsed_text.dates
['Jan 9th 2012']
>>> parsed_text.links
['www.linkedin.com']
>>> parsed_text.phones
['(519)-236-2727']
>>> parsed_text.emails
['harold.smith@gmail.com']
Alternatively, you can generate a single CommonRegex instance and use it to parse multiple segments of text.
>>> parser = CommonRegex()
>>> parser.times("When are you free? Do you want to meet up for coffee at 4:00?")
['4:00']
Please note that this module is currently English/US specific.