Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: validate-email
Version: 1.3
Summary: Validate_email verify if an email address is valid and really exists.
Home-page: http://github.com/syrusakbary/validate_email
Download-URL: git@github.com:syrusakbary/validate_email.git
Author: Syrus Akbary
Author-email: me@syrusakbary.com
License: LGPL
Keywords: email validation verification mx verify
License-File: LICENSE
License-File: AUTHORS

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Validate_email
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Validate_email is a package for Python that check if an email is valid, properly formatted and really exists.



INSTALLATION
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First, you must do::

    pip install validate_email

Extra
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For check the domain mx and verify email exits you must have the `pyDNS` package installed::

    pip install pyDNS


USAGE
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Basic usage::

    from validate_email import validate_email
    is_valid = validate_email('example@example.com')


Checking domain has SMTP Server
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Check if the host has SMTP Server::

    from validate_email import validate_email
    is_valid = validate_email('example@example.com',check_mx=True)


Verify email exists
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Check if the host has SMTP Server and the email really exists::

    from validate_email import validate_email
    is_valid = validate_email('example@example.com',verify=True)


TODOs and BUGS
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See: http://github.com/syrusakbary/validate_email/issues
