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imbox/mailbox/parser.py
Andreas Savvides cc1bcec509 Improving parser code readability
- Avoid single character variable names
- Use more descriptive variable names (`address` to `address_email`)
- Use `default_charset` parameter instead of hard coding `'us-ascii'`
2013-07-27 12:22:49 +01:00

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import email
def decode_mail_header(value, default_charset='us-ascii'):
"""
Decode a header value into a unicode string.
"""
try:
headers=email.header.decode_header(value)
except email.errors.HeaderParseError:
return value.encode(default_charset, 'replace').decode(default_charset)
else:
for index, (text, charset) in enumerate(headers):
try:
headers[index]=text.decode(charset or default_charset, 'replace')
except LookupError:
# if the charset is unknown, force default
headers[index]=text.decode(default_charset, 'replace')
return u"".join(headers)
def get_mail_addresses(message, header_name):
"""
Retrieve all email addresses from one message header.
"""
addresses = email.utils.getaddresses(header for header in message.get_all(header_name, []))
for index, (address_name, address_email) in enumerate(addresses):
addresses[index]={'name': decode_mail_header(address_name), 'email': address_email}
return addresses