rubyregexemail-parsing

How do I write this regex in ruby? (parsing Gmail API fields)

I have 3 types of strings I need to parse:

"John Smith <jsmith@gmail.com>"

"\"jsmith@gmail.com\" <jsmith@gmail.com>, \"bob@gmail.com\" <bob@gmail.com>"

"\"yo@gmail.com\" <yo@gmail.com>, John Smith <jsmith@gmial.com>"

I need a hash of each, that looks like:

{ 'John Smith' => 'jsmith@gmail.com' } # for the first one

{ 'jsmith@gmail.com' => 'jsmith@gmail.com', 'bob@gmail.com' => 'bob@gmail.com' } # for the second one

{ 'yo@gmail.com' => 'yo@gmail.com', 'John Smith' => 'jsmith@gmail.com' } # for the third one
Solution

  • You can use mail gem to parse.

    emails = "\"jsmith@gmail.com\" <jsmith@gmail.com>, \"bob@gmail.com\" <bob@gmail.com>, \"Bobby\" <bobby@gmail.com>"

raw_addresses = Mail::AddressList.new(emails)

result = raw_addresses.addresses.map {|a| {name: a.name, email: a.address}}

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