"""
Implements an is valid email address algorithm
@ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address
"""
import string
email_tests: tuple[tuple[str, bool], ...] = (
("simple@example.com", True),
("very.common@example.com", True),
("disposable.style.email.with+symbol@example.com", True),
("other-email-with-hyphen@and.subdomains.example.com", True),
("fully-qualified-domain@example.com", True),
("user.name+tag+sorting@example.com", True),
("x@example.com", True),
("example-indeed@strange-example.com", True),
("test/test@test.com", True),
(
"123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123@example.com",
True,
),
("admin@mailserver1", True),
("example@s.example", True),
("Abc.example.com", False),
("A@b@c@example.com", False),
("abc@example..com", False),
("a(c)d,e:f;g<h>i[j\\k]l@example.com", False),
(
"12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345@example.com",
False,
),
("i.like.underscores@but_its_not_allowed_in_this_part", False),
("", False),
)
MAX_LOCAL_PART_OCTETS = 64
MAX_DOMAIN_OCTETS = 255
def is_valid_email_address(email: str) -> bool:
"""
Returns True if the passed email address is valid.
The local part of the email precedes the singular @ symbol and
is associated with a display-name. For example, "john.smith"
The domain is stricter than the local part and follows the @ symbol.
Global email checks:
1. There can only be one @ symbol in the email address. Technically if the
@ symbol is quoted in the local-part, then it is valid, however this
implementation ignores "" for now.
(See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#:~:text=If%20quoted,)
2. The local-part and the domain are limited to a certain number of octets. With
unicode storing a single character in one byte, each octet is equivalent to
a character. Hence, we can just check the length of the string.
Checks for the local-part:
3. The local-part may contain: upper and lowercase latin letters, digits 0 to 9,
and printable characters (!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~)
4. The local-part may also contain a "." in any place that is not the first or
last character, and may not have more than one "." consecutively.
Checks for the domain:
5. The domain may contain: upper and lowercase latin letters and digits 0 to 9
6. Hyphen "-", provided that it is not the first or last character
7. The domain may also contain a "." in any place that is not the first or
last character, and may not have more than one "." consecutively.
>>> for email, valid in email_tests:
... assert is_valid_email_address(email) == valid
"""
if email.count("@") != 1:
return False
local_part, domain = email.split("@")
if len(local_part) > MAX_LOCAL_PART_OCTETS or len(domain) > MAX_DOMAIN_OCTETS:
return False
if any(
char not in string.ascii_letters + string.digits + ".(!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~)"
for char in local_part
):
return False
if local_part.startswith(".") or local_part.endswith(".") or ".." in local_part:
return False
if any(char not in string.ascii_letters + string.digits + ".-" for char in domain):
return False
if domain.startswith("-") or domain.endswith("."):
return False
if domain.startswith(".") or domain.endswith(".") or ".." in domain:
return False
return True
if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest
doctest.testmod()
for email, valid in email_tests:
is_valid = is_valid_email_address(email)
assert is_valid == valid, f"{email} is {is_valid}"
print(f"Email address {email} is {'not ' if not is_valid else ''}valid")