Mail::Address handles all email addresses in Mail. It takes an email address string and parses it, breaking it down into its component parts and allowing you to get the address, comments, display name, name, local part, domain part and fully formatted address.
Mail::Address requires a correctly formatted email address per RFC2822 or RFC822. It handles all obsolete versions including obsolete domain routing on the local part.
a = Address.new('Mikel Lindsaar (My email address) <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>') a.format #=> 'Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net> (My email address)' a.address #=> 'mikel@test.lindsaar.net' a.display_name #=> 'Mikel Lindsaar' a.local #=> 'mikel' a.domain #=> 'test.lindsaar.net' a.comments #=> ['My email address'] a.to_s #=> 'Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net> (My email address)'
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 22 def initialize(value = nil) @output_type = :decode @tree = nil @raw_text = value case when value.nil? @parsed = false return else parse(value) end end
Returns the address that is in the address itself. That is, the local@domain string, without any angle brackets or the like.
a = Address.new('Mikel Lindsaar (My email address) <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>') a.address #=> 'mikel@test.lindsaar.net'
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 67 def address parse unless @parsed domain ? "#{local}@#{domain}" : local end
Provides a way to assign an address to an already made Mail::Address object.
a = Address.new a.address = 'Mikel Lindsaar (My email address) <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>' a.address #=> 'mikel@test.lindsaar.net'
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 77 def address=(value) parse(value) end
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 167 def decoded @output_type = :decode format end
Returns the display name of the email address passed in.
a = Address.new('Mikel Lindsaar (My email address) <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>') a.display_name #=> 'Mikel Lindsaar'
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 85 def display_name parse unless @parsed @display_name ||= get_display_name Encodings.decode_encode(@display_name.to_s, @output_type) if @display_name end
Provides a way to assign a display name to an already made Mail::Address object.
a = Address.new a.address = 'mikel@test.lindsaar.net' a.display_name = 'Mikel Lindsaar' a.format #=> 'Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>'
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 97 def display_name=( str ) @display_name = str end
Returns the domain part (the right hand side of the @ sign in the email address) of the address
a = Address.new('Mikel Lindsaar (My email address) <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>') a.domain #=> 'test.lindsaar.net'
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 116 def domain parse unless @parsed strip_all_comments(get_domain) if get_domain end
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 162 def encoded @output_type = :encode format end
Returns a correctly formatted address for the email going out. If given an incorrectly formatted address as input, Mail::Address will do its best to format it correctly. This includes quoting display names as needed and putting the address in angle brackets etc.
a = Address.new('Mikel Lindsaar (My email address) <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>') a.format #=> 'Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net> (My email address)'
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 48 def format parse unless @parsed case when tree.nil? '' when display_name [quote_phrase(display_name), "<#{address}>", format_comments].compact.join(" ") when address [address, format_comments].compact.join(" ") else tree.text_value end end
Shows the Address object basic details, including the Address
a = Address.new('Mikel (My email) <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>') a.inspect #=> "#<Mail::Address:14184910 Address: |Mikel <mikel@test.lindsaar.net> (My email)| >"
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 157 def inspect parse unless @parsed "#<#{self.class}:#{self.object_id} Address: |#{to_s}| >" end
Returns the local part (the left hand side of the @ sign in the email address) of the address
a = Address.new('Mikel Lindsaar (My email address) <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>') a.local #=> 'mikel'
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 106 def local parse unless @parsed "#{obs_domain_list}#{get_local.strip}" if get_local end
Sometimes an address will not have a display name, but might have the name as a comment field after the address. This returns that name if it exists.
a = Address.new('mikel@test.lindsaar.net (Mikel Lindsaar)') a.name #=> 'Mikel Lindsaar'
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 140 def name parse unless @parsed get_name end
Returns the raw imput of the passed in string, this is before it is passed by the parser.
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 37 def raw @raw_text end
Returns the format of the address, or returns nothing
a = Address.new('Mikel Lindsaar (My email address) <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>') a.format #=> 'Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net> (My email address)'
# File lib/mail/elements/address.rb, line 149 def to_s parse unless @parsed format end
Generated with the Darkfish Rdoc Generator 2.
Returns an array of comments that are in the email, or an empty array if there are no comments