Decoding encoded email id in python

Question

I have an email address which is encoded

su&#098;&#105;&#046;&#098;&#104;&#097;&#115;&#107;&#097;&#114;&#097;&#110;@in.ibm.co&#109;

I have to decode the above enoded and if we decode i will get this email address

subi.bhaskaran@in.ibm.com

I wrote a script for decoding but it is not working

from email.header import decode_header
print decode_header("""=su&#098;&#105;&#046;&#098;&#104;&#097;&#115;&#107;&#097;&#114;&#097;&#110;@in.ibm.co&#109;=""")

Output:

[('=su&#098;&#105;&#046;&#098;&#104;&#097;&#115;&#107;&#097;&#114;&#097;&#110;@in.ibm.co&#109;=', None)]

Which is not decoding it.

How could i decode this?

su&#098;&#105;&#046;&#098;&#104;&#097;&#115;&#107;&#097;&#114;&#097;&#110;@in.ibm.co&#109;

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '15 at 08:09

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It is ascii HTML encoding.

import HTMLParser
encoded_text = 'su&#098;&#105;&#046;&#098;&#104;&#097;&#115;&#107;&#097;&#114;&#097;&#110;@in.ibm.co&#109;'
decoded_text = HTMLParser.HTMLParser().unescape(encoded_text)

answered Dec 31 '15 at 08:09

jatinderjit

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