Python code for extracting email addresses

There have been times where I’ve wanted to mass email a bunch of people sharing the same domain name: for example, I’d like to send a notice to everyone I know who attends my school and thus has a @swarthmore.edu email address. Exporting my contacts from Gmail into CSV, I coded the following in Python which outputs a file called output.txt with all the emails you want defined by the line starting with searchquery. Might come in handy.

from string import *

searchquery = "@swarthmore.edu"
lensearch = len(searchquery)
emails = []

f = open("contacts.csv", "r")
g = open("output.txt", "w")
allines = f.readlines()
for i in range(len(allines)):
    splitted = allines[i].split(",")
    if len(splitted) > 2 and \
        splitted[1][-lensearch:] == searchquery:
        g.write(splitted[1] + ", ")

g.close()
f.close()

May 13 Comments

How to download mp3 from esnips

So, you’ve found a good song on esnips and you’d like to make it your own. As of this writing, only one method exists. Say you’d like to download Ballade Pour Adeline by Rimini Club DJs Unlimited, an obscure but fantastic song. The URL on esnips is at

Here’s the method:

1. Replace the /doc/ part with /nsdoc/
2. Remove the song name from the URL (in the above example, 03.-Ballade-Pour-Adeline---Rimini-Club-Djs-United).
3. Replace what you removed with ts_id/1205795172796/ns_flash/file1.mp3

What you should have now is

Save! (Use Firefox to make your life easier). Disclaimer: this method works as of this writing but is not guaranteed to last.

May 8 Comments

Endangered-Languages.com

I hereby present to you a collaborative final project for my Endangered Languages course here at Swarthmore: endangered-languages.com

May 6 Comments

Promise me you’ll never let me go

May 5 Comments

IHT Delivers Same Story in Different Flavors

It seems that the International Herald Tribune can be accused of writing up different forms of the same article with choice words replaced. It lends itself to a surprisingly conflicting interpretation. The reason they differ? The regions in which they are expected to be read, specifically Africa versus the Middle East (check out their links) Check out the screenshots below and a comparison of some of the additional/removed words.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/22/africa/22aramaic.php

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/22/mideast/syria.php

Paragraph 1:
Africa: … Aramaic, the language of Jesus…
Middle East: … Aramaic, the presumed language of Jesus…

Paragraph 7:
Africa: John Francis, 20, said, “My father wrote a book about it, but I barely speak any.” (Western-sounding names are common among Christians in Syria and Lebanon.)
Middle East: <removed>

Second page, paragraph 1:
Africa: But even the town’s Christian identity is fading. Muslims have begun replacing the emigrating Christians, and now Malula — once entirely Christian — is almost half Muslim, residents say.
Middle East: <removed>

Apr 24 Comments