def generate_email_variations(names, domain="catchingphish.com", custom_formats=None):
"""
Generate email variations for a list of names with customizable formats.
:param names: List of full names
:param domain: The email domain to append (default: example.com)
:param custom_formats: List of additional formats using {first}, {last}, and {initial}
:return: Dictionary of names with their email variations
"""
email_variations = []
for name in names:
# Split the full name into first and last names
parts = name.lower().strip().split()
if len(parts) < 2:
print(f"Skipping invalid name: {name}")
continue
first_name, last_name = parts[0], parts[-1]
initial = first_name[0]
# Default variations
variations = [
f"{first_name}.{last_name}",
f"{initial}.{last_name}",
f"{initial}{last_name}"
]
# Add custom formats if provided
if custom_formats:
for fmt in custom_formats:
try:
custom_email = fmt.format(
first=first_name, last=last_name, initial=initial
)
variations.append(custom_email)
except KeyError as e:
print(f"Error in custom format '{fmt}': {e}")
# Append the domain to each email
variations_with_domain = [f"{email}@{domain}" for email in variations]
email_variations.append({name: variations_with_domain})
return email_variations
# Example usage
names_list = ["Amanda Smith", "Andrew Doe", "Brandon Jordan", "Brett Johnson, Brian Stephenson"]
custom_formats = ["{first}{last}", "{last}.{initial}"]
emails = generate_email_variations(
names_list,
domain="catchingphish.com",
custom_formats=custom_formats
)
# Print the generated email addresses
for entry in emails:
for name, variations in entry.items():
print(f"Name: {name}")
print("Email Variations:")
for email in variations:
print(f" - {email}")
