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Show HN: PossibleEmail – Ruby gem to find someone's email address

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Post by the4dpatrick » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 5:26 PM UTC

Show HN: PossibleEmail – Ruby gem to find someone's email address
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Re: Show HN: PossibleEmail – Ruby gem to find someone's email address

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Post by joshmlewis » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 7:43 PM UTC

Does this still work since the Rapportive plugin was shut down a couple weeks ago?

Edit: why the downvotes? The Rapportive plugin was shut down and this gem uses it.

Re: Show HN: PossibleEmail – Ruby gem to find someone's email address

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Post by jwcrux » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 7:49 PM UTC

This is very close to the Python Rapportive API library I have out on github: http://github.com/jordan-wright/rapportive.

Re: Show HN: PossibleEmail – Ruby gem to find someone's email address

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Post by jsfour » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 8:17 PM UTC

Love the concept! I will be using this for sure.

Re: Show HN: PossibleEmail – Ruby gem to find someone's email address

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Post by hkmurakami » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 8:29 PM UTC

This is not the first post I've seen about this sort of email mining, and certainly see its value (though I've seen some pretty distasteful "look and my business hack! blogposts in the past of the subject).

I wonder at what point this will become so rampant that some sort of pushback happens. If there is pushback, I wonder in what form it will happen and what recourse people have.

Regardless, thanks for sharing!

Re: Show HN: PossibleEmail – Ruby gem to find someone's email address

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Post by eli » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 9:28 PM UTC

jwcrux wrote: post #3

This is very close to the Python Rapportive API library I have out on github: http://github.com/jordan-wright/rapportive .

Does it still work? I'd be surprised if they shut down the official plugin but kept the API running for the benefit of unlicensed clients.

Re: Show HN: PossibleEmail – Ruby gem to find someone's email address

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Post by the4dpatrick » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 10:44 PM UTC

jwcrux wrote: post #3

This is very close to the Python Rapportive API library I have out on github: http://github.com/jordan-wright/rapportive .

Hey Jordan, ye last time we talked I mentioned how your script was a big inspiration but my rapportive projects. Glad you saw this one as well.

Re: Show HN: PossibleEmail – Ruby gem to find someone's email address

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Post by the4dpatrick » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 10:46 PM UTC

joshmlewis wrote: post #2

Does this still work since the Rapportive plugin was shut down a couple weeks ago? Edit: why the downvotes? The Rapportive plugin was shut down and this gem uses it.

Yup it still works. I just tested it as a sanity check.

Re: Show HN: PossibleEmail – Ruby gem to find someone's email address

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Post by the4dpatrick » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 10:47 PM UTC

eli wrote: post #6

jwcrux wrote: post #3

This is very close to the Python Rapportive API library I have out on github: http://github.com/jordan-wright/rapportive .

Does it still work? I'd be surprised if they shut down the official plugin but kept the API running for the benefit of unlicensed clients.

Yes still working

Re: Show HN: PossibleEmail – Ruby gem to find someone's email address

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Post by joshmlewis » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 12:37 AM UTC

the4dpatrick wrote: post #8

joshmlewis wrote: post #2

Does this still work since the Rapportive plugin was shut down a couple weeks ago? Edit: why the downvotes? The Rapportive plugin was shut down and this gem uses it.

Yup it still works. I just tested it as a sanity check.

Awesome. I was in the process of that.