Allows users to submit rfc822 formatted email addresses

sendgrid/helpers/mail/mail.py

@@ -260,13 +260,15 @@ def add_custom_arg(self, custom_arg):
 class Email(object):
 
     def __init__(self, email=None, name=None):
-        self._name = None
-        self._email = None
-
-        if email is not None:
-            self.email = email
-        if name is not None:
-            self.name = name
+        if not name
+            # allows passing emails as "dude Fella <example@example.com>"
+            self.parse_email(email)
+        else:
+            #allows backwards compatibility for Email(email, name)
+            if email is not None:
+                self.email = email
+            if name is not None:
+                self.name = name
 
     @property
     def name(self):
@@ -293,6 +295,22 @@ def get(self):
             email["email"] = self.email
         return email
 
+    def parse_email(self, email_info):
+        try:
+            import rfc822
+        except ImportError:
+            import email.utils as rfc822
+
+        name, email = rfc822.parseaddr(email_info)
+        if not name:
+            name = None
+
+        if not email:
+            email = None
+
+        self.name(name)
+        self.email(email)
+        return name, email
 
 class Content(object):