Converts mailto links to english instead of opening them in your non cloud based stock mail client that you never configured

mailto-english.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Sometimes you get a mailto link and it opens up a mail client that you never
# use and on top of that, the mailto url is url encoded so it's full of
# percent characters. Instead of having to decode it manually or put it in a
# website to decode, I decided to write up this solution.
#
# Usage:
#      install mailto-english.py /usr/local/bin/mailto-english
#      mailto-english "mailto:jobs%40gravitational.com?subject=Application%20for%20DevOps%20Engineer%20at%20Gravitational&body=Hi%21%0A%0AI%27d%20like%20to%20apply%20for%20your%20position%20for%20a%20DevOps%20Engineer%20at%20Gravitational"

import sys

# python2 vs python3
try:
    from urlparse import urlparse, parse_qs
    from urllib import unquote
except:
    from urllib.parse import urlsplit as urlparse, parse_qs, unquote

# get first arg or provide one
try:
    url = sys.argv[1]
except:
    url = "mailto:jobs%40gravitational.com?subject=Application&body=Hi%21%20I%20want%20work%20please%21"

query = {}
parsed_url = urlparse(url)
query['email'] = [unquote(parsed_url.path)]
query.update(parse_qs(parsed_url.query))

# python3 vs python2
try:
    iterate = query.iteritems()
except:
    iterate = query.items()

for key, val in iterate:
    try:
        print("{:>10}: {}".format(key.title(), val[0].replace("\n", " ")))
    except:
        # skip if first value cannot be retrieved
        pass