# Extract emails and phone numbers from text

**Use case:** 

Pull emails, phone numbers, and URLs out of raw text or lead lists in bulk using battle-tested regular expressions.

## Input

```json
{
  "strings": [
    "Contact John at john.doe@example.com or +1 (415) 555-0132, https://example.com",
    "Reach Jane at jane_smith@work.co.uk or call 020 7946 0958."
  ],
  "textField": "markdown",
  "patterns": [
    {
      "name": "email",
      "regex": "[\\w.+-]+@[\\w-]+\\.[\\w.-]+",
      "flags": "i"
    },
    {
      "name": "phone",
      "regex": "\\+?\\d[\\d\\s().-]{7,}\\d"
    },
    {
      "name": "url",
      "regex": "https?://[^\\s)\\]]+"
    }
  ],
  "firstMatchOnly": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "index": {
    "label": "#",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "input": {
    "label": "Input string",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "matchCount": {
    "label": "Matches",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "matches": {
    "label": "Matches by pattern",
    "format": "object"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Regex Helper](https://apify.com/rl1987/regex-helper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/rl1987/regex-helper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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