@types/validator

What is @types/validator?

The @types/validator package provides TypeScript type definitions for the validator.js library, which is a tool for string validation and sanitization. This package does not contain functionality by itself but offers type support for TypeScript users of validator.js, enabling them to utilize the library in a type-safe manner.

What are @types/validator's main functionalities?

Email Validation

This feature allows you to validate whether a string is a valid email address.

import validator from 'validator';

const email = '[e-mail]';
const isValidEmail = validator.isEmail(email);
console.log(isValidEmail); // true or false

URL Validation

This feature enables you to check if a string is a valid URL.

import validator from 'validator';

const url = 'https://www.example.com';
const isValidUrl = validator.isURL(url);
console.log(isValidUrl); // true or false

Sanitize Data

This feature allows you to sanitize input to prevent XSS attacks by escaping HTML characters.

import validator from 'validator';

const dirtyString = '<script>Alert('XSS')</script>'; 
const cleanString = validator.escape(dirtyString);
console.log(cleanString); // '&lt;script&gt;Alert(&#x27;XSS&#x27;)&lt;/script&gt;'

Other packages similar to @types/validator

joi

Joi is a powerful schema description language and data validator for JavaScript. Unlike @types/validator, which provides type definitions for validator.js, Joi offers a comprehensive API for validating JavaScript objects. It's more suited for object schema validation and can be used both on the client and server side.

yup

Yup is a JavaScript schema builder for value parsing and validation. It defines a schema with a more expressive and less verbose syntax compared to traditional assertion libraries. While @types/validator provides TypeScript support for validator.js, Yup offers both validation functionality and its own type definitions, making it a standalone choice for projects.

README

Installation

npm install --save @types/validator

Summary

This package contains type definitions for validator (https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js).

Details

Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/validator.

Additional Details

• Last updated: Sat, 11 May 2024 09:35:43 GMT
• Dependencies: none

Credits

These definitions were written by tgfjt, Ilya Mochalov, Ayman Nedjmeddine, Louay Alakkad, Bonggyun Lee, Naoto Yokoyama, Philipp Katz, Jace Warren, Munif Tanjim, Vlad Poluch, Piotr Błażejewicz, Matteo Nista, Roman Babiak, and Daniel Freire.