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ein-validator
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Validate and mask a U.S. Employer Identification Number (EIN).
Install the package via npm
:
npm install ein-validator --save
isValid(value)
This method validates if the given value is a valid Employer Identification Number
.
value
(*): The value to validate.(boolean): Returns whether the input value is a valid EIN or not.
isValid({});
// => false
isValid('0112345-67');
// => false
isValid('01-1234567');
// => true
isValid('011234567');
// => true
mask(value)
This method will help you protect this sensitive piece of information by obfuscating some digits.
value
(*): The value to mask.(string): Returns the masked value by replacing value certain digits by 'X'.
mask({});
// Throws an Error.
mask('0112345-67');
// Throws an Error.
mask('01-1234567');
// => XX-XXX0000
mask('011234567');
// => XXXXX4567
To test using a local installation of node.js
:
npm test
To test using Docker exclusively:
docker-compose run --rm sut
npm version [<newversion> | major | minor | patch] -m "Release %s"
MIT
v1.0.1 (2020-11-20)
Merged pull requests:
FAQs
Employer Identification Number validator and masker
The npm package ein-validator receives a total of 12,770 weekly downloads. As such, ein-validator popularity was classified as popular.
We found that ein-validator demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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