The 'is' npm package provides a set of utility functions for type checking and validation. It allows developers to easily determine the type of a variable, check for specific conditions, and validate data types.
Type Checking
The 'is' package provides functions to check the type of a variable. For example, 'is.string' checks if a value is a string, 'is.number' checks if a value is a number, and 'is.array' checks if a value is an array.
const is = require('is');
console.log(is.string('hello')); // true
console.log(is.number(123)); // true
console.log(is.array([1, 2, 3])); // trueExistence Checks
The 'is' package includes functions to check for the existence and truthiness of values. 'is.empty' checks if a value is empty, 'is.existy' checks if a value exists (is not null or undefined), and 'is.truthy' checks if a value is truthy.
const is = require('is');
console.log(is.empty([])); // true
console.log(is.existy(null)); // false
console.log(is.truthy(1)); // trueRegex and String Checks
The 'is' package provides functions to validate strings against common patterns. For example, 'is.email' checks if a string is a valid email address, 'is.url' checks if a string is a valid URL, and 'is.creditCard' checks if a string is a valid credit card number.
const is = require('is');
console.log(is.email('test@example.com')); // true
console.log(is.url('https://www.example.com')); // true
console.log(is.creditCard('4111111111111111')); // trueLodash is a modern JavaScript utility library that provides a wide range of functions for common programming tasks, including type checking and validation. It offers similar functionality to 'is' but with a broader scope and additional utilities for working with arrays, objects, and more.
Validator is a library for string validation and sanitization. It provides a comprehensive set of functions for validating and sanitizing strings, including checks for email addresses, URLs, and credit card numbers. It is more focused on string validation compared to 'is'.
Type-detect is a library for type detection in JavaScript. It provides functions to determine the type of a variable, similar to the type checking features of 'is'. It is a lightweight alternative focused specifically on type detection.
The definitive JavaScript type testing library
To be or not to be? This is the library!
As a node.js module
$ npm install is
As a component
$ component install enricomarino/is
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the definitive JavaScript type testing library
The npm package is receives a total of 2,121,525 weekly downloads. As such, is popularity was classified as popular.
We found that is 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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