username-checker
Advanced tools
The Username Checker allows you to check the availability of a username across multiple websites.
npm install username-checker --save
To use the Username Checker, you first need to import the package.
import { UsernameChecker } from 'username-checker';
OR
const { UsernameChecker } = require('username-checker');
Create an instance of the UsernameChecker class and then use the isAvailable method to check the availability of a username on a specific website:
const usernameChecker = new UsernameChecker();
const result = usernameChecker.isAvailable('twitter', 'my-desired-username');
console.log(result); // { service: 'twitter', url: 'https://github.com/my-desired-username', available: true }
The isAvailable method takes two arguments - the website name (as a string) and the username to check (also a string). The method returns a Promise that resolves to an object containing information about the availability of the username on the specified website. The object has the following properties:
service - the name of the website checked.url - the URL used to check the username.available - a boolean value indicating whether the username is available on the website. This could also be undefined in case there was no deterministic way to deduce the availability.reason - A potential reason of what could have gone wrong that resulted in available = undefined.The getServices method returns an array of supported website names:
const services = usernameChecker.getServices();
console.log(services); // ['github', 'twitter', 'instagram', ... ]
| Website | Name Used in isAvailable Method |
|---|---|
| About | about |
| Ask.fm | askfm |
| Bandcamp | bandcamp |
| BasecampHQ | basecamphq |
| Behance | behance |
| Bitbucket | bitbucket |
| Blogspot | blogspot |
| BuzzFeed | buzzfeed |
| Cash | cash |
| Codecademy | codecademy |
| Contently | contently |
| Dailymotion | dailymotion |
| Designspiration | designspiration |
| DeviantArt | deviantart |
| Disqus | disqus |
| Dribbble | dribbble |
| eBay | ebay |
| Etsy | etsy |
| EyeEm | eyeem |
facebook | |
| Fanpop | fanpop |
| Fiverr | fiverr |
| Flickr | flickr |
flipboard | |
| GitHub | github |
| Gitlab | gitlab |
| Gravatar | gravatar |
| Houzz | houzz |
| Hubpages | hubpages |
| IFTTT | ifttt |
| Instructables | instructables |
| Kano World | kanoworld |
| Keybase | keybase |
| Kik | kik |
| Kongregate | kongregate |
| Last.fm | last |
| LiveJournal | livejournal |
| Medium | medium |
| Mix | mix |
| Shopify | myshopify |
| Myspace | myspace |
| Newgrounds | newgrounds |
| Pandora | pandora |
| Pastebin | pastebin |
| Patreon | patreon |
| PayPal | paypal |
| Photobucket | photobucket |
pinterest | |
| Product Hunt | producthunt |
reddit | |
| ReverbNation | reverbnation |
| Roblox | roblox |
| Slack | slack |
| Slideshare | slideshare |
| Soundcloud | soundcloud |
| Spotify | spotify |
| Steam Community | steamcommunity |
| Telegram | telegram |
| TikTok | tiktok |
| Trakt.tv | trakt |
| TripIt | tripit |
| Tumblr | tumblr |
| Twitch | twitch |
twitter | |
| Venmo | venmo |
| Vimeo | vimeo |
| VK | vk |
| Wattpad | wattpad |
| Wikia | wikia |
| WordPress | wordpress |
| Y Combinator | ycombinator |
| Yelp | yelp |
| YouNow | younow |
| YouTube | youtube |
FAQs
Check the availability of a username across multiple websites
We found that username-checker demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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