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A library of string validators and sanitizers.

## Strings only

**This library validates and sanitizes strings only.**

If you're not sure if your input is a string, coerce it using `input + ''`.
Passing anything other than a string will result in an error.

## Installation and Usage

### Server-side usage

Install the `validator` package as:

```sh
npm i validator
yarn add validator
pnpm i validator
```

#### No ES6

```javascript
var validator = require('validator');

validator.isEmail('foo@bar.com'); //=> true
```

#### ES6

```javascript
import validator from 'validator';
```

Or, import only a subset of the library:

```javascript
import isEmail from 'validator/lib/isEmail';
```

#### Tree-shakeable ES imports

```javascript
import isEmail from 'validator/es/lib/isEmail';
```

### Client-side usage

The library can be loaded either as a standalone script, or through an [AMD][amd]-compatible loader

```html
<script type="text/javascript" src="validator.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  validator.isEmail('foo@bar.com'); //=> true
</script>
```

The library can also be installed through [bower][bower]

```bash
$ bower install validator-js
```

CDN

```html
<script src="https://unpkg.com/validator@latest/validator.min.js"></script>
```

## Validators

Here is a list of the validators currently available.

Validator                               | Description
--------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------
**contains(str, seed [, options])**    | check if the string contains the seed.<br/><br/>`options` is an object that defaults to `{ ignoreCase: false, minOccurrences: 1 }`.<br />Options: <br/> `ignoreCase`: Ignore case when doing comparison, default false.<br/>`minOccurrences`: Minimum number of occurrences for the seed in the string. Defaults to 1.
**equals(str, comparison)**             | check if the string matches the comparison.
**isAbaRouting(str)**               | check if the string is an ABA routing number for US bank account / cheque.
**isAfter(str [, options])**            | check if the string is a date that is after the specified date.<br/><br/>`options` is an object that defaults to `{ comparisonDate: Date().toString() }`.<br/>**Options:**<br/>`comparisonDate`: Date to compare to. Defaults to `Date().toString()` (now).
**isAlpha(str [, locale, options])**    | check if the string contains only letters (a-zA-Z).<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'bn', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'eo', 'es-ES', 'fa-IR', 'fi-FI', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'he', 'hi-IN', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'kk-KZ', 'ko-KR', 'ja-JP', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'si-LK', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'th-TH', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']` and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphaLocales`. `options` is an optional object that can be supplied with the following key(s): `ignore` which can either be a String or RegExp of characters to be ignored e.g. " -" will ignore spaces and -'s.
**isAlphanumeric(str [, locale, options])**      | check if the string contains only letters and numbers (a-zA-Z0-9).<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bn', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'eo', 'es-ES', 'fa-IR', 'fi-FI', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'he', 'hi-IN', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'kk-KZ', 'ko-KR', 'ja-JP','ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'si-LK', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'th-TH', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphanumericLocales`. `options` is an optional object that can be supplied with the following key(s): `ignore` which can either be a String or RegExp of characters to be ignored e.g. " -" will ignore spaces and -'s.
**isAscii(str)**                        | check if the string contains ASCII chars only.
**isBase32(str [, options])**           | check if the string is base32 encoded. `options` is optional and defaults to `{ crockford: false }`.<br/> When `crockford` is true it tests the given base32 encoded string using [Crockford's base32 alternative][Crockford Base32].
**isBase58(str)**                       | check if the string is base58 encoded.
**isBase64(str [, options])**          | check if the string is base64 encoded. `options` is optional and defaults to `{ urlSafe: false }`<br/> when `urlSafe` is true it tests the given base64 encoded string is [url safe][Base64 URL Safe].
**isBefore(str [, date])**              | check if the string is a date that is before the specified date.
**isBIC(str)**                          | check if the string is a BIC (Bank Identification Code) or SWIFT code.
**isBoolean(str [, options])**          | check if the string is a boolean.<br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ loose: false }`. If `loose` is set to false, the validator will strictly match ['true', 'false', '0', '1']. If `loose` is set to true, the validator will also match 'yes', 'no', and will match a valid boolean string of any case. (e.g.: ['true', 'True', 'TRUE']).
**isBtcAddress(str)**            | check if the string is a valid BTC address.
**isByteLength(str [, options])**          | check if the string's length (in UTF-8 bytes) falls in a range.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ min: 0, max: undefined }`.
**isCreditCard(str [, options])**                   | check if the string is a credit card number.<br/><br/> `options` is an optional object that can be supplied with the following key(s): `provider` is an optional key whose value should be a string, and defines the company issuing the credit card. Valid values include `['amex', 'dinersclub', 'discover', 'jcb', 'mastercard', 'unionpay', 'visa']` or blank will check for any provider.
**isCurrency(str [, options])**            | check if the string is a valid currency amount.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ symbol: '$', require_symbol: false, allow_space_after_symbol: false, symbol_after_digits: false, allow_negatives: true, parens_for_negatives: false, negative_sign_before_digits: false, negative_sign_after_digits: false, allow_negative_sign_placeholder: false, thousands_separator: ',', decimal_separator: '.', allow_decimal: true, require_decimal: false, digits_after_decimal: [2], allow_space_after_digits: false }`.<br/>**Note:** The array `digits_after_decimal` is filled with the exact number of digits allowed not a range, for example a range 1 to 3 will be given as [1, 2, 3].
**isDataURI(str)**                      | check if the string is a [data uri format][Data URI Format].
**isDate(str [, options])**          | check if the string is a valid date. e.g. [`2002-07-15`, new Date()].<br/><br/> `options` is an object which can contain the keys `format`, `strictMode` and/or `delimiters`.<br/><br/>`format` is a string and defaults to `YYYY/MM/DD`.<br/><br/>`strictMode` is a boolean and defaults to `false`. If `strictMode` is set to true, the validator will reject strings different from `format`.<br/><br/> `delimiters` is an array of allowed date delimiters and defaults to `['/', '-']`.
**isDecimal(str [, options])**             | check if the string represents a decimal number, such as 0.1, .3, 1.1, 1.00003, 4.0, etc.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{force_decimal: false, decimal_digits: '1,', locale: 'en-US'}`.<br/><br/>`locale` determines the decimal separator and is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'eo', 'es-ES', 'fa', 'fa-AF', 'fa-IR', 'fr-FR', 'fr-CA', 'hu-HU', 'id-ID', 'it-IT', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pl-Pl', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA', 'vi-VN']`.<br/>**Note:** `decimal_digits` is given as a range like '1,3', a specific value like '3' or min like '1,'.
**isDivisibleBy(str, number)**          | check if the string is a number that is divisible by another.
**isEAN(str)**                          | check if the string is an [EAN (European Article Number)][European Article Number].
**isEmail(str [, options])**            | check if the string is an email.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ allow_display_name: false, require_display_name: false, allow_utf8_local_part: true, require_tld: true, allow_ip_domain: false, allow_underscores: false, domain_specific_validation: false, blacklisted_chars: '', host_blacklist: [] }`. If `allow_display_name` is set to true, the validator will also match `Display Name <email-address>`. If `require_display_name` is set to true, the validator will reject strings without the format `Display Name <email-address>`. If `allow_utf8_local_part` is set to false, the validator will not allow any non-English UTF8 character in email address' local part. If `require_tld` is set to false, email addresses without a TLD in their domain will also be matched. If `ignore_max_length` is set to true, the validator will not check for the standard max length of an email. If `allow_ip_domain` is set to true, the validator will allow IP addresses in the host part. If `domain_specific_validation` is true, some additional validation will be enabled, e.g. disallowing certain syntactically valid email addresses that are rejected by Gmail. If `blacklisted_chars` receives a string, then the validator will reject emails that include any of the characters in the string, in the name part. If `host_blacklist` is set to an array of strings or regexp, and the part of the email after the `@` symbol matches one of the strings defined in it, the validation fails. If `host_whitelist` is set to an array of strings or regexp, and the part of the email after the `@` symbol matches none of the strings defined in it, the validation fails.
**isEmpty(str [, options])**            | check if the string has a length of zero.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ ignore_whitespace: false }`.
**isEthereumAddress(str)**              | check if the string is an [Ethereum][Ethereum] address. Does not validate address checksums.
**isFloat(str [, options])**            | check if the string is a float.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which can contain the keys `min`, `max`, `gt`, and/or `lt` to validate the float is within boundaries (e.g. `{ min: 7.22, max: 9.55 }`) it also has `locale` as an option.<br/><br/>`min` and `max` are equivalent to 'greater or equal' and 'less or equal', respectively while `gt` and `lt` are their strict counterparts.<br/><br/>`locale` determines the decimal separator and is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'eo', 'es-ES', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`. Locale list is `validator.isFloatLocales`.
**isFQDN(str [, options])**             | check if the string is a fully qualified domain name (e.g. domain.com).<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ require_tld: true, allow_underscores: false, allow_trailing_dot: false, allow_numeric_tld: false, allow_wildcard: false, ignore_max_length: false }`. If `allow_wildcard` is set to true, the validator will allow domain starting with `*.` (e.g. `*.example.com` or `*.shop.example.com`).
**isFreightContainerID(str)**                      | alias for `isISO6346`, check if the string is a valid [ISO 6346](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6346) shipping container identification.
**isFullWidth(str)**                    | check if the string contains any full-width chars.
**isHalfWidth(str)**                    | check if the string contains any half-width chars.
**isHash(str, algorithm)**              | check if the string is a hash of type algorithm.<br/><br/>Algorithm is one of `['crc32', 'crc32b', 'md4', 'md5', 'ripemd128', 'ripemd160', 'sha1', 'sha256', 'sha384', 'sha512', 'tiger128', 'tiger160', 'tiger192']`.
**isHexadecimal(str)**                  | check if the string is a hexadecimal number.
**isHexColor(str)**                     | check if the string is a hexadecimal color.
**isHSL(str)**                          | check if the string is an HSL (hue, saturation, lightness, optional alpha) color based on [CSS Colors Level 4 specification][CSS Colors Level 4 Specification].<br/><br/>Comma-separated format supported. Space-separated format supported with the exception of a few edge cases (ex: `hsl(200grad+.1%62%/1)`).
**isIBAN(str, [, options])**                  | check if the string is an IBAN (International Bank Account Number).<br/><br/>`options` is an object which accepts two attributes: `whitelist`: where you can restrict IBAN codes you want to receive data from and `blacklist`: where you can remove some of the countries from the current list. For both you can use an array with the following values `['AD','AE','AL','AT','AZ','BA','BE','BG','BH','BR','BY','CH','CR','CY','CZ','DE','DK','DO','EE','EG','ES','FI','FO','FR','GB','GE','GI','GL','GR','GT','HR','HU','IE','IL','IQ','IR','IS','IT','JO','KW','KZ','LB','LC','LI','LT','LU','LV','MC','MD','ME','MK','MR','MT','MU','MZ','NL','NO','PK','PL','PS','PT','QA','RO','RS','SA','SC','SE','SI','SK','SM','SV','TL','TN','TR','UA','VA','VG','XK']`.
**isIdentityCard(str [, locale])**      | check if the string is a valid identity card code.<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['LK', 'PL', 'ES', 'FI', 'IN', 'IT', 'IR', 'MZ', 'NO', 'TH', 'zh-TW', 'he-IL', 'ar-LY', 'ar-TN', 'zh-CN', 'zh-HK', 'PK']` OR `'any'`. If 'any' is used, function will check if any of the locales match.<br/><br/>Defaults to 'any'.
**isIMEI(str [, options]))**                         | check if the string is a valid [IMEI number][IMEI]. IMEI should be of format `###############` or `##-######-######-#`.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which can contain the keys `allow_hyphens`. Defaults to first format. If `allow_hyphens` is set to true, the validator will validate the second format.
**isIn(str, values)**                   | check if the string is in an array of allowed values.
**isInt(str [, options])**              | check if the string is an integer.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which can contain the keys `min` and/or `max` to check the integer is within boundaries (e.g. `{ min: 10, max: 99 }`). `options` can also contain the key `allow_leading_zeroes`, which when set to false will disallow integer values with leading zeroes (e.g. `{ allow_leading_zeroes: false }`). Finally, `options` can contain the keys `gt` and/or `lt` which will enforce integers being greater than or less than, respectively, the value provided (e.g. `{gt: 1, lt: 4}` for a number between 1 and 4).
**isIP(str [, version])**               | check if the string is an IP (version 4 or 6).
**isIPRange(str [, version])**          | check if the string is an IP Range (version 4 or 6).
**isISBN(str [, options])**             | check if the string is an [ISBN][ISBN].<br/><br/>`options` is an object that has no default.<br/>**Options:**<br/>`version`: ISBN version to compare to. Accepted values are '10' and '13'. If none provided, both will be tested.
**isISIN(str)**                         | check if the string is an [ISIN][ISIN] (stock/security identifier).
**isISO6346(str)**                      | check if the string is a valid [ISO 6346](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6346) shipping container identification.
**isISO6391(str)**                      | check if the string is a valid [ISO 639-1][ISO 639-1] language code.
**isISO8601(str [, options])**          | check if the string is a valid [ISO 8601][ISO 8601] date. <br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ strict: false, strictSeparator: false }`. If `strict` is true, date strings with invalid dates like `2009-02-29` will be invalid. If `strictSeparator` is true, date strings with date and time separated by anything other than a T will be invalid.
**isISO15924(str)**               | check if the string is a valid [ISO 15924][ISO 15924] officially assigned script code.
**isISO31661Alpha2(str)**               | check if the string is a valid [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2][ISO 3166-1 alpha-2] officially assigned country code.
**isISO31661Alpha3(str)**               | check if the string is a valid [ISO 3166-1 alpha-3][ISO 3166-1 alpha-3] officially assigned country code.
**isISO31661Numeric(str)**              | check if the string is a valid [ISO 3166-1 numeric][ISO 3166-1 numeric] officially assigned country code.
**isISO4217(str)**                      | check if the string is a valid [ISO 4217][ISO 4217] officially assigned currency code.
**isISRC(str)**                         | check if the string is an [ISRC][ISRC].
**isISSN(str [, options])**             | check if the string is an [ISSN][ISSN].<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ case_sensitive: false, require_hyphen: false }`. If `case_sensitive` is true, ISSNs with a lowercase `'x'` as the check digit are rejected.
**isJSON(str [, options])**             | check if the string is valid JSON (note: uses JSON.parse).<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ allow_primitives: false }`. If `allow_primitives` is true, the primitives 'true', 'false' and 'null' are accepted as valid JSON values.
**isJWT(str)**                         | check if the string is valid JWT token.
**isLatLong(str [, options])**                      | check if the string is a valid latitude-longitude coordinate in the format `lat,long` or `lat, long`.<br/><br/>`options` is an object that defaults to `{ checkDMS: false }`. Pass `checkDMS` as `true` to validate DMS(degrees, minutes, and seconds) latitude-longitude format.
**isLength(str [, options])**              | check if the string's length falls in a range and equal to any of the integers of the `discreteLengths` array if provided.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ min: 0, max: undefined, discreteLengths: undefined }`. Note: this function takes into account surrogate pairs.
**isLicensePlate(str, locale)**     | check if the string matches the format of a country's license plate.<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['cs-CZ', 'de-DE', 'de-LI', 'en-IN', 'en-SG', 'en-PK', 'es-AR', 'hu-HU', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'sq-AL', 'sv-SE']` or `'any'`.
**isLocale(str)**                       | check if the string is a locale.
**isLowercase(str)**                    | check if the string is lowercase.
**isLuhnNumber(str)**                    | check if the string passes the [Luhn algorithm check](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn_algorithm).
**isMACAddress(str [, options])**                   | check if the string is a MAC address.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ no_separators: false }`. If `no_separators` is true, the validator will allow MAC addresses without separators. Also, it allows the use of hyphens, spaces or dots e.g. '01 02 03 04 05 ab', '01-02-03-04-05-ab' or '0102.0304.05ab'. The options also allow a `eui` property to specify if it needs to be validated against EUI-48 or EUI-64. The accepted values of `eui` are: 48, 64.
**isMagnetURI(str)**                      | check if the string is a [Magnet URI format][Magnet URI Format].
**isMailtoURI(str, [, options])**                      | check if the string is a [Mailto URI format][Mailto URI Format].<br/><br/>`options` is an object of validating emails inside the URI (check `isEmail`s options for details).
**isMD5(str)**                          | check if the string is a MD5 hash.<br/><br/>Please note that you can also use the `isHash(str, 'md5')` function. Keep in mind that MD5 has some collision weaknesses compared to other algorithms (e.g., SHA).
**isMimeType(str)**                     | check if the string matches to a valid [MIME type][MIME Type] format.
**isMobilePhone(str [, locale [, options]])**          | check if the string is a mobile phone number,<br/><br/>`locale` is either an array of locales (e.g. `['sk-SK', 'sr-RS']`) OR one of `['am-Am', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-EH', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-PS', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'az-AZ', 'az-LB', 'az-LY', 'be-BY', 'bg-BG', 'bn-BD', 'bs-BA', 'ca-AD', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-AT', 'de-CH', 'de-DE', 'de-LU', 'dv-MV', 'dz-BT', 'el-CY', 'el-GR', 'en-AG', 'en-AI', 'en-AU', 'en-BM', 'en-BS', 'en-BW', 'en-CA', 'en-GB', 'en-GG', 'en-GH', 'en-GY', 'en-HK', 'en-IE', 'en-IN', 'en-JM', 'en-KE', 'en-KI', 'en-KN', 'en-LS', 'en-MO', 'en-MT', 'en-MU', 'en-MW', 'en-NG', 'en-NZ', 'en-PG', 'en-PH', 'en-PK', 'en-RW', 'en-SG', 'en-SL', 'en-SS', 'en-TZ', 'en-UG', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'en-ZW', 'es-AR', 'es-BO', 'es-CL', 'es-CO', 'es-CR', 'es-CU', 'es-DO', 'es-EC', 'es-ES', 'es-GT','es-HN', 'es-MX', 'es-NI', 'es-PA', 'es-PE', 'es-PY', 'es-SV', 'es-UY', 'es-VE', 'et-EE', 'fa-AF', 'fa-IR', 'fi-FI', 'fj-FJ', 'fo-FO', 'fr-BE', 'fr-BF', 'fr-BJ', 'fr-CD', 'fr-CF', 'fr-FR', 'fr-GF', 'fr-GP', 'fr-MQ', 'fr-PF', 'fr-RE', 'fr-WF', 'ga-IE', 'he-IL', 'hu-HU', 'id-ID', 'ir-IR', 'it-IT', 'it-SM', 'ja-JP', 'ka-GE', 'kk-KZ', 'kl-GL', 'ko-KR', 'ky-KG', 'lt-LT', 'mg-MG', 'mn-MN', 'mk-MK', 'ms-MY', 'my-MM', 'mz-MZ', 'nb-NO', 'ne-NP', 'nl-AW', 'nl-BE', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-AO', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ro-Md', 'ro-RO', 'ru-RU', 'si-LK', 'sk-SK', 'sl-SI', 'so-SO', 'sq-AL', 'sr-RS', 'sv-SE', 'tg-TJ', 'th-TH', 'tk-TM', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA', 'uz-UZ', 'vi-VN', 'zh-CN', 'zh-HK', 'zh-MO', 'zh-TW']` OR defaults to `'any'`. If 'any' or a falsey value is used, function will check if any of the locales match).<br/><br/>`options` is an optional object that can be supplied with the following keys: `strictMode`, if this is set to `true`, the mobile phone number must be supplied with the country code and therefore must start with `+`. Locale list is `validator.isMobilePhoneLocales`.
**isMongoId(str)**                      | check if the string is a valid hex-encoded representation of a [MongoDB ObjectId][mongoid].
**isMultibyte(str)**                    | check if the string contains one or more multibyte chars.
**isNumeric(str [, options])**                      | check if the string contains only numbers.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ no_symbols: false }` it also has `locale` as an option. If `no_symbols` is true, the validator will reject numeric strings that feature a symbol (e.g. `+`, `-`, or `.`).<br/><br/>`locale` determines the decimal separator and is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'eo', 'es-ES', 'fr-FR', 'fr-CA', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`.
**isOctal(str)**                        | check if the string is a valid octal number.
**isPassportNumber(str, countryCode)**    | check if the string is a valid passport number.<br/><br/>`countryCode` is one of `['AM', 'AR', 'AT', 'AU', 'AZ', 'BE', 'BG', 'BY', 'BR', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'CY', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HU', 'IE', 'IN', 'IR', 'ID', 'IS', 'IT', 'JM', 'JP', 'KR', 'KZ', 'LI', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'LY', 'MT', 'MX', 'MY', 'MZ', 'NL', 'NZ', 'PH', 'PK', 'PL', 'PT', 'RO', 'RU', 'SE', 'SL', 'SK', 'TH', 'TR', 'UA', 'US', 'ZA']`.  Locale list is `validator.passportNumberLocales`.
**isPort(str)**                         | check if the string is a valid port number.
**isPostalCode(str, locale)**           | check if the string is a postal code.<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['AD', 'AT', 'AU', 'AZ', 'BA', 'BE', 'BG', 'BR', 'BY', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'CO', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DO', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HT', 'HU', 'ID', 'IE', 'IL', 'IN', 'IR', 'IS', 'IT', 'JP', 'KE', 'KR', 'LI', 'LK', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'MG', 'MT', 'MX', 'MY', 'NL', 'NO', 'NP', 'NZ', 'PL', 'PR', 'PT', 'RO', 'RU', 'SA', 'SE', 'SG', 'SI', 'SK', 'TH', 'TN', 'TW', 'UA', 'US', 'ZA', 'ZM']` OR `'any'`. If 'any' is used, function will check if any of the locales match. Locale list is `validator.isPostalCodeLocales`.
**isRFC3339(str)**                      | check if the string is a valid [RFC 3339][RFC 3339] date.
**isRgbColor(str [,options])**                     | check if the string is a rgb or rgba color.<br/></br>`options` is an object with the following properties<br/><br/>`includePercentValues` defaults to `true`. If you don't want to allow to set `rgb` or `rgba` values with percents, like `rgb(5%,5%,5%)`, or `rgba(90%,90%,90%,.3)`, then set it to false.<br/><br/>`allowSpaces` defaults to `true`, which prohibits whitespace. If set to false, whitespace between color values is allowed, such as `rgb(255, 255, 255)` or even `rgba(255,       128,        0,      0.7)`.
**isSemVer(str)**                       | check if the string is a Semantic Versioning Specification (SemVer).
**isSurrogatePair(str)**                | check if the string contains any surrogate pairs chars.
**isUppercase(str)**                    | check if the string is uppercase.
**isSlug(str)**                         | check if the string is of type slug.
**isStrongPassword(str [, options])**   | check if the string can be considered a strong password or not. Allows for custom requirements or scoring rules. If `returnScore` is true, then the function returns an integer score for the password rather than a boolean.<br/>Default options: <br/>`{ minLength: 8, minLowercase: 1, minUppercase: 1, minNumbers: 1, minSymbols: 1, returnScore: false, pointsPerUnique: 1, pointsPerRepeat: 0.5, pointsForContainingLower: 10, pointsForContainingUpper: 10, pointsForContainingNumber: 10, pointsForContainingSymbol: 10 }`
**isTime(str [, options])**             | check if the string is a valid time e.g. [`23:01:59`, new Date().toLocaleTimeString()].<br/><br/> `options` is an object which can contain the keys `hourFormat` or `mode`.<br/><br/>`hourFormat` is a key and defaults to `'hour24'`.<br/><br/>`mode` is a key and defaults to `'default'`. <br/><br/>`hourFormat` can contain the values `'hour12'` or `'hour24'`, `'hour24'` will validate hours in 24 format and `'hour12'` will validate hours in 12 format. <br/><br/>`mode` can contain the values `'default'` or `'withSeconds'`, `'default'` will validate `HH:MM` format, `'withSeconds'` will validate the `HH:MM:SS` format.
**isTaxID(str, locale)**                | check if the string is a valid Tax Identification Number. Default locale is `en-US`.<br/><br/>More info about exact TIN support can be found in `src/lib/isTaxID.js`.<br/><br/>Supported locales: `[ 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'de-AT', 'de-DE', 'dk-DK', 'el-CY', 'el-GR', 'en-CA', 'en-GB', 'en-IE', 'en-US', 'es-AR', 'es-ES', 'et-EE', 'fi-FI', 'fr-BE', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'fr-LU', 'hr-HR', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'lb-LU', 'lt-LT', 'lv-LV', 'mt-MT', 'nl-BE', 'nl-NL', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ro-RO', 'sk-SK', 'sl-SI', 'sv-SE', 'uk-UA']`.
**isURL(str [, options])**              | check if the string is a URL.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ protocols: ['http','https','ftp'], require_tld: true, require_protocol: false, require_host: true, require_port: false, require_valid_protocol: true, allow_underscores: false, host_whitelist: false, host_blacklist: false, allow_trailing_dot: false, allow_protocol_relative_urls: false, allow_fragments: true, allow_query_components: true, disallow_auth: false, validate_length: true }`.<br/><br/>`require_protocol` - if set to true isURL will return false if protocol is not present in the URL.<br/>`require_valid_protocol` - isURL will check if the URL's protocol is present in the protocols option.<br/>`protocols` - valid protocols can be modified with this option.<br/>`require_host` - if set to false isURL will not check if host is present in the URL.<br/>`require_port` - if set to true isURL will check if port is present in the URL.<br/>`allow_protocol_relative_urls` - if set to true protocol relative URLs will be allowed.<br/>`allow_fragments` - if set to false isURL will return false if fragments are present.<br/>`allow_query_components` - if set to false isURL will return false if query components are present.<br/>`validate_length` - if set to false isURL will skip string length validation. `max_allowed_length` will be ignored if this is set as `false`.<br/>`max_allowed_length` - if set isURL will not allow URLs longer than the specified value (default is 2084 that IE maximum URL length).
**isULID(str)**                         | check if the string is a [ULID](https://github.com/ulid/spec).
**isUUID(str [, version])**             | check if the string is an RFC9562 UUID.<br/>`version` is one of `'1'`-`'8'`, `'nil'`, `'max'`, or `'all'`.
**isVariableWidth(str)**                | check if the string contains a mixture of full and half-width chars.
**isVAT(str, countryCode)**             | check if the string is a [valid VAT number][VAT Number] if validation is available for the given country code matching [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2][ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]. <br/><br/>`countryCode` is one of `['AL', 'AR', 'AT', 'AU', 'BE', 'BG', 'BO', 'BR', 'BY', 'CA', 'CH', 'CL', 'CO', 'CR', 'CY', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DO', 'EC', 'EE', 'EL', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GT', 'HN', 'HR', 'HU', 'ID', 'IE', 'IL', 'IN', 'IS', 'IT', 'KZ', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'MK', 'MT', 'MX', 'NG', 'NI', 'NL', 'NO', 'NZ', 'PA', 'PE', 'PH', 'PL', 'PT', 'PY', 'RO', 'RS', 'RU', 'SA', 'SE', 'SI', 'SK', 'SM', 'SV', 'TR', 'UA', 'UY', 'UZ', 'VE']`.
**isWhitelisted(str, chars)**           | check if the string consists only of characters that appear in the whitelist `chars`.
**matches(str, pattern [, modifiers])** | check if the string matches the pattern.<br/><br/>Either `matches('foo', /foo/i)` or `matches('foo', 'foo', 'i')`.

## Sanitizers

Here is a list of the sanitizers currently available.

Sanitizer                              | Description
-------------------------------------- | -------------------------------
**blacklist(input, chars)**            | remove characters that appear in the blacklist. The characters are used in a RegExp and so you will need to escape some chars, e.g. `blacklist(input, '\\[\\]')`.
**escape(input)**                      | replace `<`, `>`, `&`, `'`, `"`, `` ` ``, `\` and `/` with HTML entities.
**ltrim(input [, chars])**             | trim characters from the left-side of the input.
**normalizeEmail(email [, options])**  | canonicalize an email address. (This doesn't validate that the input is an email, if you want to validate the email use isEmail beforehand).<br/><br/>`options` is an object with the following keys and default values:<br/><ul><li>*all_lowercase: true* - Transforms the local part (before the @ symbol) of all email addresses to lowercase. Please note that this may violate RFC 5321, which gives providers the possibility to treat the local part of email addresses in a case sensitive way (although in practice most - yet not all - providers don't). The domain part of the email address is always lowercased, as it is case insensitive per RFC 1035.</li><li>*gmail_lowercase: true* - Gmail addresses are known to be case-insensitive, so this switch allows lowercasing them even when *all_lowercase* is set to false. Please note that when *all_lowercase* is true, Gmail addresses are lowercased regardless of the value of this setting.</li><li>*gmail_remove_dots: true*: Removes dots from the local part of the email address, as Gmail ignores them (e.g. "john.doe" and "johndoe" are considered equal).</li><li>*gmail_remove_subaddress: true*: Normalizes addresses by removing "sub-addresses", which is the part following a "+" sign (e.g. "foo+bar@gmail.com" becomes "foo@gmail.com").</li><li>*gmail_convert_googlemaildotcom: true*: Converts addresses with domain @googlemail.com to @gmail.com, as they're equivalent.</li><li>*outlookdotcom_lowercase: true* - Outlook.com addresses (including Windows Live and Hotmail) are known to be case-insensitive, so this switch allows lowercasing them even when *all_lowercase* is set to false. Please note that when *all_lowercase* is true, Outlook.com addresses are lowercased regardless of the value of this setting.</li><li>*outlookdotcom_remove_subaddress: true*: Normalizes addresses by removing "sub-addresses", which is the part following a "+" sign (e.g. "foo+bar@outlook.com" becomes "foo@outlook.com").</li><li>*yahoo_lowercase: true* - Yahoo Mail addresses are known to be case-insensitive, so this switch allows lowercasing them even when *all_lowercase* is set to false. Please note that when *all_lowercase* is true, Yahoo Mail addresses are lowercased regardless of the value of this setting.</li><li>*yahoo_remove_subaddress: true*: Normalizes addresses by removing "sub-addresses", which is the part following a "-" sign (e.g. "foo-bar@yahoo.com" becomes "foo@yahoo.com").</li><li>*icloud_lowercase: true* - iCloud addresses (including MobileMe) are known to be case-insensitive, so this switch allows lowercasing them even when *all_lowercase* is set to false. Please note that when *all_lowercase* is true, iCloud addresses are lowercased regardless of the value of this setting.</li><li>*icloud_remove_subaddress: true*: Normalizes addresses by removing "sub-addresses", which is the part following a "+" sign (e.g. "foo+bar@icloud.com" becomes "foo@icloud.com").</li></ul>
**rtrim(input [, chars])**             | trim characters from the right-side of the input.
**stripLow(input [, keep_new_lines])** | remove characters with a numerical value < 32 and 127, mostly control characters. If `keep_new_lines` is `true`, newline characters are preserved (`\n` and `\r`, hex `0xA` and `0xD`). Unicode-safe in JavaScript.
**toBoolean(input [, strict])**        | convert the input string to a boolean. Everything except for `'0'`, `'false'` and `''` returns `true`. In strict mode only `'1'` and `'true'` return `true`.
**toDate(input)**                      | convert the input string to a date, or `null` if the input is not a date.
**toFloat(input)**                     | convert the input string to a float, or `NaN` if the input is not a float.
**toInt(input [, radix])**             | convert the input string to an integer, or `NaN` if the input is not an integer.
**trim(input [, chars])**              | trim characters (whitespace by default) from both sides of the input.
**unescape(input)**                    | replace HTML encoded entities with `<`, `>`, `&`, `'`, `"`, `` ` ``, `\` and `/`.
**whitelist(input, chars)**            | remove characters that do not appear in the whitelist. The characters are used in a RegExp and so you will need to escape some chars, e.g. `whitelist(input, '\\[\\]')`.

### XSS Sanitization

XSS sanitization was removed from the library in [2d5d6999](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/commit/2d5d6999541add350fb396ef02dc42ca3215049e).

For an alternative, have a look at Yahoo's [xss-filters library](https://github.com/yahoo/xss-filters) or at [DOMPurify](https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify).

## Maintainers

- [chriso](https://github.com/chriso) - **Chris O'Hara** (author)
- [profnandaa](https://github.com/profnandaa) - **Anthony Nandaa**
- [rubiin](https://github.com/rubiin) - **Rubin Bhandari**
- [wikirik](https://github.com/wikirik) - **Rik Smale**
- [ezkemboi](https://github.com/ezkemboi) - **Ezrqn Kemboi**
- [tux-tn](https://github.com/tux-tn) - **Sarhan Aissi**

## Reading

Remember, validating can be troublesome sometimes. See [A list of articles about programming assumptions commonly made that aren't true](https://github.com/jameslk/awesome-falsehoods).

## Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community! If you're interested in contributing to this project, please read our [Contribution Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started.

## License

This project is licensed under the [MIT](LICENSE). See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

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[amd]: http://requirejs.org/docs/whyamd.html
[bower]: http://bower.io/

[Crockford Base32]: http://www.crockford.com/base32.html
[Base64 URL Safe]: https://base64.guru/standards/base64url
[Data URI Format]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/data_URIs
[European Article Number]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Article_Number
[Ethereum]: https://ethereum.org/
[CSS Colors Level 4 Specification]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value
[IMEI]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity
[ISBN]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN
[ISIN]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Securities_Identification_Number
[ISO 639-1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes
[ISO 8601]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
[ISO 15924]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_15924
[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2
[ISO 3166-1 alpha-3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3
[ISO 3166-1 numeric]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_numeric
[ISO 4217]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217
[ISRC]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Recording_Code
[ISSN]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Serial_Number
[Luhn Check]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn_algorithm
[Magnet URI Format]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme
[Mailto URI Format]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailto
[MIME Type]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type
[mongoid]: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/object-id/
[RFC 3339]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339
[VAT Number]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT_identification_number
