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Function isEmailAddress

Source: IsEmailAddress.ts

Validates whether a string is a syntactically valid email address. Optionally restricts the allowed length and permitted domains.

Validation rules:

  • Length: 6–255 characters (or the configured maxLength).
  • No consecutive dots (..), no dot immediately before @ (.@).
  • Matches the pattern [email protected] with alphanumeric and limited punctuation.
  • Domain TLD must be 2–26 alphabetic characters.

Import

ts
import { isEmailAddress } from '@litert/utils-string';

Signature

ts
function isEmailAddress(email: string, opts?: IEmailValidationOptions): boolean;

Parameters

  • Parameter email: string

    The string to validate.

  • Parameter opts?: IEmailValidationOptions

    Optional validation options. See IEmailValidationOptions.

Return Value

true if the string is a valid email address (and passes all configured constraints), false otherwise.

Examples

ts
import { isEmailAddress } from '@litert/utils-string';

isEmailAddress('[email protected]');    // true
isEmailAddress('invalid-email');       // false
isEmailAddress('[email protected]');              // false (TLD too short)

// Domain allowlist
isEmailAddress('[email protected]', { domains: ['example.com'] });  // true
isEmailAddress('[email protected]',   { domains: ['example.com'] });  // false

// Custom max length
isEmailAddress('[email protected]', { maxLength: 10 }); // true