Overview
The extract package is a comprehensive utility for parsing and extracting structured data from text. With over 50 built-in functions, it handles common patterns such as emails, phone numbers, URLs, hashtags, and more. Designed for simplicity and efficiency, it supports multiple platforms including Android, iOS, Web, macOS, Windows, and Linux. Ideal for developers needing reliable text extraction without writing custom regex patterns. The package is lightweight and easy to integrate via Flutter's pub dependency manager.
Use cases
- Extracting contact information from user input
- Parsing URLs and email addresses from raw text
- Identifying hashtags and mentions in social media content
- Validating and extracting structured data from logs
- Automatically detecting phone numbers in documents
Key features
- Over 50 pre-built extraction functions
- Cross-platform support
- Simple API with minimal setup
- High accuracy for common text patterns
- Extensible for custom extraction logic
Suitable for
- Text processing in forms and input fields
- Data scraping from unstructured text
- Social media content analysis
- Log file parsing
- Mobile and web applications requiring text validation
Considerations
- May require additional validation for edge cases
- Performance depends on input size
- Not optimized for extremely large text streams
- Limited to predefined patterns unless extended
- Regex-based extraction may vary by locale