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string_validator

Dart library for validating and sanitizing strings, especially those from user input.

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flutter pub add string_validator

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A Dart library designed to validate and sanitize strings, particularly those received from user input. It provides a collection of utility functions to check formats like email, URL, phone numbers, and more, ensuring data integrity and security. The package supports multiple platforms including Android, iOS, Web, macOS, Windows, and Linux, making it ideal for cross-platform applications. With simple, readable methods, it helps developers prevent common input-related vulnerabilities.

Use cases

  • Validating user registration forms
  • Sanitizing input before database storage
  • Checking email and phone number formats
  • Ensuring URL correctness
  • Preventing injection attacks
  • Verifying password strength

Key features

  • Comprehensive validation rules
  • Input sanitization utilities
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Simple and intuitive API
  • Supports common string patterns
  • Lightweight and dependency-free

Suitable for

  • Web and mobile app developers
  • Form validation in Flutter apps
  • Security-conscious applications
  • Input handling in backend services
  • Beginner-friendly text processing

Considerations

  • Does not handle complex regex patterns
  • Limited to basic string validation
  • No built-in internationalization support
  • Not suitable for advanced data parsing
  • Requires manual integration with form state management
  • No runtime error messages beyond boolean results

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string_validator

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String validation and sanitization for Dart.

This is a new fork of validator.dart, which was originally a port of validator.js.

Validators

  • equals(String str, comparison) - check if the string matches the comparison.
  • contains(String str, seed) - check if the string contains the seed.
  • matches(String str, pattern) - check if string matches the pattern. matches('foobar', 'foo').
  • isEmail(String str) - check if the string is an email.
  • isURL(String str [, options]) - check if the string is an URL. options is an object which defaults to { protocols: ['http','https','ftp'], require_tld: true, require_protocol: false, allow_underscores: false }.
  • isFQDN(String str [, options]) - check if the string is a fully qualified domain name (e.g. domain.com). options is an object which defaults to { require_tld: true, allow_underscores: false }.
  • isIP(String str [, version]) - check if the string is an IP (version 4 or 6).
  • isAlpha(String str) - check if the string contains only letters (a-zA-Z).
  • isNumeric(String str) - check if the string contains only numbers.
  • isAlphanumeric(String str) - check if the string contains only letters and numbers.
  • isBase64(String str) - check if a string is base64 encoded.
  • isHexadecimal(String str) - check if the string is a hexadecimal number.
  • isHexColor(String str) - check if the string is a hexadecimal color.
  • isLowercase(String str) - check if the string is lowercase.
  • isUppercase(String str) - check if the string is uppercase.
  • isInt(String str) - check if the string is an integer.
  • isFloat(String str) - check if the string is a float.
  • isDivisibleBy(String str, number) - check if the string is a number that's divisible by another.
  • isLength(String str, min [, max]) - check if the string's length falls in a range. Note: this function takes into account surrogate pairs.
  • isByteLength(String str, min [, max]) - check if the string's length (in bytes) falls in a range.
  • isUUID(String str [, version]) - check if the string is a UUID (version 3, 4 or 5).
  • isDate(String str) - check if the string is a date.
  • isAfter(String str [, date]) - check if the string is a date that's after the specified date (defaults to now).
  • isBefore(String str [, date]) - check if the string is a date that's before the specified date.
  • isIn(String str, values) - check if the string is in a array of allowed values.
  • isCreditCard(String str) - check if the string is a credit card.
  • isISBN(String str [, version]) - check if the string is an ISBN (version 10 or 13).
  • isJSON(String str) - check if the string is valid JSON (note: uses JSON.parse).
  • isMultibyte(String str) - check if the string contains one or more multibyte chars.
  • isAscii(String str) - check if the string contains ASCII chars only.
  • isFullWidth(String str) - check if the string contains any full-width chars.
  • isHalfWidth(String str) - check if the string contains any half-width chars.
  • isVariableWidth(String str) - check if the string contains a mixture of full and half-width chars.
  • isSurrogatePair(String str) - check if the string contains any surrogate pairs chars.
  • isMongoId(String str) - check if the string is a valid hex-encoded representation of a [MongoDB ObjectId][mongoid].

Sanitizers

  • toString(String input) - convert the input to a string.
  • toDate(String input) - convert the input to a date, or null if the input is not a date.
  • toFloat(String input) - convert the input to a float, or NaN if the input is not a float.
  • toInt(String input [, radix]) - convert the input to an integer, or NaN if the input is not an integer.
  • toBoolean(String input [, strict]) - convert the input to a boolean. Everything except for '0', 'false' and '' returns true. In strict mode only '1' and 'true' return true.
  • trim(String input [, chars]) - trim characters (whitespace by default) from both sides of the input.
  • ltrim(String input [, chars]) - trim characters from the left-side of the input.
  • rtrim(String input [, chars]) - trim characters from the right-side of the input.
  • escape(String input) - replace <, >, &, ' and " with HTML entities.
  • stripLow(String 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.
  • whitelist(String 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(String input, '\[\]').
  • blacklist(String 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(String input, '\[\]').
  • normalizeEmail(String email [, options]) - canonicalize an email address. options is an object which defaults to { lowercase: true }. With lowercase set to true, the local part of the email address is lowercased for all domains; the hostname is always lowercased and the local part of the email address is always lowercased for hosts that are known to be case-insensitive (currently only GMail). Normalization follows special rules for known providers: currently, GMail addresses have dots removed in the local part and are stripped of tags (e.g. some.one+tag@gmail.com becomes someone@gmail.com) and all @googlemail.com addresses are normalized to @gmail.com.

Extension Methods

To make using these validators and sanitizers more convenient, this package includes extension methods for each function. These methods can be called directly on a string instance, making the code more concise and readable.

Example Usage

Here are some examples of how to use the extension methods:

import 'package:string_validator/string_validator.dart';

void main() {
  // Using Validator Extensions
  String email = 'example@gmail.com';
  bool isEmailValid = email.isEmail;

  String url = 'https://example.com';
  bool isUrlValid = url.isURL();

  String ip = '192.168.0.1';
  bool isIpValid = ip.isIP();

  String alpha = 'abc';
  bool isAlphaValid = alpha.isAlpha;

  String numeric = '123';
  bool isNumericValid = numeric.isNumeric;

  String alphanumeric = 'abc123';
  bool isAlphanumericValid = alphanumeric.isAlphanumeric;

  String base64 = 'aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=';
  bool isBase64Valid = base64.isBase64;

  String integer = '12345';
  bool isIntValid = integer.isInt;

  String float = '123.45';
  bool isFloatValid = float.isFloat;

  String hex = '1f';
  bool isHexValid = hex.isHexadecimal;

  String hexColor = '#ff0000';
  bool isHexColorValid = hexColor.isHexColor;

  String lower = 'hello';
  bool isLowerValid = lower.isLowercase;

  String upper = 'HELLO';
  bool isUpperValid = upper.isUppercase;

  String divisible = '10';
  bool isDivisibleValid = divisible.isDivisibleBy(2);

  String length = 'hello';
  bool isLengthValid = length.isLength(3, 6);

  String byteLength = 'hello';
  bool isByteLengthValid = byteLength.isByteLength(3, 10);

  String uuid = '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000';
  bool isUuidValid = uuid.isUUID();

  String date = '2023-05-17';
  bool isDateValid = date.isDate;

  String afterDate = '2024-01-01';
  bool isAfterValid = afterDate.isAfter('2023-12-31');

  String beforeDate = '2023-01-01';
  bool isBeforeValid = beforeDate.isBefore('2024-01-01');

  String inList = 'apple';
  bool isInValid = inList.isIn(['apple', 'banana', 'cherry']);

  String creditCard = '4111111111111111';
  bool isCreditCardValid = creditCard.isCreditCard;

  String isbn = '978-3-16-148410-0';
  bool isIsbnValid = isbn.isISBN();

  String json = '{"name": "John"}';
  bool isJsonValid = json.isJson;

  String multibyte = '你好';
  bool isMultibyteValid = multibyte.isMultibyte;

  String ascii = 'Hello';
  bool isAsciiValid = ascii.isAscii;

  String fullWidth = 'Hello';
  bool isFullWidthValid = fullWidth.isFullWidth;

  String halfWidth = 'Hello';
  bool isHalfWidthValid = halfWidth.isHalfWidth;

  String variableWidth = 'Hello';
  bool isVariableWidthValid = variableWidth.isVariableWidth;

  String surrogatePair = '𐍈';
  bool isSurrogatePairValid = surrogatePair.isSurrogatePair;

  String mongoId = '507f1f77bcf86cd799439011';
  bool isMongoIdValid = mongoId.isMongoId;

  // Using Sanitizer Extensions
  String dateStr = '2024-05-18';
  DateTime? parsedDate = dateStr.toDate();

  String floatStr = '123.45';
  double parsedFloat = floatStr.toFloat();

  String intStr = '123';
  int parsedInt = intStr.toInt();

  String boolStr = 'true';
  bool parsedBool = boolStr.toBoolean();

  String trimStr = '  hello world  ';
  String trimmedStr = trimStr.trim();

  String ltrimStr = '  hello';
  String ltrimmedStr = ltrimStr.ltrim();

  String rtrimStr = 'hello  ';
  String rtrimmedStr = rtrimStr.rtrim();

  String whitelistStr = 'abcdef';
  String whitelistedStr = whitelistStr.whitelist('abc');

  String blacklistStr = 'abcdef';
  String blacklistedStr = blacklistStr.blacklist('abc');

  String stripLowStr = 'hello\u0000world';
  String strippedLowStr = stripLowStr.stripLow();

  String escapeStr = '<div>"Hello"&</div>';
  String escapedStr = escapeStr.escape();

  String normalizeEmailStr = 'Example+test@gmail.com';
  String normalizedEmail = normalizeEmailStr.normalizeEmail();
}

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