Does anyone know how to validate an e-mail address in Swift? I found this code:
- (BOOL) validEmail:(NSString*) emailString {
if([emailString length]==0){
return NO;
}
NSString *regExPattern = @"[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}";
NSRegularExpression *regEx = [[NSRegularExpression alloc] initWithPattern:regExPattern options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive error:nil];
NSUInteger regExMatches = [regEx numberOfMatchesInString:emailString options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, [emailString length])];
NSLog(@"%i", regExMatches);
if (regExMatches == 0) {
return NO;
} else {
return YES;
}
}
but I can't translate it to Swift.
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I improved @Azik answer. I allow more special characters which are allowed by guidelines, as well as return a few extra edge cases as invalid.
The group think going on here to only allow ._%+- in the local part is not correct per guidelines. See @Anton Gogolev answer on this question or see below:
The local-part of the email address may use any of these ASCII characters:
uppercase and lowercase Latin letters
AtoZandatoz;digits
0to9;special characters
!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~;dot
., provided that it is not the first or last character unless quoted, and provided also that it does not appear consecutively unless quoted (e.g.[email protected]is not allowed but"John..Doe"@example.comis allowed);space and
"(),:;<>@[\]characters are allowed with restrictions (they are only allowed inside a quoted string, as described in the paragraph below, and in addition, a backslash or double-quote must be preceded by a backslash); comments are allowedwith parentheses at either end of the local-part; e.g.
john.smith(comment)@example.comand(comment)[email protected]are both equivalent to[email protected];
The code I use will not allow restricted out of place special characters, but will allow many more options than the majority of answers here. I would prefer more relaxed validation to error on the side of caution.
if enteredText.contains("..") || enteredText.contains("@@")
|| enteredText.hasPrefix(".") || enteredText.hasSuffix(".con"){
return false
}
let emailFormat = "[A-Z0-9a-z.!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}"
let emailPredicate = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailFormat)
return emailPredicate.evaluate(with: enteredText)
Best solution with best result for
Swift 4.x
extension String {
func validateAsEmail() -> Bool {
let emailRegEx = "(?:[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%\\&‘*+/=?\\^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}" +
"~-]+)*|\"(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21\\x23-\\x5b\\x5d-\\" +
"x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])*\")@(?:(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-" +
"z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?|\\[(?:(?:25[0-5" +
"]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-" +
"9][0-9]?|[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]:(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21" +
"-\\x5a\\x53-\\x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])+)\\])"
let emailTest = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES[c] %@", emailRegEx)
return emailTest.evaluate(with: self)
}
}
There are a lot of right answers here, but many of the "regex" are incomplete and it can happen that an email like: "name@domain" results a valid email, but it is not. Here the complete solution:
extension String {
var isEmailValid: Bool {
do {
let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: "(?:[a-z0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-z0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}~-]+)*|\"(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21\\x23-\\x5b\\x5d-\\x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])*\")@(?:(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?|\\[(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?|[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]:(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21-\\x5a\\x53-\\x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])+)\\])", options: .CaseInsensitive)
return regex.firstMatchInString(self, options: NSMatchingOptions(rawValue: 0), range: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil
} catch {
return false
}
}
}
Here is a fuse of the two most up-voted answer with the correct regex: a String extension using predicate so you can call string.isEmail
extension String {
var isEmail: Bool {
let emailRegEx = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,20}"
let emailTest = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx)
return emailTest.evaluateWithObject(self)
}
}
In Swift 4.2 and Xcode 10.1
//Email validation
func isValidEmail(email: String) -> Bool {
let emailRegex = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}"
var valid = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex).evaluate(with: email)
if valid {
valid = !email.contains("Invalid email id")
}
return valid
}
//Use like this....
let emailTrimmedString = emailTF.text?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
if isValidEmail(email: emailTrimmedString!) == false {
SharedClass.sharedInstance.alert(view: self, title: "", message: "Please enter valid email")
}
If you want to use SharedClass.
//This is SharedClass
import UIKit
class SharedClass: NSObject {
static let sharedInstance = SharedClass()
//Email validation
func isValidEmail(email: String) -> Bool {
let emailRegex = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}"
var valid = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex).evaluate(with: email)
if valid {
valid = !email.contains("Invalid email id")
}
return valid
}
private override init() {
}
}
And call function like this....
if SharedClass.sharedInstance. isValidEmail(email: emailTrimmedString!) == false {
SharedClass.sharedInstance.alert(view: self, title: "", message: "Please enter correct email")
//Your code here
} else {
//Code here
}
Updated answer @Arsonik answer to Swift 2.2, using less verbose code than other offered solutions:
extension String {
func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$", options: .CaseInsensitive)
return regex?.firstMatchInString(self, options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil
}
}
If you are looking for a clean and simple solution to do this, you should take a look at https://github.com/nsagora/validation-components.
It contains an email validation predicate which is easy integrate in your code:
let email = "[email protected]"
let rule = EmailValidationPredicate()
let isValidEmail = rule.evaluate(with: email)
Behind the hood it uses the RFC 5322 reg ex (http://emailregex.com):
let regex = "(?:[\\p{L}0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[\\p{L}0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}" +
"~-]+)*|\"(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21\\x23-\\x5b\\x5d-\\" +
"x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])*\")@(?:(?:[\\p{L}0-9](?:[a-" +
"z0-9-]*[\\p{L}0-9])?\\.)+[\\p{L}0-9](?:[\\p{L}0-9-]*[\\p{L}0-9])?|\\[(?:(?:25[0-5" +
"]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-" +
"9][0-9]?|[\\p{L}0-9-]*[\\p{L}0-9]:(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21" +
"-\\x5a\\x53-\\x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])+)\\])"
For anyone who is still looking for an answer to this, please have a look at the following framework;
It is a rule based validation framework, which handles most of the validations out of box. And top it all, it has form validator which supports validation of multiple textfields at the same time.
For validating an email string, use the following;
"[email protected]".satisfyAll(rules: [StringRegexRule.email]).status
If you want to validate an email from textfield, try below code;
textfield.validationRules = [StringRegexRule.email]
textfield.validationHandler = { result in
// This block will be executed with relevant result whenever validation is done.
print(result.status, result.errors)
}
// Below line is to manually trigger validation.
textfield.validateTextField()
If you want to validate it while typing in textfield or when focus is changed to another field, add one of the following lines;
textfield.validateOnInputChange(true)
// or
textfield.validateOnFocusLoss(true)
Please check the readme file at the link for more use cases.
I would suggest using it as an extension of String:
extension String {
public var isEmail: Bool {
let dataDetector = try? NSDataDetector(types: NSTextCheckingResult.CheckingType.link.rawValue)
let firstMatch = dataDetector?.firstMatch(in: self, options: NSRegularExpression.MatchingOptions.reportCompletion, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: length))
return (firstMatch?.range.location != NSNotFound && firstMatch?.url?.scheme == "mailto")
}
public var length: Int {
return self.characters.count
}
}
And to use it:
if "[email protected]".isEmail { // true
print("Hold the Door")
}
Create simple extension:
extension NSRegularExpression {
convenience init(pattern: String) {
try! self.init(pattern: pattern, options: [])
}
}
extension String {
var isValidEmail: Bool {
return isMatching(expression: NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^[A-Z0-9a-z\\._%+-]+@([A-Za-z0-9-]+\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,4}$"))
}
//MARK: - Private
private func isMatching(expression: NSRegularExpression) -> Bool {
return expression.numberOfMatches(in: self, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: characters.count)) > 0
}
}
Example:
"[email protected]".isValidEmail //true
"b@bb".isValidEmail //false
You can extend following extension to anything you need: isValidPhoneNumber, isValidPassword etc...
Seems to work too...
let regex = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,}"
func validate(email: String) -> Bool {
let matches = email.rangeOfString(regex, options: .RegularExpressionSearch)
if let _ = matches {
return true
}
return false
}
Or you can have extension for optional text of UITextField:
how to use:
if emailTextField.text.isEmailValid() {
print("email is valid")
}else{
print("wrong email address")
}
extension:
extension Optional where Wrapped == String {
func isEmailValid() -> Bool{
guard let email = self else { return false }
let emailPattern = "[A-Za-z-0-9.-_]+@[A-Za-z0-9]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,3}"
do{
let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: emailPattern, options: .caseInsensitive)
let foundPatters = regex.numberOfMatches(in: email, options: .anchored, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: email.count))
if foundPatters > 0 {
return true
}
}catch{
//error
}
return false
}
}
//Email validation
func validateEmail(enterEmail:String) -> Bool{
let emailFormat = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}"
let emailPredicate = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@",emailFormat)
return emailPredicate.evaluate(with:enterEmail)
}
100% working and tested
Here is an extension in Swift 3
extension String {
func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
let emailRegex = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}"
return NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex).evaluate(with: self)
}
}
Just use it like this:
if yourEmailString.isValidEmail() {
//code for valid email address
} else {
//code for not valid email address
}
This is the updated version for Swift 2.0 - 2.2
var isEmail: Bool {
do {
let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$", options: .CaseInsensitive)
return regex.firstMatchInString(self, options: NSMatchingOptions(rawValue: 0), range: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil
} catch {
return false
}
}
For swift 2.1: this works correctly with email foo@bar
extension String {
func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
do {
let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}", options: .CaseInsensitive)
return regex.firstMatchInString(self, options: NSMatchingOptions(rawValue: 0), range: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil
} catch {
return false
}
}
}
Editing, updated for Swift 3:
func validateEmail(enteredEmail:String) -> Bool {
let emailFormat = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}"
let emailPredicate = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailFormat)
return emailPredicate.evaluate(with: enteredEmail)
}
Original answer for Swift 2:
func validateEmail(enteredEmail:String) -> Bool {
let emailFormat = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}"
let emailPredicate = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailFormat)
return emailPredicate.evaluateWithObject(enteredEmail)
}
It's working fine.
Since there are so many weird top level domain name now, I stop checking the length of the top domain...
Here is what I use:
extension String {
func isEmail() -> Bool {
let emailRegEx = "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$"
return NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx).evaluateWithObject(self)
}
}
This a new version for "THE REASONABLE SOLUTION" by @Fattie, tested on Swift 4.1 in a new file called String+Email.swift:
import Foundation
extension String {
private static let __firstpart = "[A-Z0-9a-z]([A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]{0,30}[A-Z0-9a-z])?"
private static let __serverpart = "([A-Z0-9a-z]([A-Z0-9a-z-]{0,30}[A-Z0-9a-z])?\\.){1,5}"
private static let __emailRegex = __firstpart + "@" + __serverpart + "[A-Za-z]{2,6}"
public var isEmail: Bool {
let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", type(of:self).__emailRegex)
return predicate.evaluate(with: self)
}
}
So its usage is simple:
let str = "[email protected]"
if str.isEmail {
print("\(str) is a valid e-mail address")
} else {
print("\(str) is not a valid e-mail address")
}
I simply don't like to add a func to the String objects, as being an e-mail address is inherent to them (or not). So a Bool property would fit better than a func, from my understanding.
@JeffersonBe's answer is close, but returns true if the string is "something containing [email protected] a valid email" which is not what we want. The following is an extension on String that works well (and allows testing for valid phoneNumber and other data detectors to boot.
/// Helper for various data detector matches.
/// Returns `true` iff the `String` matches the data detector type for the complete string.
func matchesDataDetector(type: NSTextCheckingResult.CheckingType, scheme: String? = nil) -> Bool {
let dataDetector = try? NSDataDetector(types: type.rawValue)
guard let firstMatch = dataDetector?.firstMatch(in: self, options: NSRegularExpression.MatchingOptions.reportCompletion, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: length)) else {
return false
}
return firstMatch.range.location != NSNotFound
// make sure the entire string is an email, not just contains an email
&& firstMatch.range.location == 0
&& firstMatch.range.length == length
// make sure the link type matches if link scheme
&& (type != .link || scheme == nil || firstMatch.url?.scheme == scheme)
}
/// `true` iff the `String` is an email address in the proper form.
var isEmail: Bool {
return matchesDataDetector(type: .link, scheme: "mailto")
}
/// `true` iff the `String` is a phone number in the proper form.
var isPhoneNumber: Bool {
return matchesDataDetector(type: .phoneNumber)
}
/// number of characters in the `String` (required for above).
var length: Int {
return self.characters.count
}
My only addition to the list of responses would be that for Linux, NSRegularExpression does not exist, it's actually RegularExpression
func isEmail() -> Bool {
let patternNormal = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}"
#if os(Linux)
let regex = try? RegularExpression(pattern: patternNormal, options: .caseInsensitive)
#else
let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: patternNormal, options: .caseInsensitive)
#endif
return regex?.firstMatch(in: self, options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil
This compiles successfully on both macOS & Ubuntu.
Here is a method based on rangeOfString:
class func isValidEmail(testStr:String) -> Bool {
let emailRegEx = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}"
let range = testStr.rangeOfString(emailRegEx, options:.RegularExpressionSearch)
let result = range != nil ? true : false
return result
}
Note: updated TLD length.
Here is the definitive RegEx for email as per RFC 5322, note that this is best not used because it only checks the basic syntax of email addresses and does not check is the top level domain exists.
(?:[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*
| "(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21\x23-\x5b\x5d-\x7f]
| \\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])*")
@ (?:(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?
| \[(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}
(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?|[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]:
(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21-\x5a\x53-\x7f]
| \\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])+)
\])
See Regular-Expressions.info for more complete information on email RegExs.
Note that no escaping as required by a language such as Objective-C or Swift.
Use of Swift 4.2
extension String {
func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^(((([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+(\\.([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+)*)|((\\x22)((((\\x20|\\x09)*(\\x0d\\x0a))?(\\x20|\\x09)+)?(([\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x7f]|\\x21|[\\x23-\\x5b]|[\\x5d-\\x7e]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(\\([\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0d-\\x7f]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}]))))*(((\\x20|\\x09)*(\\x0d\\x0a))?(\\x20|\\x09)+)?(\\x22)))@((([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])([a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|\\.|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.)+(([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])([a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.?$", options: .caseInsensitive)
return regex?.firstMatch(in: self, options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, self.count)) != nil
}
func isValidName() -> Bool{
let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^[\\p{L}\\.]{2,30}(?: [\\p{L}\\.]{2,30}){0,2}$", options: .caseInsensitive)
return regex?.firstMatch(in: self, options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, self.count)) != nil
} }
And used
if (textField.text?.isValidEmail())!
{
// bla bla
}
else
{
}
And for Swift 3:
extension String {
func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$", options: .caseInsensitive)
return regex?.firstMatch(in: self, options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil
}
}
Swift 5
func isValidEmailAddress(emailAddressString: String) -> Bool {
var returnValue = true
let emailRegEx = "[A-Z0-9a-z.-_]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,3}"
do {
let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: emailRegEx)
let nsString = emailAddressString as NSString
let results = regex.matches(in: emailAddressString, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: nsString.length))
if results.count == 0
{
returnValue = false
}
} catch let error as NSError {
print("invalid regex: \(error.localizedDescription)")
returnValue = false
}
return returnValue
}
Then:
let validEmail = isValidEmailAddress(emailAddressString: "[email protected]")
print(validEmail)
Here is a very simple way available in current Swiftmailer. Most of the other answers are old and reinvent the wheel.
As per Swiftmailer documentation: https://swiftmailer.symfony.com/docs/messages.html#quick-reference
use Egulias\EmailValidator\EmailValidator;
use Egulias\EmailValidator\Validation\RFCValidation;
$validator = new EmailValidator();
$validator->isValid("[email protected]", new RFCValidation()); //true
This is by far the simplest and most robust approach, imo. Just install via Composer the Egulias\EmailValidator library which should already be brought in as a dependency of SwiftMailer anyway.
Using this layer you will get amazing validations over any text field easily.
Just follow the following process.
import Foundation
enum ValidatorType
{
case email
case name
// add more cases ...
}
enum ValidationError: Error, LocalizedError
{
case invalidUserName
case invalidEmail
// add more cases ...
var localizedDescription: String
{
switch self
{
case .invalidEmail:
return "Please kindly write a valid email"
case .invalidUserName:
return "Please kindly write a valid user name"
}
}
}
String:extension String
{
// MARK:- Properties
var isValidEmail: Bool
{
let emailFormat = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}"
let emailPredicate = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailFormat)
return emailPredicate.evaluate(with: self)
}
// MARK:- Methods
func validatedText(_ validationType: ValidatorType) throws
{
switch validationType
{
case .name:
try validateUsername()
case .email:
try validateEmail()
}
}
// MARK:- Private Methods
private func validateUsername() throws
{
if isEmpty
{
throw ValidationError.invalidUserName
}
}
private func validateEmail() throws
{
if !isValidEmail
{
throw ValidationError.invalidEmail
}
// add more validations if you want like empty email
}
}
UITextField:import UIKit
extension UITextField
{
func validatedText(_ validationType: ValidatorType) throws
{
do
{
try text?.validatedText(validationType)
}
catch let validationError
{
shake()
throw validationError
}
}
// MARK:- Private Methods
private func shake()
{
let animation = CABasicAnimation(keyPath: "position")
animation.duration = 0.1
animation.repeatCount = 5
animation.fromValue = NSValue(cgPoint: CGPoint(x: center.x + 6, y: center.y))
animation.toValue = NSValue(cgPoint: CGPoint(x: center.x - 6, y: center.y))
layer.add(animation, forKey: "position")
}
}
import UIKit
class LoginVC: UIViewController
{
// MARK: Outlets
@IBOutlet weak var textFieldEmail: UITextField!
// MARK: View Controller Life Cycle
override func viewDidLoad()
{
super.viewDidLoad()
}
// MARK: Methods
private func checkEmail() -> Bool
{
do
{
try textFieldEmail.validatedText(.email)
}
catch let error
{
let validationError = error as! ValidationError
// show alert to user with: validationError.localizedDescription
return false
}
return true
}
// MARK: Actions
@IBAction func loginTapped(_ sender: UIButton)
{
if checkEmail()
{
let email = textFieldEmail.text!
// move safely ...
}
}
}
extension String {
var isValidEmail: Bool {
NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,}").evaluate(with: self)
}
}
Example
"[email protected]".isValidEmail
returns...
true
I made a library designed for input validations and one of the "modules" allows you to easily validate a bunch of stuff...
For example to validate an email:
let emailTrial = Trial.Email
let trial = emailTrial.trial()
if(trial(evidence: "[email protected]")) {
//email is valid
}
SwiftCop is the library... hope it help!
As a String class extension
SWIFT 4
extension String {
func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
// here, `try!` will always succeed because the pattern is valid
let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$", options: .caseInsensitive)
return regex.firstMatch(in: self, options: [], range: NSRange(location: 0, length: count)) != nil
}
}
Usage
if "rdfsdsfsdfsd".isValidEmail() {
}
I prefer use an extension for that. Besides, this url http://emailregex.com can help you to test if regex is correct. In fact, the site offers differents implementations for some programming languages. I share my implementation for Swift 3.
extension String {
func validateEmail() -> Bool {
let emailRegex = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}"
return NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex).evaluate(with: self)
}
}
I like to create extension
extension String {
func isValidateEmail() -> Bool {
let emailFormat = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}"
let emailPredicate = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailFormat)
return emailPredicate.evaluate(with: self)
}
}
usage:
if emailid.text!.isValidateEmail() == false(){
//do what ever you want if string is not matched.
}
Here's the reasonable solution:
1 - it avoids the horrific regex mistakes often seen in example code
2 - it does NOT allow ridiculous emails such as "x@x"
(If for some reason you need a solution that allows nonsense strings such as 'x@x', use another solution.)
3 - the code is extremely understandable
4 - it is KISS, reliable, and tested to destruction on commercial apps with enormous numbers of users
5 - the predicate is a global, as Apple says it must be
let __firstpart = "[A-Z0-9a-z]([A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]{0,30}[A-Z0-9a-z])?"
let __serverpart = "([A-Z0-9a-z]([A-Z0-9a-z-]{0,30}[A-Z0-9a-z])?\\.){1,5}"
let __emailRegex = __firstpart + "@" + __serverpart + "[A-Za-z]{2,8}"
let __emailPredicate = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", __emailRegex)
extension String {
func isEmail() -> Bool {
return __emailPredicate.evaluate(with: self)
}
}
extension UITextField {
func isEmail() -> Bool {
return self.text!.isEmail()
}
}
It's that easy.
In this description, "OC" means ordinary character - a letter or a digit.
__firstpart ... has to start and end with an OC. For the characters in the middle you can have certain characters such as underscore, but the start and end have to be an OC. (However, it's ok to have only one OC and that's it, for example: [email protected])
__serverpart ... You have sections like "blah." which repeat. (Example, mail.city.fcu.edu.) The sections have to start and end with an OC, but in the middle you can also have a dash "-". It's OK to have a section which is just one OC. (Example, w.campus.edu) You can have up to five sections, you have to have one. Finally the TLD (such as .com) is strictly 2 to 8 in size . (Obviously, just change the "8" as preferred by your support department.)
You must keep the predicate as a global, do not build it every time.
Note that this is the first thing Apple mentions about the whole issue in the docs.
Suggestions which do not cache the predicate are non-starters.
This solution has been used by 10s of millions of users in 100s of apps and is in the toolkit of dozens of freelance teams. There are now many variations of it.
Please also enjoy the answer of @AlejandroIván down below!
Perfect Regex like Google Email
"^[A-Z0-9a-z][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,}"
Source: Stackoverflow.com