@@ramp-network/crypto-address-validator

Simple wallet address validator for multiple cryptocurrencies working in Node.js and the browser.

Forked from Swyftx/crypto-address-validator which was forked from ognus/wallet-address-validator which was forked from ryanralph/altcoin-address.

Installation

#### Yarn
``bash
yarn add @ramp-network/crypto-address-validator
`

#### NPM
`bash
npm install @@ramp-network/crypto-address-validator
`

API

##### validate (address [, currency = 'bitcoin'[, networkType = 'prod' [, addressType = ['all']]])

###### Parameters
* address - Wallet address to validate.
* currency - Optional. Currency name or symbol, e.g. 'bitcoin' (default), 'litecoin' or 'LTC'
* networkType - Optional. Use 'prod' (default) to enforce standard address, 'testnet' to enforce testnet address and 'both' to enforce nothing.
* addressType - Optional. Specifies what version of the address should be validated. Defaults to 'legacy', but can be changed on a per asset basis.

> Returns true if the address (string) is a valid wallet address for the crypto currency specified, see below for supported currencies.

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#### Node
`javascript
const WAValidator = require('@ramp-network/crypto-address-validator')

const valid = WAValidator.validate('1KFzzGtDdnq5hrwxXGjwVnKzRbvf8WVxck', 'BTC')

if (valid) {
console.log('This is a valid address')
} else {
console.log('Address INVALID')
}
// This will log 'This is a valid address' to the console.
`

`javascript
const WAValidator = require('@ramp-network/crypto-address-validator')

const valid = WAValidator.validate('1KFzzGtDdnq5hrwxXGjwVnKzRbvf8WVxck', 'litecoin', 'testnet')

if (valid) {
console.log('This is a valid address')
} else {
console.log('Address INVALID')
}
// As this is a invalid litecoin address 'Address INVALID' will be logged to console.
`

#### Browser
`html

`

`javascript
// WAValidator is exposed as a global (window.WAValidator)
const valid = WAValidator.validate('1KFzzGtDdnq5hrwxXGjwVnKzRbvf8WVxck', 'bitcoin')

if (valid) {
alert('This is a valid address')
} else {
alert('Address INVALID')
}
// This should show a pop up with text 'This is a valid address'.
``