Wallet address validator for Bitcoin and other Altcoins.
npm install wallet-address-validatorForked from ryanralph/altcoin-address.
File size is ~22 kB (minifed and gzipped).
npm install wallet-address-validator
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`html
`API
##### validate (address [, currency = 'bitcoin'[, networkType = 'prod']])
###### 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.> 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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* Auroracoin/AUR,
'auroracoin' or 'AUR'* Bankex/BKX,
'bankex' or 'BKX'
* BeaverCoin/BVC, 'beavercoin' or 'BVC'
* Biocoin/BIO, 'biocoin' or 'BIO'
* Bitcoin/BTC, 'bitcoin' or 'BTC'
* BitcoinCash/BCH, 'bitcoincash' or 'BCH'
* BitcoinGold/BTG, 'bitcoingold' or 'BTG'
* BitcoinPrivate/BTCP, 'bitcoinprivate' or 'BTCP'
* BitcoinZ/BTCZ, 'bitcoinz' or 'BTCZ'* Callisto/CLO,
'callisto' or 'CLO'* Dash,
'dash' or 'DASH'
* Decred/DCR, 'decred' or 'DCR'
* Digibyte/DGB, 'digibyte' or 'DGB'
* Dogecoin/DOGE, 'dogecoin' or 'DOGE'* Ethereum/ETH,
'ethereum' or 'ETH'
* EthereumClassic/ETH, 'ethereumclassic' or 'ETC'
* EthereumZero/ETZ, 'etherzero' or 'ETZ'* Freicoin/FRC,
'freicoin' or 'FRC'* Garlicoin/GRLC,
'garlicoin' or 'GRLC'* Hush/HUSH,
'hush' or 'HUSH'* Komodo/KMD,
'komodo' or 'KMD'* Litecoin/LTC,
'litecoin' or 'LTC'* Megacoin/MEC,
'megacoin' or 'MEC'* Monero/XMR,
'monero' or 'XMR'* Namecoin/NMC,
'namecoin' or 'NMC'
* Nano/NANO, 'nano' or 'NANO'
* NEO/NEO, 'NEO' or 'NEO'
* NeoGas/GAS, 'neogas' or 'GAS'* Peercoin/PPCoin/PPC,
'peercoin' or 'PPC'
* Primecoin/XPM, 'primecoin' or 'XPM'
* Protoshares/PTS, 'protoshares' or 'PTS'* Qtum/QTUM,
'qtum' or 'QTUM'* Raiblocks/XRB,
'raiblocks' or 'XRB'
* Ripple/XRP, 'ripple' or 'XRP'* Snowgem/SNG,
'snowgem' or 'SNG'* Vertcoin/VTC,
'vertcoin' or 'VTC'* Votecoin/VTC,
'votecoin' or 'VOT'* Zcash/ZEC,
'zcash' or 'ZEC'* Zclassic/ZCL,
'zclassic' or 'ZCL'* ZenCash/ZEN,
'zencash' or 'ZEN'
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#### Node
`javascript
var WAValidator = require('wallet-address-validator');var 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
var WAValidator = require('wallet-address-validator');var 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)
var 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'.
``