wallet-validator

Fast and convenient utility for checking the validity of coin addresses without access to the blockchain.

Simple wallet address validator for validating Bitcoin and other altcoins addresses in Node.js and browser.

File size is ~100 kB (minifed and gzipped).

Installation

$3

``
npm install --save wallet-validator
`

$3

`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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* SmartHoldem/STH, 'smartholdem' or 'STH'
* 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'
* PostCoin/POST, 'postcoin' or 'POST'
* Nobtcoin/NOBT, 'nobtcoin' or 'NOBT'
* VeriCoin/VRC, 'vericoin' or 'VRC'
* VeriumReserve/VRM, 'verium' or 'VRM'
* Smilo/XSM, 'smilo' or 'XSM'
* ZENZO/ZNZ, 'zenzo' or 'ZNZ'
* Universe/UNI, 'universe' or 'UNI'
* Spectrecoin/XSPEC, 'spectre' or 'XSPEC'
* 42-coin/42, '42coin' or '42'
* SteepCoin/STEEP, 'steep' or 'STEEP'
* EverGreenCoin/EGC, 'evergreen' or 'EGC'
* BitConnectX/BCCX, 'bitconnectx' or 'BCCX'
* GuapCoin/GUAP, 'guapcoin' or 'GUAP'
* Ravencoin/RVN, 'ravencoin' or 'RVN'
* Stellar/XLM, 'stellar' or 'XLM'
* Cardano/ADA, 'cardano' or 'ADA'
* VeChain/VET, 'vechain' or 'VET'
* TRON/TRX, 'tron' or 'TRX'
* PRUX-Coin/PRUX, 'pruxcoin' or 'PRUX'
* DeepOnion/ONION, 'deeponion' or 'ONION'
* Bitcoinrand/BZAR, 'bitcoinrand' or 'BZAR'
* Emercoin/EMC, 'emercoin' or 'EMC'
* HiveCoin/HVQ, 'hivecoin' or 'HVQ'
* BinanceCoin/BNB, 'binancecoin' or 'BNB'
* PIVX/PIVX, 'pivx' or 'PIVX'
* Raptoreum/RTM, 'rtm' or 'RTM'
* ReddCoin/RDD, 'rdd' or 'RDD'
* Flux/FLUX, 'flux' or 'FLUX'
* BlockchainCoinX/XCCX, 'xccx' or 'XCCX'
* Radiant/RXD, 'rxd' or 'RXD'
* Pepecoin/PEP, 'pep' or 'PEP'

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#### Node
`javascript
var Validator = require('wallet-validator');

var valid = Validator.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-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'.
``