crypto-address-validator
Simple wallet address validator for validating Bitcoin and other altcoins addresses in Node.js and browser.
Forked from ognus/wallet-address-validator which was forked from ryanralph/altcoin-address.
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File size is ~35.2 kB (minifed and gzipped - ~67.8% smaller).
Installation
NPM
npm install wallet-address-validator
Browser
<script src="wallet-address-validator.min.js"></script>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.
Supported crypto currencies
- 0x/zrx
'0x'or'zrx' - AdEx/adx
'AdEx'or'adx' - aelf/ELF
'aelf'or'ELF' - Aeternity/ae
'Aeternity'or'ae' - Aragon/ant
'Aragon'or'ant' - Ardor/ardr
'Ardor'or'ardr' - Augur/rep
'Augur'or'rep' - AuroraCoin/aur
'AuroraCoin'or'aur' - Australian Dollars/aud
'Australian Dollars'or'aud' - Bancor/bnt
'Bancor'or'bnt' - Bankex/bkx
'Bankex'or'bkx' - BasicAttentionToken/bat
'BasicAttentionToken'or'bat' - BeaverCoin/bvc
'BeaverCoin'or'bvc' - BinanceCoin/bnb
'BinanceCoin'or'bnb' - BioCoin/bio
'BioCoin'or'bio' - Bitcoin/btc
'Bitcoin'or'btc' - Bitcoin Diamond/bcd
'Bitcoin Diamond'or'bcd' - BitcoinCash/bcc
'BitcoinCash'or'bcc' - BitcoinCash/bch
'BitcoinCash'or'bch' - BitcoinGold/btg
'BitcoinGold'or'btg' - BitcoinPrivate/btcp
'BitcoinPrivate'or'btcp' - BitcoinZ/btcz
'BitcoinZ'or'btcz' - Bitquence/bqx
'Bitquence'or'bqx' - Bitshares/bts
'Bitshares'or'bts' - BitTorrent/btt
'BitTorrent'or'btt' - Callisto/clo
'Callisto'or'clo' - Cardano/ada
'Cardano'or'ada' - Chainlink/link
'Chainlink'or'link' - Civic/cvc
'Civic'or'cvc' - Cosmos/atom
'Cosmos'or'atom' - Dash/dash
'Dash'or'dash' - Decentraland/MANA
'Decentraland'or'MANA' - Decred/dcr
'Decred'or'dcr' - Dent/dent
'Dent'or'dent' - DigiByte/dgb
'DigiByte'or'dgb' - District0x/dnt
'District0x'or'dnt' - DogeCoin/doge
'DogeCoin'or'doge' - Enjin Coin/enj
'Enjin Coin'or'enj' - EOS/eos
'EOS'or'eos' - Ethereum/eth
'Ethereum'or'eth' - EthereumClassic/etc
'EthereumClassic'or'etc' - EtherZero/etz
'EtherZero'or'etz' - ETHOS/ethos
'ETHOS'or'ethos' - Expanse/exp
'Expanse'or'exp' - FreiCoin/frc
'FreiCoin'or'frc' - FunFair/fun
'FunFair'or'fun' - GameCredits/game
'GameCredits'or'game' - GarliCoin/grlc
'GarliCoin'or'grlc' - Gnosis/gno
'Gnosis'or'gno' - Golem/gnt
'Golem'or'gnt' - Golem/gnt
'Golem'or'gnt' - Holo/HOT
'Holo'or'HOT' - Horizen/zen
'Horizen'or'zen' - Hush/hush
'Hush'or'hush' - ICON/icx
'ICON'or'icx' - iExec RLC/rlc
'iExec RLC'or'rlc' - Internet of Services/IOST
'Internet of Services'or'IOST' - Komodo/kmd
'Komodo'or'kmd' - Lisk/lsk
'Lisk'or'lsk' - LiteCoin/ltc
'LiteCoin'or'ltc' - Matchpool/gup
'Matchpool'or'gup' - MegaCoin/mec
'MegaCoin'or'mec' - Melon/mln
'Melon'or'mln' - Metal/mtl
'Metal'or'mtl' - Monacao/mco
'Monacao'or'mco' - MonaCoin/mona
'MonaCoin'or'mona' - Monero/xmr
'Monero'or'xmr' - NameCoin/nmc
'NameCoin'or'nmc' - Nano/nano
'Nano'or'nano' - NEM/xem
'NEM'or'xem' - Neo/neo
'Neo'or'neo' - NeoGas/gas
'NeoGas'or'gas' - Nexus/nxs
'Nexus'or'nxs' - Numeraire/nmr
'Numeraire'or'nmr' - Odyssey/ocn
'Odyssey'or'ocn' - OmiseGO/omg
'OmiseGO'or'omg' - Ontology/ont
'Ontology'or'ont' - Paxos Standard Token/pax
'Paxos Standard Token'or'pax' - PeerCoin/ppc
'PeerCoin'or'ppc' - PIVX/pivx
'PIVX'or'pivx' - Polymath/poly
'Polymath'or'poly' - Populous/ppt
'Populous'or'ppt' - PowerLedger/powr
'PowerLedger'or'powr' - PrimeCoin/xpm
'PrimeCoin'or'xpm' - ProtoShares/pts
'ProtoShares'or'pts' - Pundi X/npxs
'Pundi X'or'npxs' - Qtum/qtum
'Qtum'or'qtum' - RaiBlocks/xrb
'RaiBlocks'or'xrb' - Ravencoin/rvn
'Ravencoin'or'rvn' - RipioCreditNetwork/rcn
'RipioCreditNetwork'or'rcn' - Ripple/xrp
'Ripple'or'xrp' - Salt/salt
'Salt'or'salt' - Siacoin/sc
'Siacoin'or'sc' - SnowGem/sng
'SnowGem'or'sng' - SolarCoin/slr
'SolarCoin'or'slr' - Status/snt
'Status'or'snt' - STEEM/steem
'STEEM'or'steem' - Stellar Lumens/xlm
'Stellar Lumens'or'xlm' - Storj/storj
'Storj'or'storj' - Storm/storm
'Storm'or'storm' - Stratis/strat
'Stratis'or'strat' - Substratum/sub
'Substratum'or'sub' - Swarm City/swt
'Swarm City'or'swt' - Syscoin/sys
'Syscoin'or'sys' - TenX/pay
'TenX'or'pay' - Tether/usdt
'Tether'or'usdt' - THETA/theta
'THETA'or'theta' - Tron/trx
'Tron'or'trx' - TrueUSD/tusd
'TrueUSD'or'tusd' - USD Coin/usdc
'USD Coin'or'usdc' - VeChain/vet
'VeChain'or'vet' - Verge/xvg
'Verge'or'xvg' - VertCoin/vtc
'VertCoin'or'vtc' - Viberate/vib
'Viberate'or'vib' - VoteCoin/vot
'VoteCoin'or'vot' - WaltonChain/wtc
'WaltonChain'or'wtc' - Waves/waves
'Waves'or'waves' - Wings/wings
'Wings'or'wings' - ZCash/zec
'ZCash'or'zec' - ZClassic/zcl
'ZClassic'or'zcl' - ZenCash/zen
'ZenCash'or'zen' - Zilliqa/zil
'Zilliqa'or'zil'
Usage example
Node
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.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
<script src="wallet-address-validator.min.js"></script>// 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'.