namehog

Minimal command-line tool to check if a username is available for an account to claim on Twitter.

Usage

Namehog is designed as a command-line tool. Invoke it with npx:

$ npx namehog myDreamUsername
Available!
 
$ npx namehog myTakenUsername
Username has already been taken

Namehog can also return results in a boolean form, for easier scripting:

$ npx namehog myDreamUsername
1 # available 
 
$ npx namehog myTakenUsername
0 # unavailable 

Namehog also provides a validate function when used within another package. Use it by importing the validate function from the package:

import { validate } from 'namehog';
 
const {
    valid, // true/false 
    message, // string message / reason for unavailability if unavailable from Twitter API
} = await validate('myDreamUsername');

License

This project is licensed entirely under the permissive MIT License.