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skiwi
skiwi

Reputation: 69349

Javascript/jQuery validate email like the browser does

I know it is possibly to use the default browser validation for forms, when making custom form submit:

event.target.checkValidity();

That does the trick.

However now, I want to validate an email that is not in the form yet, and check whether it is an email or not. I prefer not to use regex, but use the in-built browser validation, just like it does with event.target.checkValidity().

Any clue how I can call the function that checkValidity() uses underlying to check whether an email is correct or not?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 632

Answers (1)

CodingIntrigue
CodingIntrigue

Reputation: 78565

You could create a dynamic element and use its checkValidity method?

function isEmailValid(emailAddress) {
    var email = document.createElement("input");
    email.type = "email";
    email.value = emailAddress;
    return email.checkValidity();
}
console.log(isEmailValid("[email protected]"));

Here is a demo.

Or if you want to test an existing input element:

function isInputValid(input) {
    return input && input.checkValidity && input.checkValidity();
}
console.log(isInputValid(document.getElementById("userEmail")));

It's worth noting that checkValidity() returns true for an empty e-mail address. So if you need it to be non-empty, you'll need to check that yourself.

Upvotes: 3

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