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@comparaonline/conversational-commerce-utils

This package contains utility functions for conversational commerce at ComparaOnline.com. It includes functionality for formatting, validating, and parsing phone and email data.

Installation

To use this package, you can install it via NPM:

npm install --save @comparaonline/conversational-commerce-utils

Usage

Sanitizing

To sanitize phone and email data, you can use the following functions:

import { phoneSanitize, emailSanitize } from '@comparaonline/conversational-commerce-utils';

const sanitizedPhone = phoneSanitize('123-456-7890');
const sanitizedEmail = emailSanitize('[email protected]');

phoneSanitize will remove all non-numeric characters from the phone number, and emailSanitize will lowercase the email address, remove any whitespace, and remove any characters that are not letters, numbers, or the following special characters: !#$%&'*+-/=?^_{|}~@.`.

Validation

To validate email addresses, you can use the isEmailValid function:

import { isEmailValid } from '@comparaonline/conversational-commerce-utils';

const isValidEmail = isEmailValid('[email protected]');

isEmailValid will return true if the email address is valid according to the following criteria:

• The email address has exactly one "@" symbol
• The local part of the email address (the part before the "@") matches the regular expression /^[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_{|}~-]+(?:.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_{|}~-]+)\*$/
• The domain part of the email address (the part after the "@") matches the regular expression defined in the isValidDomainPart function.

Parsing

To parse phone numbers from different countries and formats, you can use the phoneParser function:

import { phoneParser } from '@comparaonline/conversational-commerce-utils';

const parsedPhone = phoneParser('+1 (555) 123-4567');

phoneParser will return an object with the following properties:

• raw: The raw input string that was passed to the function
• country: The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the country that the phone number belongs to
• countryCallingCode: The calling code for the country that the phone number belongs to (e.g. "1" for the United States and Canada)
• nationalNumber: The national significant number for the phone number (i.e. the part of the phone number that comes after the country calling code)
• number: The phone number in the format used by WhatsApp (i.e. with any necessary prefixes or changes to the national number)
• isValid: Whether the phone number is valid according to the rules for the country that it belongs to.

Contributing

If you would like to contribute to this project, please see the CONTRIBUTING.md file for more information.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE.md file for more information.