validate-gws-package-name

Give me a string and I'll tell you if it's a valid gws package name.

This package exports a single synchronous function that takes a string as input and returns an object with two properties:

• validForNewPackages :: Boolean
• validForOldPackages :: Boolean

Contents

• Naming rules
• Examples
  • Valid Names
  • Invalid Names
• Tests
• License

Naming Rules

Below is a list of rules that valid npm package name should conform to.

• package name length should be greater than zero
• all the characters in the package name must be lowercase i.e., no uppercase or mixed case names are allowed
• package name can consist of hyphens
• package name must not contain any non-url-safe characters (since name ends up being part of a URL)
• package name should not start with . or _
• package name should not contain any spaces
• package name should not contain any of the following characters: ~)('!*
• package name cannot be the same as a node.js/io.js core module nor a reserved/blacklisted name. For example, the following names are invalid:
  • http
  • stream
  • node_modules
  • favicon.ico
• package name length cannot exceed 214

Examples

Valid Names

var validate = require("validate-npm-package-name")

validate("some-package")
validate("example.com")
validate("under_score")
validate("123numeric")
validate("@npm/thingy")
validate("@jane/foo.js")

All of the above names are valid, so you'll get this object back:

{
  validForNewPackages: true,
  validForOldPackages: true
}

Invalid Names

validate("excited!")
validate(" leading-space:and:weirdchars")

That was never a valid package name, so you get this:

{
  validForNewPackages: false,
  validForOldPackages: false,
  errors: [
    'name cannot contain leading or trailing spaces',
    'name can only contain URL-friendly characters'
  ]
}

Tests

npm install
npm test

License

ISC