HexaURL Validate

A JavaScript/TypeScript library for validating HexaURL strings with configurable rules, also provides a module that can be combined with Zod.

This library has no dependencies, so it's lightweight and simple to integrate. It also helps protect against vulnerabilities in unmaintained packages and avoids deprecation or version conflicts.

Installation

npm install hexaurl-validate

Usage

Basic Validation

import { validate } from "hexaurl-validate";

let validInput = "my-hexaurl";

// Basic validation with default configuration (for 16 bytes HexaURL)
try {
  validate(validInput);
  console.log("Validation successful!");
} catch (error) {
  console.error(`Validation failed: ${error.message}`);
}

Combined with Zod

import { z } from "zod";
import "hexaurl-validate/zod"; // Ensure the module is imported to use the hexaurl method

const schema = z.string().hexaurl();

schema.parse("my-hexaurl");

Custom Configuration

import { validate, createConfig, Composition } from "hexaurl-validate";

// Custom configuration with minimum length of 4 and maximum length of 40
// Identifier composition: Alphanumeric, hyphen and underscore
// Delimiter rules: Allow leading/trailing hyphens and underscores, consecutive hyphens and underscores
const config = createConfig({
  minLength: 4,
  maxLength: 40,
  composition: Composition.AlphanumericHyphenUnderscore,
  delimiter: {
    allowLeadingTrailingHyphens: true,
    allowLeadingTrailingUnderscores: true,
    allowConsecutiveHyphens: true,
    allowConsecutiveUnderscores: true,
    allowAdjacentHyphenUnderscore: false,
  },
});

// Validate with custom configuration and 32 bytes (can contain 42 characters at most)
validate("my_custom-hexa__", config, 32);

Checking String Safety

import { isEncodingSafe } from "hexaurl-validate";

const isSafe = isEncodingSafe("my-string");
console.log(isSafe); // true

API Reference

Functions

validate(input: string, config?: Config, byteSize?: number): void

Validates a HexaURL string. If no configuration is provided, uses default configuration. If no byte size is provided, uses 16 bytes. Throws HexaUrlError if validation fails.

isEncodingSafe(input: string, byteSize?: number): boolean

Checks if the input string is safe for HexaURL encoding. If no byte size is provided, uses 16 bytes.

Configuration

Composition

Enum for valid identifier composition options:

• Alphanumeric: Letters and digits only
• AlphanumericHyphen: Letters, digits and hyphen
• AlphanumericUnderscore: Letters, digits and underscore
• AlphanumericHyphenUnderscore: Letters, digits, hyphen and underscore

DelimiterRules

Interface for configuring delimiter rules:

interface DelimiterRules {
  allowLeadingTrailingHyphens: boolean;
  allowLeadingTrailingUnderscores: boolean;
  allowConsecutiveHyphens: boolean;
  allowConsecutiveUnderscores: boolean;
  allowAdjacentHyphenUnderscore: boolean;
}

Helper Functions

createConfig(options: ConfigOptions): Config

Creates a configuration object with custom options.

createDelimiterRules(options: Partial<DelimiterRules>): DelimiterRules

Creates delimiter rules with custom options.

createAllowedDelimiterRules(): DelimiterRules

Creates delimiter rules with all options set to true.

Error Handling

The library throws HexaUrlError with specific error codes (HexaUrlErrorCode) when validation fails:

try {
  validate("invalid--url");
} catch (error) {
  if (error instanceof HexaUrlError) {
    console.log(error.code); // HexaUrlErrorCode
    console.log(error.message); // Error description
  }
}

License

This project is licensed under either of Apache License, Version 2.0 or MIT License at your option.