Email validation using jQuery

Question

I\'m new to jQuery and was wondering how to use it to validate email addresses.

Answer 1

Look at http: //bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/. It is nice jQuery plugin, which allow to build powerfull validation system for forms. There are some usefull samples here. So, email field validation in form will look so:

$("#myform").validate({
  rules: {
    field: {
      required: true,
      email: true
    }
  }
});

See Email method documentation for details and samples.

Answer 2

checkRegexp( email, /^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+)*)|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(\\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))))*(((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?$/i, "eg. ui@jquery.com" );

Refernce : JQUERY UI WEBSITE

Answer 3

A simplified one I've just made, does what I need it to. Have limited it to just alphanumeric, period, underscore and @.

<input onKeyUp="testEmailChars(this);"><span id="a"></span>
function testEmailChars(el){
    var email = $(el).val();
    if ( /^[a-zA-Z0-9_@.-]+$/.test(email)==true ){
        $("#a").html("valid");
    } else {
        $("#a").html("not valid");
    }
}

Made with help from others

Answer 4

As others have mentioned you can use a regex to check if the email address matches a pattern. But you can still have emails that match the pattern but my still bounce or be fake spam emails.

checking with a regex

var regex = /^([a-zA-Z0-9_.+-])+\@(([a-zA-Z0-9-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+$/;
return regex.test(email);

checking with a real email validation API

You can use an API which will check if the email address is real and currently active.

var emailAddress = "foo@bar.com"
response = $.get("https://isitarealemail.com/api/email/validate?email=" +
    emailAddress,
    function responseHandler(data) {
        if (data.status === 'valid') {
            // the email is valid and the mail box is active
        } else {
            // the email is incorrect or unable to be tested.
        }
    })

For more see https://isitarealemail.com or blog post

Answer 5

You can create your own function

function emailValidate(email){
    var check = "" + email;
    if((check.search('@')>=0)&&(check.search(/\./)>=0))
        if(check.search('@')<check.split('@')[1].search(/\./)+check.search('@')) return true;
        else return false;
    else return false;
}

alert(emailValidate('your.email@yahoo.com'));

Answer 6

You can use regular old javascript for that:

function isEmail(email) {
  var regex = /^([a-zA-Z0-9_.+-])+\@(([a-zA-Z0-9-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+$/;
  return regex.test(email);
}