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ava

Cryptocurrency Addresses Validator

Installation

Install the package using

$ go get github.com/LanfordCai/ava

Usage

To use the package import it in your *.go code

import "github.com/LanfordCai/ava"

Example

Validate a Bitcoin address

At first, setup enabled address type:

export AVA_BITCOIN_ENABLED_ADDR_TYPES="P2PKH,P2SH"

And then, write some code:

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/LanfordCai/ava"
)

func main() {
	validator, err := ava.NewValidator("Bitcoin")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err.Error())
	}

	address := "19JeUHUvw23fwKeK1zZD4moKyxj1xn4Kxi"
	isTestnet := false
	result := validator.ValidateAddress(address, isTestnet)

	fmt.Printf("Address is valid?: %t\n", result.IsValid)
	fmt.Printf("Extra message: %s\n", result.Msg)
}

Notice

For EOS addresses(account name), ava only valid it's format. A valid result doesn't mean the account has been registered on the blockchain.

TODO

• Validate bech32 addresses for Bitcoin/BitcoinCash

License

The ava is an open-source software licensed under the MIT License.

Documentation

Index

• type Validator
  • func NewValidator(chainName string) (Validator, error)

Types

type Validator

type Validator interface {
	ValidateAddress(addr string, isTestnet bool) common.ValidationResult
}

Validator - Address validator

func NewValidator

func NewValidator(chainName string) (Validator, error)

NewValidator - Create address validator according to given chain name