How to validate an e-mail address in swift?
I would use NSPredicate
:
func isValidEmail(_ email: String) -> Bool { let emailRegEx = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}" let emailPred = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx) return emailPred.evaluate(with: email)}
for versions of Swift earlier than 3.0:
func isValidEmail(email: String) -> Bool { let emailRegEx = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}" let emailPred = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx) return emailPred.evaluate(with: email)}
for versions of Swift earlier than 1.2:
func isValidEmail(email: String) -> Bool { let emailRegEx = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}" if let emailPred = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx) { return emailPred.evaluateWithObject(email) } return false}
As a String
class extension
SWIFT 4
extension String { func isValidEmail() -> Bool { // here, `try!` will always succeed because the pattern is valid let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$", options: .caseInsensitive) return regex.firstMatch(in: self, options: [], range: NSRange(location: 0, length: count)) != nil }}
Usage
if "rdfsdsfsdfsd".isValidEmail() {}
Editing, updated for Swift 3:
func validateEmail(enteredEmail:String) -> Bool { let emailFormat = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}" let emailPredicate = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailFormat) return emailPredicate.evaluate(with: enteredEmail)}
Original answer for Swift 2:
func validateEmail(enteredEmail:String) -> Bool { let emailFormat = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}" let emailPredicate = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailFormat) return emailPredicate.evaluateWithObject(enteredEmail)}
It's working fine.