How to validate an e-mail address in swift?

Question

Does anyone know how to validate an e-mail address in Swift? I found this code:

- (BOOL) validEmail:(NSString*) emailString {

    if([emailString length]==0){
        return NO;
    }

    NSString *regExPattern = @"[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}";

    NSRegularExpression *regEx = [[NSRegularExpression alloc] initWithPattern:regExPattern options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive error:nil];
    NSUInteger regExMatches = [regEx numberOfMatchesInString:emailString options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, [emailString length])];

    NSLog(@"%i", regExMatches);
    if (regExMatches == 0) {
        return NO;
    } else {
        return YES;
    }
}

but I can't translate it to Swift.

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

@JeffersonBe's answer is close, but returns true if the string is "something containing [e-mail] a valid email" which is not what we want. The following is an extension on String that works well (and allows testing for valid phoneNumber and other data detectors to boot.

/// Helper for various data detector matches.
/// Returns `true` iff the `String` matches the data detector type for the complete string.
func matchesDataDetector(type: NSTextCheckingResult.CheckingType, scheme: String? = nil) -> Bool {
    let dataDetector = try? NSDataDetector(types: type.rawValue)
    guard let firstMatch = dataDetector?.firstMatch(in: self, options: NSRegularExpression.MatchingOptions.reportCompletion, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: length)) else {
        return false
    }
    return firstMatch.range.location != NSNotFound
        // make sure the entire string is an email, not just contains an email
        && firstMatch.range.location == 0
        && firstMatch.range.length == length
        // make sure the link type matches if link scheme
        && (type != .link || scheme == nil || firstMatch.url?.scheme == scheme)
}
/// `true` iff the `String` is an email address in the proper form.
var isEmail: Bool {
    return matchesDataDetector(type: .link, scheme: "mailto")
}
/// `true` iff the `String` is a phone number in the proper form.
var isPhoneNumber: Bool {
    return matchesDataDetector(type: .phoneNumber)
}
/// number of characters in the `String` (required for above).
var length: Int {
    return self.characters.count
}

Answer 3

Here is an extension in Swift 3

extension String {
    func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
        let emailRegex = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}"
        return NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex).evaluate(with: self)
    }
}

Just use it like this:

if yourEmailString.isValidEmail() {
    //code for valid email address
} else {
    //code for not valid email address
}

Answer 4

In Swift 4.2 and Xcode 10.1

//Email validation
func isValidEmail(email: String) -> Bool {
    let emailRegex = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}"
    var valid = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex).evaluate(with: email)
    if valid {
        valid = !email.contains("Invalid email id")
    }
    return valid
}

//Use like this....
let emailTrimmedString = emailTF.text?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
if isValidEmail(email: emailTrimmedString!) == false {
   SharedClass.sharedInstance.alert(view: self, title: "", message: "Please enter valid email")
}

If you want to use SharedClass.

//This is SharedClass
import UIKit
class SharedClass: NSObject {

static let sharedInstance = SharedClass()

//Email validation
func isValidEmail(email: String) -> Bool {
    let emailRegex = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}"
    var valid = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex).evaluate(with: email)
    if valid {
        valid = !email.contains("Invalid email id")
    }
    return valid
}

private override init() {

}
}

And call function like this....

if SharedClass.sharedInstance. isValidEmail(email: emailTrimmedString!) == false {
   SharedClass.sharedInstance.alert(view: self, title: "", message: "Please enter correct email")
   //Your code here
} else {
   //Code here
}

Answer 5

Or you can have extension for optional text of UITextField:

how to use:

if  emailTextField.text.isEmailValid() {
      print("email is valid")
}else{
      print("wrong email address")
}

extension:

extension Optional where Wrapped == String {
    func isEmailValid() -> Bool{
        guard let email = self else { return false }
        let emailPattern = "[A-Za-z-0-9.-_]+@[A-Za-z0-9]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,3}"
        do{
            let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: emailPattern, options: .caseInsensitive)
            let foundPatters = regex.numberOfMatches(in: email, options: .anchored, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: email.count))
            if foundPatters > 0 {
                return true
            }
        }catch{
            //error
        }
        return false
    }
}

Answer 6

Best solution with best result for

Swift 4.x

 extension String {

        func validateAsEmail() -> Bool {
            let emailRegEx = "(?:[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%\\&‘*+/=?\\^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}" +
                "~-]+)*|\"(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21\\x23-\\x5b\\x5d-\\" +
                "x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])*\")@(?:(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-" +
                "z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?|\\[(?:(?:25[0-5" +
                "]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-" +
                "9][0-9]?|[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]:(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21" +
            "-\\x5a\\x53-\\x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])+)\\])"

            let emailTest = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES[c] %@", emailRegEx)
            return emailTest.evaluate(with: self)
        }
    }