Mongoose - validate email syntax
mongodb, mongoose, node.js
Solution
You can use a regex. Take a look at this question: Validate email address in JavaScript?
I've used this in the past.
UserSchema.path('email').validate(function (email) {
var emailRegex = /^([\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4})?$/;
return emailRegex.test(email.text); // Assuming email has a text attribute
}, 'The e-mail field cannot be empty.')
Problem
I have a mongoose schema for users (UserSchema) and I'd like to validate whether the email has the right syntax. The validation that I currently use is the following: ``` UserSchema.path('email').validate(function (email) { return email.length }, 'The e-mail field cannot be empty.') ``` However, this only checks if the field is empty or not, and not for the syntax. Does something already exist that I could re-use or would I have to come up with my own method and call that inside the validate function?