bcp47

Simple validator for BCP47 locale tags

Helpful resources:

• http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-choosing-language-tags
• https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47
• http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry/language-subtag-registry

Usage

Install

$ npm i @safetyculture/bcp47 --save

Importing

import {validate, pattern} from 'bcp47';

Properties

pattern

A regular expression for validating locale strings

// use with third party validation tools
Joi.string().regex(pattern)
 
// or just regex
pattern.test(locale);

Methods

validate(locale) => Boolean

Validate a given locale string.

• locale. Example en-US

validate('en-US'); // true
validate('en_US'); // false