Is it possible to validate that an input is of type email?

RE: Is it possible to validate that an input is of type email?

Mathieu Drouin — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:13:43 GMT

Another option that I don't see being discussed much is using a real time email validation API if you require more in depth verification.

RE: Is it possible to validate that an input is of type email?

lumi29 — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:22:55 GMT

thanks 🙂♥

RE: Is it possible to validate that an input is of type email?

Mike Schmitt — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:02:34 GMT

If you mean you want to validate that a particular string is a valid email address, the People Funcitons plug-in currently has a function, validateemailaddress(), which validates email addresses as well as any Regex pattern or OOB appian expression can do (and i know because i've written both in the past from scratch).

If you go with the RegEx approach as other commentors have suggested here, the best pattern I've found so far which accepts the largest range of valid email addresses, is as follows (this is the actual expression rule I currently use):

regexmatch(
  pattern: "^[A-Z0-9\'\+\&\%_-]+(\.{0,1}[A-Z0-9\'\+\&\%_-]+)*[@]{1}[A-Z0-9.-]*[A-Z0-9-]+[.]{1}[A-Z]{2,6}$",
  searchString: ri!email,
  regexFlags: "si"
)

Note, the "validateEmailAddress()" function in People Functions currently passes the same extensive list of test cases as the above expression rule, and is a little easier to use routinely.

RE: Is it possible to validate that an input is of type email?

Konduru Chaitanya — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:45:07 GMT

Do you have access to admin console in your environment? If yes, then navigate to Plug-ins and add new plugin "Appian Regular Expression Functions"

RE: Is it possible to validate that an input is of type email?

venkatrea696188 — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:44:39 GMT

https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/regular-expression-functions , Use this plugin

RE: Is it possible to validate that an input is of type email?

lumi29 — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:27:31 GMT

The function 'regexmatch' is unavailable. :(

RE: Is it possible to validate that an input is of type email?

venkatrea696188 — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:38:59 GMT

if(
                  regexmatch(
                    pattern: "\b[\w\.-]+@[\w\.-]+\.\w{2,4}\b",
                    searchString:ri!your_Variable,
                    regexFlags: "si"
                  ),
                  "",
                  "Please Enter Valid Email"
                )

On validations , regex code gonna check whether entered email is in right format or not. Search online for better Regex codes which suites you.

RE: Is it possible to validate that an input is of type email?

Konduru Chaitanya — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:38:08 GMT

lumi29 Replace the value in the "^[a-z0-9]+(\.[a-z0-9]+)*@[a-z0-9]+(\.[a-z0-9]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,5})$" with a constant.

if(
  a!isNullOrEmpty(ri!input),
  null,
  if(
    regexmatch(
      "^[a-z0-9]+(\.[a-z0-9]+)*@[a-z0-9]+(\.[a-z0-9]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,5})$",
      ri!input
    ),
    "",
    "Please enter a valid email address"
  )
)

RE: Is it possible to validate that an input is of type email?

lumi29 — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:31:10 GMT

and how do u use a regex code in an input?

RE: Is it possible to validate that an input is of type email?

venkatrea696188 — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:29:51 GMT

Usually for validating email we use Regex code , it is going to check the format of the entered email text . Not sure what you are looking for , can you give more details of your usecase?