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

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
}

Answer 2

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() {

}

Answer 3

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 4

If you are looking for a clean and simple solution to do this, you should take a look at https://github.com/nsagora/validation-components.

It contains an email validation predicate which is easy integrate in your code:

let email = "test@example.com"
let rule = EmailValidationPredicate()
let isValidEmail = rule.evaluate(with: email)

---

Behind the hood it uses the RFC 5322 reg ex (http://emailregex.com):

let regex = "(?:[\\p{L}0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[\\p{L}0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}" +
    "~-]+)*|\"(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21\\x23-\\x5b\\x5d-\\" +
    "x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])*\")@(?:(?:[\\p{L}0-9](?:[a-" +
    "z0-9-]*[\\p{L}0-9])?\\.)+[\\p{L}0-9](?:[\\p{L}0-9-]*[\\p{L}0-9])?|\\[(?:(?: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]?|[\\p{L}0-9-]*[\\p{L}0-9]:(?:[\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x21" +
    "-\\x5a\\x53-\\x7f]|\\\\[\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x7f])+)\\])"

Answer 5

(Preamble. Be aware that in some cases, you can now use this solution built-in to iOS: https://multithreaded.stitchfix.com/blog/2016/11/02/email-validation-swift/ )

---

The only solution:

1 - it avoids the horrific regex mistakes often seen in example code

2 - it does NOT allow ridiculous emails such as "x@x"

(If for some reason you need a solution that allows nonsense strings such as 'x@x', use another solution.)

3 - the code is extremely understandable

4 - it is KISS, reliable, and tested to destruction on commercial apps with enormous numbers of users

5 - the predicate is a global, as Apple says it must be

let __firstpart = "[A-Z0-9a-z]([A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]{0,30}[A-Z0-9a-z])?"
let __serverpart = "([A-Z0-9a-z]([A-Z0-9a-z-]{0,30}[A-Z0-9a-z])?\\.){1,5}"
let __emailRegex = __firstpart + "@" + __serverpart + "[A-Za-z]{2,8}"
let __emailPredicate = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", __emailRegex)

extension String {
    func isEmail() -> Bool {
        return __emailPredicate.evaluate(with: self)
    }
}

extension UITextField {
    func isEmail() -> Bool {
        return self.text?.isEmail() ?? false
    }
}

It's that easy.

Explanation for anyone new to regex:

In this description, "OC" means ordinary character - a letter or a digit.

__firstpart ... has to start and end with an OC. For the characters in the middle you can have certain characters such as underscore, but the start and end have to be an OC. (However, it's ok to have only one OC and that's it, for example: j@blah.com)

__serverpart ... You have sections like "blah." which repeat. (Example, mail.city.fcu.edu.) The sections have to start and end with an OC, but in the middle you can also have a dash "-". It's OK to have a section which is just one OC. (Example, w.campus.edu) You can have up to five sections, you have to have one. Finally the TLD (such as .com) is strictly 2 to 8 in size . (Obviously, just change the "8" as preferred by your support department.)

---

IMPORTANT !

You MUST keep the predicate as a global, do not build it every time.

Note that this is the first thing Apple mentions about the whole issue in the docs.

Suggestions which do not cache the predicate are non-starters.

---

Non-english alphabets

Naturally, if you deal with non-english alphabets, adjust appropriately.

Answer 6

Simplest way in Swift 5

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

Example

"kenmueller0@gmail.com".isValidEmail

returns...

true

Answer 7

Here is a fuse of the two most up-voted answer with a basic correct enough regex: a String extension using predicate so you can call string.isEmail

    extension String {
        var isEmail: Bool {
           let emailRegEx = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,20}"            
           let emailTest  = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx)
           return emailTest.evaluateWithObject(self)
        }
    }

Answer 8

I would suggest using it as an extension of String:

extension String {    
    public var isEmail: Bool {
        let dataDetector = try? NSDataDetector(types: NSTextCheckingResult.CheckingType.link.rawValue)

        let firstMatch = dataDetector?.firstMatch(in: self, options: NSRegularExpression.MatchingOptions.reportCompletion, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: length))

        return (firstMatch?.range.location != NSNotFound && firstMatch?.url?.scheme == "mailto")
    }

    public var length: Int {
        return self.characters.count
    }
}

And to use it:

if "hodor@gameofthrones.com".isEmail { // true
    print("Hold the Door")
}

Answer 9

This is the updated version for Swift 2.0 - 2.2

 var isEmail: Bool {
    do {
        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.firstMatchInString(self, options: NSMatchingOptions(rawValue: 0), range: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil
    } catch {
        return false
    }
}

Answer 10

Here is a method based on rangeOfString:

class func isValidEmail(testStr:String) -> Bool {
    let emailRegEx = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}"
    let range = testStr.rangeOfString(emailRegEx, options:.RegularExpressionSearch)
    return range != nil
}

Note: updated TLD length.

Here is the definitive RegEx for email as per RFC 5322, note that this is best not used because it only checks the basic syntax of email addresses and does not check is the top level domain exists.

(?:[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*
  |  "(?:[\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])?
  |  \[(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}
       (?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?|[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]:
          (?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21-\x5a\x53-\x7f]
          |  \\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])+)
     \])

See Regular-Expressions.info for more complete information on email RegExs.

Note that no escaping as required by a language such as Objective-C or Swift.

Answer 11

There are a lot of right answers here, but many of the "regex" are incomplete and it can happen that an email like: "name@domain" results a valid email, but it is not. Here the complete solution:

extension String {

    var isEmailValid: Bool {
        do {
            let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: "(?:[a-z0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-z0-9!#$%\\&'*+/=?\\^_`{|}~-]+)*|\"(?:[\\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])+)\\])", options: .CaseInsensitive)
            return regex.firstMatchInString(self, options: NSMatchingOptions(rawValue: 0), range: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil
        } catch {
            return false
        }
    }
}

Answer 12

I prefer use an extension for that. Besides, this url http://emailregex.com can help you to test if regex is correct. In fact, the site offers differents implementations for some programming languages. I share my implementation for Swift 3.

extension String {
    func validateEmail() -> Bool {
        let emailRegex = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}"
        return NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegex).evaluate(with: self)
    }
}

Answer 13

This a new version for "THE REASONABLE SOLUTION" by @Fattie, tested on Swift 4.1 in a new file called String+Email.swift:

import Foundation

extension String {
    private static let __firstpart = "[A-Z0-9a-z]([A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]{0,30}[A-Z0-9a-z])?"
    private static let __serverpart = "([A-Z0-9a-z]([A-Z0-9a-z-]{0,30}[A-Z0-9a-z])?\\.){1,5}"
    private static let __emailRegex = __firstpart + "@" + __serverpart + "[A-Za-z]{2,6}"

    public var isEmail: Bool {
        let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", type(of:self).__emailRegex)
        return predicate.evaluate(with: self)
    }
}

So its usage is simple:

let str = "mail@domain.com"
if str.isEmail {
    print("\(str) is a valid e-mail address")
} else {
    print("\(str) is not a valid e-mail address")
}

I simply don't like to add a func to the String objects, as being an e-mail address is inherent to them (or not). So a Bool property would fit better than a func, from my understanding.

Answer 14

For swift 2.1: this works correctly with email foo@bar

extension String {
    func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
        do {
            let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}", options: .CaseInsensitive)
            return regex.firstMatchInString(self, options: NSMatchingOptions(rawValue: 0), range: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil
        } catch {
                return false
        }
    }
}

Answer 15

Use of Swift 4.2

extension String {
    func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
        let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^(((([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+(\\.([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+)*)|((\\x22)((((\\x20|\\x09)*(\\x0d\\x0a))?(\\x20|\\x09)+)?(([\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x7f]|\\x21|[\\x23-\\x5b]|[\\x5d-\\x7e]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(\\([\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0d-\\x7f]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}]))))*(((\\x20|\\x09)*(\\x0d\\x0a))?(\\x20|\\x09)+)?(\\x22)))@((([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])([a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|\\.|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.)+(([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])([a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.?$", options: .caseInsensitive)
        return regex?.firstMatch(in: self, options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, self.count)) != nil
    }
    func isValidName() -> Bool{
        let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^[\\p{L}\\.]{2,30}(?: [\\p{L}\\.]{2,30}){0,2}$", options: .caseInsensitive)

        return regex?.firstMatch(in: self, options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, self.count)) != nil
    } }

And used

if (textField.text?.isValidEmail())! 
    {
      // bla bla
    }
else 
    {

    }

Answer 16

Make a simple test for a @ and . and send a confirmation email.

Consider this:

• Half of the world uses non-ASCII characters.
• Regexes are slow and complex. Btw check at least for char/letter/Unicode range, not az.
• You can’t afford full validation because RFC rules and corresponding regex are too complex.

I’m using this basic check:

// similar to https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/78372/22077
import Foundation

/**
 Checks that
 - length is 254 or less (see https://stackoverflow.com/a/574698/412916)
 - there is a @ which is not the first character
 - there is a . after the @
 - there are at least 4 characters after the @
*/
func isValidEmail(email: String) -> Bool {
    guard email.count <= 254 else { 
        return false 
    }
    let pos = email.lastIndex(of: "@") ?? email.endIndex
    return (pos != email.startIndex)
        && ((email.lastIndex(of: ".") ?? email.startIndex) > pos) 
        && (email[pos...].count > 4)
}

print(isValidEmail(email: "アシッシュ@ビジネス.コム")) // true

Note that

• It is considerably faster than regex and NSDataDetector.

• It correctly reports the following as valid:

Håkan.Söderström@malmö.se"
punnycode@XN--0ZWM56D.XN--HGBK6AJ7F53BBA"
试@例子.测试.مثال.آزمایشی"
foo.bar+something@blah.com"
m@foo.co.uk

• It incorrectly reports the following as invalid –because they are actually valid but likely the product of a user error:

a @ b
a@b

Related:

• How far should one take e-mail address validation?
• online email checker: https://isemail.info/

Answer 17

@JeffersonBe's answer is close, but returns true if the string is "something containing someone@something.com 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 18

Create simple extension:

extension NSRegularExpression {

    convenience init(pattern: String) {
        try! self.init(pattern: pattern, options: [])
    }
}

extension String {

    var isValidEmail: Bool {
        return isMatching(expression: NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^[A-Z0-9a-z\\._%+-]+@([A-Za-z0-9-]+\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,4}$"))
    }

    //MARK: - Private

    private func isMatching(expression: NSRegularExpression) -> Bool {
        return expression.numberOfMatches(in: self, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: characters.count)) > 0
    }
}

Example:

"b@bb.pl".isValidEmail //true
"b@bb".isValidEmail //false

You can extend following extension to anything you need: isValidPhoneNumber, isValidPassword etc...

Answer 19

Majority of the above regex examples fail to catch error when there are even basic problems with emails. For example

1. h..1@nyu.edu - consecutive dots
2. ab1234@.nyu.edu - dot after @
3. a.bcdnle12.@email.com - dot before @
4. .abc@email.com - starts with a dot

Here is a string extension I have used that uses regex with tighter rules.

extension String {
    func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
        let emailRegEx = "^(?!\\.)([A-Z0-9a-z_%+-]?[\\.]?[A-Z0-9a-z_%+-])+@[A-Za-z0-9-]{1,20}(\\.[A-Za-z0-9]{1,15}){0,10}\\.[A-Za-z]{2,20}$"
        let emailPred = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx)
        return emailPred.evaluate(with: self)
   }
}

Here is how we can write test case for it.

XCTAssertFalse("ab1234@.nyu.edu".isValidEmail())
XCTAssertTrue("valid_email@email.com".isValidEmail())

Answer 20

Apple's own documentation for the RegexBuilder type (introduced in Swift 5.7) now offers an example of minimal email validation, complete with named component capture.

(Copying here for posterity as they sometimes change their examples)

let word = OneOrMore(.word)
let emailPattern = Regex {
    Capture {
        ZeroOrMore {
            word
            "."
        }
        word
    }
    "@"
    Capture {
        word
        OneOrMore {
            "."
            word
        }
    }
}

let text = "My email is my.name@example.com."
if let match = text.firstMatch(of: emailPattern) {
    let (wholeMatch, name, domain) = match.output
    // wholeMatch is "my.name@example.com"
    // name is "my.name"
    // domain is "example.com"
}

Despite this question already having too many answers, I felt this was worth sharing since it:

1. Uses the latest Swift APIs
2. Does not overcomplicate the regex logic (a trap for email validation)
3. Comes directly from Apple (almost like they knew)

Answer 21

I made a library designed for input validations and one of the "modules" allows you to easily validate a bunch of stuff...

For example to validate an email:

let emailTrial = Trial.Email
let trial = emailTrial.trial()

if(trial(evidence: "test@test.com")) {
   //email is valid
}

SwiftCop is the library... hope it help!

Answer 22

Updated answer @Arsonik answer to Swift 2.2, using less verbose code than other offered solutions:

extension String {
    func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
        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?.firstMatchInString(self, options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil
    }
}

Answer 23

My only addition to the list of responses would be that for Linux, NSRegularExpression does not exist, it's actually RegularExpression

    func isEmail() -> Bool {

    let patternNormal = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}"

    #if os(Linux)
        let regex = try? RegularExpression(pattern: patternNormal, options: .caseInsensitive)
    #else
        let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: patternNormal, options: .caseInsensitive)
    #endif

    return regex?.firstMatch(in: self, options: [], range: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil

This compiles successfully on both macOS & Ubuntu.

Answer 24

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 25

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)
        }
    }

Answer 26

I improved @Azik answer. I allow more special characters which are allowed by guidelines, as well as return a few extra edge cases as invalid.

The group think going on here to only allow ._%+- in the local part is not correct per guidelines. See @Anton Gogolev answer on this question or see below:

The local-part of the email address may use any of these ASCII characters:

• uppercase and lowercase Latin letters A to Z and a to z;

• digits 0 to 9;

• special characters !#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~;

• dot ., provided that it is not the first or last character unless quoted, and provided also that it does not appear consecutively unless quoted (e.g. John..Doe@example.com is not allowed but "John..Doe"@example.com is allowed);

• space and "(),:;<>@[\] characters are allowed with restrictions (they are only allowed inside a quoted string, as described in the paragraph below, and in addition, a backslash or double-quote must be preceded by a backslash); comments are allowed

• with parentheses at either end of the local-part; e.g. john.smith(comment)@example.com and (comment)john.smith@example.com are both equivalent to john.smith@example.com;

The code I use will not allow restricted out of place special characters, but will allow many more options than the majority of answers here. I would prefer more relaxed validation to error on the side of caution.

if enteredText.contains("..") || enteredText.contains("@@") 
   || enteredText.hasPrefix(".") || enteredText.hasSuffix(".con"){
       return false
}

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: enteredText)

Answer 27

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 28

Here's an up to date playground compatible version that uses the standard library so you don't have to maintain a regex:

import Foundation

func isValid(email: String) -> Bool {
  do {
    let detector = try NSDataDetector(types: NSTextCheckingResult.CheckingType.link.rawValue)
    let range = NSRange(location: 0, length: email.count)
    let matches = detector.matches(in: email, options: .anchored, range: range)
    guard matches.count == 1 else { return false }
    return matches[0].url?.scheme == "mailto"
  } catch {
    return false
  }
}

extension String {
  var isValidEmail: Bool {
    isValid(email: self)
  }
}

let email = "test@mail.com"
isValid(email: email) // prints 'true'
email.isValidEmail // prints 'true'

Answer 29

In Swift 5.7, with the help of the Regex class, we can validate email addresses in a simple and efficient manner

private func isValidEmail(_ email: String) -> Bool {
      guard let emailRegex = try? Regex("[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}")  
      else { return false }
      return email.firstMatch(of: emailRegex) != nil
   }

Also we can use a property wrapper to make it more efficient:

@propertyWrapper
struct EmailPropertyWrapper {
  private var _value: String
  var wrappedValue: String {
    get { return isValidEmail(_value) ? _value : String() }
    set { _value = newValue }
  }
  
  init(email: String) {
    _value = email
  }

  private func isValidEmail(_ email: String) -> Bool {
      guard let emailRegex = try? Regex("[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,64}")  
      else { return false }
      return email.firstMatch(of: emailRegex) != nil
   }
}

struct User {
  var name: String
  @EmailPropertyWrapper var email: String
  
  func validateProperty() -> Bool {
    if name.isEmpty || email.isEmpty { return false }
    return true
  }
}

let user = User(name: "Sy", email: .init(email: "wwdc@icloud.com"))

print(user.validateProperty())

Answer 30

Since there are so many weird top level domain name now, I stop checking the length of the top domain...

Here is what I use:

extension String {

    func isEmail() -> Bool {
        let emailRegEx = "^[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$"
        return NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx).evaluateWithObject(self)
    } 
}

Answer 31

Seems to work too...

let regex = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,}"

func validate(email: String) -> Bool {
    let matches = email.rangeOfString(regex, options: .RegularExpressionSearch)
    if let _ = matches {
        return true
    }
    return false
}

Answer 32

And for Swift 3:

extension String {
    func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
        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: NSMakeRange(0, self.characters.count)) != nil
    }
}

Answer 33

Perfect Regex like Google Email

"^[A-Z0-9a-z][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,}"

Answer 34

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 35

For anyone who is still looking for an answer to this, please have a look at the following framework;

ATGValidator

It is a rule based validation framework, which handles most of the validations out of box. And top it all, it has form validator which supports validation of multiple textfields at the same time.

For validating an email string, use the following;

"abcd.hhs@some.com".satisfyAll(rules: [StringRegexRule.email]).status

If you want to validate an email from textfield, try below code;

textfield.validationRules = [StringRegexRule.email]
textfield.validationHandler = { result in
    // This block will be executed with relevant result whenever validation is done.
    print(result.status, result.errors)
}
// Below line is to manually trigger validation.
textfield.validateTextField()

If you want to validate it while typing in textfield or when focus is changed to another field, add one of the following lines;

textfield.validateOnInputChange(true)
// or
textfield.validateOnFocusLoss(true)

Please check the readme file at the link for more use cases.

Answer 36

Swift 5 - Scalable Validation Layer

Using this layer you will get amazing validations over any text field easily.

Just follow the following process.

1. Add these enums:

import Foundation

enum ValidatorType
{
    case email
    case name
    // add more cases ...
}

enum ValidationError: Error, LocalizedError
{
    case invalidUserName
    case invalidEmail
    // add more cases ...

    var localizedDescription: String
    {
        switch self
        {
        case .invalidEmail:
            return "Please kindly write a valid email"    
        case .invalidUserName:
            return "Please kindly write a valid user name"
        }
    }
}

2. Add this functionality to String:

extension String
{
    // MARK:- Properties

    var isValidEmail: 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: self)
    }

    // MARK:- Methods

    func validatedText(_ validationType: ValidatorType) throws
    {
        switch validationType
        {
            case .name:
                try validateUsername()
            case .email:
                try validateEmail()
        }
    }

    // MARK:- Private Methods

    private func validateUsername() throws
    {
        if isEmpty
        {
            throw ValidationError.invalidUserName
        }
    }

    private func validateEmail() throws
    {
        if !isValidEmail 
        {
            throw ValidationError.invalidEmail
        }

        // add more validations if you want like empty email
    }
}

3. Add the following functionality to UITextField:

import UIKit

extension UITextField
{
    func validatedText(_ validationType: ValidatorType) throws
    {
        do
        {
            try text?.validatedText(validationType)
        }
        catch let validationError
        {
            shake()
            throw validationError
        }
    }

    // MARK:- Private Methods

    private func shake()
    {
        let animation = CABasicAnimation(keyPath: "position")
        animation.duration = 0.1
        animation.repeatCount = 5
        animation.fromValue = NSValue(cgPoint: CGPoint(x: center.x + 6, y: center.y))
        animation.toValue = NSValue(cgPoint: CGPoint(x: center.x - 6, y: center.y))
        layer.add(animation, forKey: "position")
    }
}

Usage

import UIKit

class LoginVC: UIViewController
{
    // MARK: Outlets

    @IBOutlet weak var textFieldEmail: UITextField!

    // MARK: View Controller Life Cycle

    override func viewDidLoad()
    {
        super.viewDidLoad()
    }

    // MARK: Methods

    private func checkEmail() -> Bool
    {
        do
        {
            try textFieldEmail.validatedText(.email)
        }
        catch let error
        {
            let validationError = error as! ValidationError
            // show alert to user with: validationError.localizedDescription
            return false
        }

        return true
    }

    // MARK: Actions

    @IBAction func loginTapped(_ sender: UIButton)
    {
        if checkEmail()
        {
            let email = textFieldEmail.text!
            // move safely ...
        }
    }
}

Answer 37

//Email validation
func validateEmail(enterEmail: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:enterEmail)
}

100% working and tested

Answer 38

I like to create extension

   extension String {

func isValidateEmail() -> 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: self)
}

}

usage:

if emailid.text!.isValidateEmail() == false(){
 //do what ever you want if string is not matched.

}

Answer 39

Swift 5

 func isValidEmailAddress(emailAddressString: String) -> Bool {

 var returnValue = true
 let emailRegEx = "[A-Z0-9a-z.-_]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,3}"

 do {
        let regex = try NSRegularExpression(pattern: emailRegEx)
        let nsString = emailAddressString as NSString
        let results = regex.matches(in: emailAddressString, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: nsString.length))

        if results.count == 0
        {
            returnValue = false
        }

    } catch let error as NSError {
        print("invalid regex: \(error.localizedDescription)")
        returnValue = false
    }

    return  returnValue
}

Then:

let validEmail = isValidEmailAddress(emailAddressString: "your@email.com")
print(validEmail)

Answer 40

Here is a very simple way available in current Swiftmailer. Most of the other answers are old and reinvent the wheel.

As per Swiftmailer documentation: https://swiftmailer.symfony.com/docs/messages.html#quick-reference

use Egulias\EmailValidator\EmailValidator;
use Egulias\EmailValidator\Validation\RFCValidation;

$validator = new EmailValidator();
$validator->isValid("example@example.com", new RFCValidation()); //true

This is by far the simplest and most robust approach, imo. Just install via Composer the Egulias\EmailValidator library which should already be brought in as a dependency of SwiftMailer anyway.