obfuscate-mail v1.5.1

obfuscate mail

Email addresses should never been displayed by an api unless specifically requested by a recently authentified user.

This node.js library gives the options to obfuscate email addresses will leaving them more or less identifiable.

npm install obfuscate-mail

yarn add obfuscate-mail

const obfuscate = require('obfuscate-mail');

import obfuscate from 'obfuscate-mail';

obfuscate('example.example@example.com', {
  // asterisksLength: 6,
  // minimumNameObfuscationLength: 4,
  // visibleCharactersStartLength: 3,
  // visibleCharactersMiddleLength: 2,
  // visibleCharactersEndLength: 2,
  // showDomainName: false,
  // showDomainExtension: true,
  // invalidEmailValue: '*********@****.**',
});

=> exa***.e***le@***.com

Options

• asterisksLength - default 6
• minimumNameObfuscationLength - default 4
• visibleCharactersStartLength - default 3
• visibleCharactersMiddleLength - default 2
• visibleCharactersEndLength - default 2
• showDomainName - default false
• showDomainExtension - default true
• invalidEmailValue - default *********@****.**

Test it with runKit

Web assembly binary (WASI-compatible)

curl -o obfuscate.wasm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rawpixel-vincent/obfuscate-mail/main/dist/bundle.wasm

echo '{ "email": "example.example@example.com", "options": {} }' | wasmtime obfuscate.wasm

=> "exa***.e***le@***.com"%

Examples

const result = obfuscate('example@example.com');
expect(result).equal('exa******@***.com');

const result = obfuscate('example.example@example.com');
expect(result).equal('exa***.e***le@***.com');

const result = obfuscate('e@example.com');
expect(result).equal('******@***.com');

const result = obfuscate('exa@example.com');
expect(result).equal('******@***.com');

const result = obfuscate('examp@example.com');
expect(result).equal('e******@***.com');

const result = obfuscate('example@example.com', {
  showDomainName: true,
});
expect(result).equal('exa******@example.com');

const result = obfuscate('example.company+test@example.com', {
  asterisksLength: 12,
});
expect(result).equal('exa******mp******st@*********.com');

const result = obfuscate('example@example.com', {
  showDomainName: true,
  showDomainExtension: false,
});
expect(result).equal('exa******@example.***');

const result = obfuscate('company.name@test.com', {
  asterisksLength: 8,
  visibleCharactersStartLength: 2,
  visibleCharactersEndLength: 3,
  showDomainName: false,
});
expect(result).equal('co****ny****ame@*****.com');

const result = obfuscate('company.name@test.com', {
  visibleCharactersStartLength: 4,
  visibleCharactersEndLength: 1,
  minimumNameObfuscationLength: 6,
});
expect(result).equal('comp***.***e@***.com');

const result = obfuscate('company.name@test.com', {
  visibleCharactersStartLength: 3,
  visibleCharactersEndLength: 2,
  minimumNameObfuscationLength: 6,
});
expect(result).equal('com***y***me@***.com');

const result = obfuscate('company.example@test.com', {
  visibleCharactersStartLength: 2,
  visibleCharactersMiddleLength: 3,
  visibleCharactersEndLength: 2,
  minimumNameObfuscationLength: 6,
});
expect(result).equal('co***y.e***le@***.com');

const result = obfuscate('company.name@test.com', {
  visibleCharactersStartLength: 3,
  visibleCharactersEndLength: 2,
  minimumNameObfuscationLength: 10,
});
expect(result).equal('co******@***.com');

const result = obfuscate('company.name@test.com', {
  visibleCharactersStartLength: 0,
  visibleCharactersEndLength: 4,
});
expect(result).equal('***pa***name@***.com');

const result = obfuscate('email.without@domain-extension');
expect(result).equal('ema***wi***ut@***.***');

const result = obfuscate('abcdefgh.ijklmno@domain.com', {
  visibleCharactersStartLength: 4,
  visibleCharactersMiddleLength: 4,
  visibleCharactersEndLength: 4,
});
expect(result).equal('abcd***gh.i***lmno@***.com');

const result = obfuscate('invalid email');
expect(result).equal('*********@****.**');

const result = obfuscate(null, { invalidEmailValue: 'invalid email' });
expect(result).equal('invalid email');