phone-validator-lk

A lightweight and robust Node.js library for validating and normalizing Sri Lankan phone numbers.

Features

• Validates both mobile and landline Sri Lankan phone numbers
• Normalizes numbers to the international format (+94XXXXXXXXX)
• Identifies phone number types (mobile or landline)
• Accepts multiple input formats
• Zero dependencies
• Compatible with Node.js v14+
• Available as both CommonJS and ESM

Installation

npm install phone-validator-lk

or

yarn add phone-validator-lk

Usage

CommonJS

const { validatePhone, normalizePhone, getPhoneType } = require('phone-validator-lk');

ES Modules

import { validatePhone, normalizePhone, getPhoneType } from 'phone-validator-lk';

API

validatePhone(number)

Validates a phone number and returns an object with validation results.

Parameters:

• number (string): The phone number to validate

Returns:

An object with the following properties:

• isValid (boolean): Whether the number is a valid Sri Lankan phone number
• normalized (string|null): The normalized number in international format, or null if invalid
• type (string|null): 'mobile', 'landline', or null if invalid
• original (string): The original input

Example:

validatePhone('0712345678');
// {
//   isValid: true, 
//   normalized: '[phone]', 
//   type: 'mobile', 
//   original: '0712345678'
// }

validatePhone('071-234-5678');
// {
//   isValid: true, 
//   normalized: '[phone]', 
//   type: 'mobile', 
//   original: '071-234-5678'
// }

validatePhone('0712345');
// {
//   isValid: false, 
//   normalized: null, 
//   type: null, 
//   original: '0712345'
// }

normalizePhone(number)

Normalizes a phone number to international format.

Parameters:

• number (string): The phone number to normalize

Returns:

• (string|null): The normalized number or null if the number is invalid

Example:

normalizePhone('0712345678'); // '[phone]'
normalizePhone('071-234-5678'); // '[phone]'
normalizePhone('invalid'); // null

getPhoneType(number)

Determines the type of phone number.

Parameters:

• number (string): The phone number to check

Returns:

• (string|null): 'mobile', 'landline', or null if invalid

Example:

getPhoneType('0712345678'); // 'mobile'
getPhoneType('0112345678'); // 'landline'
getPhoneType('invalid'); // null

Supported Formats

The library accepts the following phone number formats:

Mobile Numbers

Mobile numbers in Sri Lanka have the format 07X-XXX-XXXX where X is a digit. The package supports the following prefixes: 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Examples of valid mobile number formats:

• [phone]
• 0712345678
• 94712345678
• 071-234-5678
• 071 234 5678
• And more...

Landline Numbers

Landline numbers in Sri Lanka have the format 0XX-XXX-XXXX where XX is the area code.

Examples of valid landline number formats:

• [phone]
• 0112345678
• 94112345678
• 011-234-5678
• 011 234 5678
• And more...

License

MIT