creditcards-types

Card type definitions and methods used by creditcards, a JS library for all platforms for parsing, validating, and formatting credit card data.

Card Types

• Visa
• MasterCard
• American Express
• Diners Club
• Discover
• JCB
• UnionPay
• Maestro
• Forbrugsforeningen
• Dankort
• Troy

Visa Electron cards will validate and match as regular Visa cards.

Open an issue if you need a type that's missing.

Installing

1npm install creditcards-types

Usage

1var types = require('creditcards-types').types
2var visa = types.visa
3visa.test('4242424242424242') // true

API

find(callback) -> type / undefined

Iterates through the available types until the callback returns a truthy value. Returns the first matching type. Iteration order is undefined.

callback

Required
Type: function

Callback that is called with card type objects and should return truthy/falsy until a match is found.

new Type(config) -> type

Creates a new card type.

1var Type = require('creditcards-types').Type
2var type = new Type(config)

config

Required
Type: object

The type configuration, containing the following properties:

• pattern
  • description: A regular expression for validating a full card number.
  • required: true
  • type: regexp
• eagerPattern
  • description: A regular expression for guessing the card number from a partial number.
  • required: true
  • type: regexp
• groupPattern
  • description: A regular expression for separating the card number into formatting. groups
  • type: regexp
  • default: /(\d{1,4})(\d{1,4})?(\d{1,4})?(\d{1,4})?/
• cvcLength
  • description: The length of the CVC expected for the card type.
  • type: number
  • default: 3
• luhn
  • description: Setting for whether the card should pass a Luhn check. Not used internally, purely informational.
  • type: boolean
  • default: true

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type.test(number, [eager]) -> boolean

Check whether a card number matches the type.

number

Required
Type: string

The card number to test.

eager

Type: Boolean
Default: false

When false, the full card pattern is used. When true, the eager pattern is tested instead.

1var types = require('creditcards-types').types;
2var visa  = types.visa;
3
4// Strict type validation
5visa.test('4242424242424242'); // => true
6
7// Eager type checking
8visa.test('42', true); // => true

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type.group(number) -> array[string]

Separates the card number into formatting groups.

number

Required
Type: string

The card number to group. This may be a complete or partial card number. Any digits past the type's maximum length will be discarded.

License

MIT © Ben Drucker