diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index becdc74de..0944a19a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Validator | Description
**isAlphanumeric(str [, locale])** | check if the string contains only letters and numbers.
Locale is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fr-FR', 'fa', 'fa-AF', 'fa-IR', 'he', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA', 'vi-VN']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphanumericLocales`.
**isAscii(str)** | check if the string contains ASCII chars only.
**isBase32(str)** | check if a string is base32 encoded.
+**isBase58(str)** | check if a string is base58 encoded.
**isBase64(str [, options])** | check if a string is base64 encoded. options is optional and defaults to `{urlSafe: false}`
when `urlSafe` is true it tests the given base64 encoded string is [url safe](https://base64.guru/standards/base64url)
**isBefore(str [, date])** | check if the string is a date that's before the specified date.
**isBIC(str)** | check if a string is a BIC (Bank Identification Code) or SWIFT code.
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 502331db7..4b7f4ae49 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ import isISO31661Alpha2 from './lib/isISO31661Alpha2';
import isISO31661Alpha3 from './lib/isISO31661Alpha3';
import isBase32 from './lib/isBase32';
+import isBase58 from './lib/isBase58';
import isBase64 from './lib/isBase64';
import isDataURI from './lib/isDataURI';
import isMagnetURI from './lib/isMagnetURI';
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ const validator = {
isISO31661Alpha2,
isISO31661Alpha3,
isBase32,
+ isBase58,
isBase64,
isDataURI,
isMagnetURI,
diff --git a/src/lib/isBase58.js b/src/lib/isBase58.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05c46dc18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/isBase58.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import assertString from './util/assertString';
+
+// Accepted chars - 123456789ABCDEFGH JKLMN PQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijk mnopqrstuvwxyz
+const base58Reg = /^[A-HJ-NP-Za-km-z1-9]*$/;
+
+export default function isBase58(str) {
+ assertString(str);
+ if (base58Reg.test(str)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
diff --git a/test/validators.js b/test/validators.js
index 700868b87..728520abb 100644
--- a/test/validators.js
+++ b/test/validators.js
@@ -4774,6 +4774,31 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
});
});
+ it('should validate base58 strings', () => {
+ test({
+ validator: 'isBase58',
+ valid: [
+ 'BukQL',
+ '3KMUV89zab',
+ '91GHkLMNtyo98',
+ 'YyjKm3H',
+ 'Mkhss145TRFg',
+ '7678765677',
+ 'abcodpq',
+ 'AAVHJKLPY',
+ ],
+ invalid: [
+ '0OPLJH',
+ 'IMKLP23',
+ 'KLMOmk986',
+ 'LL1l1985hG',
+ '*MP9K',
+ 'Zm=8JBSWY3DP',
+ ')()(=9292929MKL',
+ ],
+ });
+ });
+
it('should validate base64 strings', () => {
test({
validator: 'isBase64',