Is there a way to validate an email address

[Cupcake]

I want to be able to validate if an email address is in the correct format.

Validate this is valid email address xxxxx@xxx.xxx - if not valid email, pop "Please enter valid email address"

Is there a way to do that?

Thanks,

Karen

[dvp]

You can use the email type field or variable which will automatically validate the email address

[Cupcake]

Thank you for replying. I just made the variable of type Email; however, I was still able to submit the form.

So I am confused as to where it is validating the email address. And I don't want the form to be submitted if the email address is not of a valid format.

Thank you,

Karen

[dvp]

I just tested in my instance and it is stopping from submission in both backend view and service portal.

May i know which version you are using?

You can try with the below onChange client script

var valid = validateEmail(newValue);
if (!valid)
g_form.showErrorBox('recipient_email', getMessage('Invalid email address'));
else
g_form.hideErrorBox('recipient_email');

function validateEmail(email) {
var re = /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+)*)|(\".+\"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/;
return re.test(email);
}

[Ian Mildon · Accepted solution]

There is an onSubmit client script included OOB with HR Service Management that has the following validation script:

function onSubmit() {
   //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below
   g_form.hideErrorBox('email');
   return validateEmail('email');
}

function validateEmail(field) { 
		var email = g_form.getValue(field);
		if (!email || email.trim().length <= 0)
			return true;
		var re = /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+)*)|(\".+\"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/;
		if (!re.test(email)) {
			g_form.showErrorBox(field, getMessage('Invalid Email'));
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}

You should be able to reuse this in a new client script for your issue.