mgamini

  defmodule EmailValidator do
  
    # ensure that the email looks valid
    def validate_email(email) when is_binary(email) do
      case Regex.run(~r/^[\w.!#$%&’*+\-\/=?\^`{|}~]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*$/i, email) do
        nil ->
          {:error, "Invalid email"}
        [email] ->
          try do
            Regex.run(~r/(\w+)@([\w.]+)/, email) |> validate_email