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// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/util-crypto authors & contributors
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
import type { HexString } from '@polkadot/util/types';
import type { Prefix } from './types';
import { base58Decode } from '../base58';
import { checkAddressChecksum } from './checksum';
import { defaults } from './defaults';
/**
* @name checkAddress
* @summary Validates an ss58 address.
* @description
* From the provided input, validate that the address is a valid input.
*/
export function checkAddress (address: HexString | string, prefix: Prefix): [boolean, string | null] {
let decoded;
try {
decoded = base58Decode(address);
} catch (error) {
return [false, (error as Error).message];
}
const [isValid,,, ss58Decoded] = checkAddressChecksum(decoded);
if (ss58Decoded !== prefix) {
return [false, `Prefix mismatch, expected ${prefix}, found ${ss58Decoded}`];
} else if (!defaults.allowedEncodedLengths.includes(decoded.length)) {
return [false, 'Invalid decoded address length'];
}
return [isValid, isValid ? null : 'Invalid decoded address checksum'];
}