validating email addresses

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/customer/validators.go b/customer/validators.go
index 2a37394..482d532 100644
--- a/customer/validators.go
+++ b/customer/validators.go
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ package customer
 import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
+	"net/mail"
 	"vidhukant.com/openbills/errors"
 	e "errors"
 )
 
 // NOTE: very inefficient and really really really dumb but it works
 // TODO: find a better (or even a remotely good) way
-func validateContactField(field, value string, userId uint) error {
+func checkDuplicate(field, value string, userId uint) error {
 	if value != "" {
 		var count int64
 		err := db.Model(&Customer{}).
@@ -90,9 +91,17 @@ func (c *Customer) validate() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// don't validate email if empty
+	if c.Email != "" {
+		_, err := mail.ParseAddress(c.Email)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.ErrInvalidEmail
+		}
+	}
+
 	var err error
 	for _, i := range [][]string{{"phone", c.Phone}, {"email", c.Email}, {"website", c.Website}} {
-		err = validateContactField(i[0], i[1], c.UserID)
+		err = checkDuplicate(i[0], i[1], c.UserID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}