Function parseHandle

backend/src/utils/parse.ts:7–28

(query: string)

// Parse a "handle" in the form: `[@] <local-part> '@' <domain>`
export function parseHandle(query: string): Handle {
	// Remove the leading @, if there's one.
	if (query.startsWith('@')) {
		query = query.substring(1)
	}

	// In case the handle has been URL encoded
	query = decodeURIComponent(query)

	const parts = query.split('@')
	const localPart = parts[0]

	if (!/^[\w-.]+$/.test(localPart)) {
		throw new Error('invalid handle: localPart: ' + localPart)
	}

	if (parts.length > 1) {
		return { localPart, domain: parts[1] }
	} else {
		return { localPart, domain: null }
	}
}