tidy up

webserver/functions/validateData.js

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+var validator = require("validator");
+
+const dateRegex = /^[A-Za-z]{3}, \d{2} [A-Za-z]{3} \d{4} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} GMT$/;
+
+function isValidDateString(value) {
+	return dateRegex.test(value);
+}
+
+function isAlphaNumericwithSpaces(value) {
+	return validator.isAlphanumeric(value, ["en-US"], { ignore: " " });
+}
+
+//allow alphanumeric and spaces and -
+function isAlphaNumericWithSpacesAndDash(value) {
+	const alphanumeric = /^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/;
+	const valid = value
+		.split("")
+		.every((char) => alphanumeric.test(char) || char === " " || char === "-");
+	return valid;
+}
+
+function isMacAddress(value) {
+	//	Joi.string().regex(/^([0-9a-f]{2}-){5}([0-9a-f]{2})$/i).lowercase()
+	//return validator.isMACAddress(value, { no_separators: true, eui: 48 });
+	const macAddress = /^([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})$/;
+	const valid = macAddress.test(value);
+	return valid;
+}
+
+function isJson(value) {
+  //check if its object
+  if(typeof value === "object"){
+    return true 
+  }
+}
+
+function isNumber(value) {
+	if (typeof value === "number") {
+		return true;
+	}
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+	isValidDateString,
+	isAlphaNumericwithSpaces,
+	isAlphaNumericWithSpacesAndDash,
+	isMacAddress,
+	isJson,
+	isNumber,
+};
+