UUID Validation — validate • artcore

Validate UUID format to catch malformed IDs early, before they cause database errors or security issues.

Usage

validate_uuid(uuid, param_name = "UUID")

is_valid_uuid(uuid)

Arguments

uuid: UUID string to validate.
param_name: Name to use in error messages for clarity.

Value

Invisible TRUE if valid, otherwise throws an error.

Logical scalar: TRUE if uuid is a valid UUID, FALSE otherwise.

Functions

validate_uuid(): Validate UUID format
is_valid_uuid(): Check UUID validity (boolean variant)

See also

Other uuid: gen-uuid

Examples

validate_uuid("12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc")

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
validate_uuid("invalid-uuid")
validate_uuid(NULL, "Artist ID")
} # }
if (is_valid_uuid("12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc")) {
  message("Valid UUID")
} else {
  message("Invalid UUID")
}
#> Valid UUID