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chmike / checkDomain.go
Last active December 1, 2023 19:21
Check domain name validity in Go
// Please use the package https://github.com/chmike/domain as is it maintained up to date with tests.
// checkDomain returns an error if the domain name is not valid.
// See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1034#section-3.5 and
// https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123#section-2.
func checkDomain(name string) error {
switch {
case len(name) == 0:
return nil // an empty domain name will result in a cookie without a domain restriction
case len(name) > 255: