From 9e73a97c53d107fd95fa53c6877ac7ddce77a144 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phoebe Lartisant <phoebelartisant@proton.me>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 10:25:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add checkAddressFormat in utils

---
 src/lib/util/checkAddressFormat.ts            | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/lib/util/hooks/checkAddressFormat.test.ts | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/lib/util/checkAddressFormat.ts
 create mode 100644 src/lib/util/hooks/checkAddressFormat.test.ts

diff --git a/src/lib/util/checkAddressFormat.ts b/src/lib/util/checkAddressFormat.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77741b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/util/checkAddressFormat.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Address } from '@massalabs/massa-web3/';
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a recipient address is in the correct format.
+ * @param recipient - The recipient address to check.
+ * @returns `true` if the address is in the correct format, `false` otherwise.
+ */
+
+export function checkAddressFormat(recipient: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-new
+    new Address(recipient);
+  } catch (error) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/util/hooks/checkAddressFormat.test.ts b/src/lib/util/hooks/checkAddressFormat.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26300200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/util/hooks/checkAddressFormat.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { checkAddressFormat } from '../checkAddressFormat';
+
+describe('checkAddressFormat', () => {
+  test('should return true for a valid address', () => {
+    expect(
+      checkAddressFormat(
+        'AU1WdPf44f1taEKRpafeEoAj9c6pHiJmCevH865U8MryzmsFdbAW',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('should return false for an invalid address', () => {
+    expect(checkAddressFormat('0x17ZHH18sja19zjsjn19JE91JJDNJEU')).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

From 82bb9133de0fd00b6d0f5f3e11e4892a8312106f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phoebe Lartisant <phoebelartisant@proton.me>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 15:21:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] change token dir

---
 src/lib/util/{hooks => }/checkAddressFormat.test.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 rename src/lib/util/{hooks => }/checkAddressFormat.test.ts (86%)

diff --git a/src/lib/util/hooks/checkAddressFormat.test.ts b/src/lib/util/checkAddressFormat.test.ts
similarity index 86%
rename from src/lib/util/hooks/checkAddressFormat.test.ts
rename to src/lib/util/checkAddressFormat.test.ts
index 26300200..eb63a7a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/util/hooks/checkAddressFormat.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/util/checkAddressFormat.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { checkAddressFormat } from '../checkAddressFormat';
+import { checkAddressFormat } from './checkAddressFormat';
 
 describe('checkAddressFormat', () => {
   test('should return true for a valid address', () => {