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# EmailAddress — GraphQL Custom Scalar

Author - Juke-Duke

Date - 2023-02-06

This is a String-based Scalar.

**License and Copyright**

Copyright © GraphQL contributors. This specification is licensed under
[OWFa 1.0](https://www.openwebfoundation.org/the-agreements/the-owf-1-0-agreements-granted-claims/owfa-1-0).

# Overview

This Scalar represents a valid electronic mail address using a simplified version of [RFC 5322](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5322).

The format of an email address is `local@domain`, where the local part may consist of up to 64 UTF-8 characters, the domain part may consist of up to 255 UTF-8 characters, and the two parts are separated by an `@` sign.

Other formats, including using square-bracketed IP addresses in the domain part, and quoted-string local parts, are not supported for simplicity.

The local part may contain any of the following ASCII characters:
- Uppercase and lowercase Latin letters `A` to `Z` and `a` to `z`
- Digits `0` to `9`
- Printable characters ``!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~``
- Dot `.`, provided that it is not the first or last character and provided also that it does not appear consecutively

The domain part may contain any of the following ASCII characters:
- Uppercase and lowercase Latin letters `A` to `Z` and `a` to `z`
- Digits `0` to `9`, provided that top-level domain names are non-all-numeric (.com, .net, .org, .b2b, etc.)
- Hyphen `-`, provided that it is not the first or last character

**Examples**

The general format is described in [RFC5322 Section 3.4.1](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5322#section-3.4.1).
These examples are taken from [WikiPedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Examples), which is also based off of [RFC5322 Section 3.4.1](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5322#section-3.4.1).

These are valid examples:

| String | Explanation |
| ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress without any special characters. |
| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with a dot inside the local part. |
| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with dots and a plus sign inside the local part. |
| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with a dot and hyphens inside the local part. |
| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with hyphens inside the local part. |
| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with a dot and plus signs inside the local part |
| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with a single character in the local part. |
| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with a hyphen in both the local and domain parts. |
| `test/[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with a slash in the local part. |
| `admin@mailserver1` | An EmailAddress with no top-level domain. This is highly discouraged. |
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| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with a dot in the domain part. |
| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with a bang in the local part. |
| `user%[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with a percent sign in the local part. |
| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with a hyphen in the local part. |
| `[email protected]` | An EmailAddress with a non-all-numerical top-level domain. |

These are invalid examples:
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| String | Explanation |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Abc.example.com` | No `@` sign separating the local and domain components. |
| `A@b@[email protected]` | Only one is allowed to divide the local and domain components. |
| `a"b(c)d,e:f;g<h>i[j\k][email protected]` | The local part contains invalid characters. |
| `just"not"[email protected]` | Quotes are not allowed in the local component. |
| `this is"not\[email protected]` | Spaces and backslashes are not allowed in the local component. |
| `this\ still\"not\\[email protected]` | Spaces and backslashes are not allowed in the local component. |
| `1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234+x@example.com` | The local component is longer than 64 characters. |
| `i_like_underscore@but_its_not_allowed_in_this_part.example.com` | Underscores are not allowed in the domain component. |
| `QA[icon]CHOCOLATE[icon]@test.com` | Non UTF-8 characters are not allowed in the local component. |
| `[email protected]` | Top-level domains cannot be all numerical. |


# Name

The recommended name is `EmailAddress`. Alternatives may be `Email`, `E-Mail`, `MailAddress`.

# Result

Every result must follow the valid String formats as described above.

# Input

Every input following the valid String formats as described above must be accepted.

# References

[RFC 5322](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5322)

[RFC 6531](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6531)

[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address)