This is a module that will obfuscate emails. There are four variations as of now, listed below.
Any style not listed below, and that is passed in, will be null
npm install --save obscure-email
var obf_email = require("obscure-email");
obf_email("someone@something.com");
obf_email("someone@something.com", "default");| styles | description | example output |
|---|---|---|
| default | Shows the first 3 letters and stars the rest of the letters till the @ sign | email@foo.com : ema**@foo.com |
| end3 | Stars the letters until the last 3 before the @ sign | email@foo.com : **ail@foo.com |
| first3rs | Displays the first 3 letters with a random number of stars after, between 3 and 13 | email@foo.com : ema***@foo.com -- ema*****@foo.com |
| end3rs | Displays a random number of stars first, between 3 and 13, and then the last 3 characters before the @ sign | email@foo.com : ***ail@foo.com -- *************ail@foo.com |
| styles | edge examples output |
|---|---|
| default | e@foo.com : *@foo.com -- em@foo.com : e*@foo.com -- ema@foo.com : em*@foo.com |
| end3 | e@foo.com : *@foo.com -- em@foo.com : *m@foo.com -- ema@foo.com : *ma@foo.com |
| first3rs | e@foo.com : ***@foo.com -- em@foo.com : e***@foo.com -- ema@foo.com : em***@foo.com |
| end3rs | e@foo.com : ***@foo.com -- em@foo.com : ***m@foo.com -- ema@foo.com : ***ma@foo.com |
NOTE: As above, you can go to 13 stars, 3 was chosen here for simplicity.