Regex Helper
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Apply named regular expressions to a list of strings and extract structured matches. Handy for contact info extraction and other text-processing workflows.
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You can access the Regex Helper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "strings": [12 "John Doe, john.doe@example.com, +1 (415) 555-0132, https://example.com",13 "Reach Jane at jane_smith@work.co.uk or call 020 7946 0958.",14 "No contact details in this line."15 ],16 "patterns": [17 {18 "name": "email",19 "regex": "[\\w.+-]+@[\\w-]+\\.[\\w.-]+",20 "flags": "i"21 },22 {23 "name": "phone",24 "regex": "\\+?\\d[\\d\\s().-]{7,}\\d"25 },26 {27 "name": "url",28 "regex": "https?://[^\\s)\\]]+"29 }30 ]31};32
33// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish34const run = await client.actor("rl1987/regex-helper").call(input);35
36// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)37console.log('Results from dataset');38console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);39const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();40items.forEach((item) => {41 console.dir(item);42});43
44// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Regex Helper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: