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# Validating Social Media Handles

Using RegEX to validate the handles for each social media platform

#### **Twitter** <a href="#twitter" id="twitter"></a>

Characters allowed are alphabets, numbers, or underscores (maximum 15 character)

```
/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,15}$/
```

### **Instagram**

Characters allowed are alphabets, numbers, underscores, and periods (maximum 30 character)

```
/^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]{1,30}$/
```

#### **Facebook**

Characters allowed are alphabets, numbers, and periods (maximum 75 character)

```
/^[a-zA-Z0-9.]{1,75}$/
```

#### **Snapchat**

Characters allowed are alphabets, numbers, underscores, dashes, and periods (maximum 15 character)

```
/^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]{3,15}$/
```