[jQuery Validation Plugin](http://jqueryvalidation.org/) - Form validation made easy ================================ [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/jzaefferer/jquery-validation.svg)](http://travis-ci.org/jzaefferer/jquery-validation) [![devDependency Status](https://david-dm.org/jzaefferer/jquery-validation/dev-status.svg?theme=shields.io)](https://david-dm.org/jzaefferer/jquery-validation#info=devDependencies) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/jzaefferer/jquery-validation](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/jzaefferer/jquery-validation) The jQuery Validation Plugin provides drop-in validation for your existing forms, while making all kinds of customizations to fit your application really easy. ## Getting Started ### Downloading the prebuilt files Prebuilt files can be downloaded from http://jqueryvalidation.org/ ### Downloading the latest changes The unreleased development files can be obtained by: 1. [Downloading](https://github.com/jzaefferer/jquery-validation/archive/master.zip) or Forking this repository 2. [Setup the build](CONTRIBUTING.md#build-setup) 3. Run `grunt` to create the built files in the "dist" directory ### Including it on your page Include jQuery and the plugin on a page. Then select a form to validate and call the `validate` method. ```html
``` Alternatively include jQuery and the plugin via requirejs in your module. ```js define(["jquery", "jquery.validate"], function( $ ) { $("form").validate(); }); ``` For more information on how to setup a rules and customizations, [check the documentation](http://jqueryvalidation.org/documentation/). ## Reporting issues and contributing code See the [Contributing Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. **IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT EMAIL VALIDATION**. As of version 1.12.0 this plugin is using the same regular expression that the [HTML5 specification suggests for browsers to use](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/forms.html#valid-e-mail-address). We will follow their lead and use the same check. If you think the specification is wrong, please report the issue to them. If you have different requirements, consider [using a custom method](http://jqueryvalidation.org/jQuery.validator.addMethod/). In case you need to adjust the built-in validation regular expression patterns, please [follow the documentation](http://jqueryvalidation.org/jQuery.validator.methods/). ## License Copyright © Jörn Zaefferer