From 022a5b79bb217e69f65898b93774a4f6486757f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: callebtc <93376500+callebtc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:52:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor

---
 services.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 services.py

diff --git a/services.py b/services.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..641ffce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import re
+
+
+async def check_lnaddress_format(username: str) -> bool:
+    # check username complies with lnaddress specification
+    if not re.match("^[a-z0-9-_.]{3,15}$", username):
+        assert False, "Only letters a-z0-9-_. allowed, min 3 and max 15 characters!"
+        return
+    return True