allow to specify a uuid version to validate method

[ben8p]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Cross referencing https://github.com/thenativeweb/uuidv4/issues/221

There is currently no way to know if a given string is a valid uuid of a specific version. We can only know if it is a valid uuid (regardless of the version)

Describe the solution you'd like

add a 2nd argument to validate where we can specify the version of the uuid to check against.

Describe alternatives you've considered

add methods such as validateV4, validateV5, ....

Additional context

See the uuidv4 issue linked on top of the feature request

[ctavan]

You can use uuid.version(), which calls validate under the hood and returns the version as a number. It throws the same error as uuid.validate() an error when call with a malformed uuid.

Does that work for you?

[ctavan]

If you don't want to catch the error you can also do something like:

function validateV4(str) {
  return uuid.validate(str) && uuid.version(str) === 4;
}

[ben8p]

Sounds great!
Indeed using.version is a satisfying approach.

Thanks
Closing for now.