# is-valid-glob [![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/is-valid-glob.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/is-valid-glob) > Return true if a value is a valid glob pattern or patterns. This really just checks to make sure that a pattern is either a string or array, and if it's an array it's either empty or consists of only strings. ## Install Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) ```sh $ npm i is-valid-glob --save ``` ## Usage ```js var isValidGlob = require('is-valid-glob'); isValidGlob('foo/*.js'); //=> true ``` **Valid patterns** ```js isValidGlob('a'); isValidGlob('a.js'); isValidGlob('*.js'); isValidGlob(['a', 'b']); //=> all true ``` **Invalid patterns** ```js isValidGlob(); isValidGlob(''); isValidGlob(null); isValidGlob(undefined); isValidGlob(new Buffer('foo')); isValidGlob(['foo', [[]]]); isValidGlob(['foo', [['bar']]]); isValidGlob(['foo', {}]); isValidGlob({}); isValidGlob([]); isValidGlob(['']); //=> all false ``` ## Related projects * [braces](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/braces): Fastest brace expansion for node.js, with the most complete support for the Bash 4.3 braces… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/braces) * [expand-range](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-range): Fast, bash-like range expansion. Expand a range of numbers or letters, uppercase or lowercase. See… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-range) * [fill-range](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/fill-range): Fill in a range of numbers or letters, optionally passing an increment or multiplier to… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/fill-range) * [gulp](http://gulpjs.com): The streaming build system * [glob-fs](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/glob-fs): file globbing for node.js. speedy and powerful alternative to node-glob. * [is-glob](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-glob): Returns `true` if the given string looks like a glob pattern. * [micromatch](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/micromatch): Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch. Just… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/micromatch) * [vinyl-fs](http://github.com/wearefractal/vinyl-fs): Vinyl adapter for the file system ## Running tests Install dev dependencies: ```sh $ npm i -d && npm test ``` ## Contributing Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-valid-glob/issues/new) ## Author **Jon Schlinkert** + [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) + [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) ## License Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license. *** _This file was generated by [verb-cli](https://github.com/assemble/verb-cli) on July 11, 2015._