Datatypes

Github username

ID github_username

DatatypePersonal data (PII)identifier

Person/organization username in Github

Parent datatype
Username username
Categories
Personally identifiable information, Person related, User accounts in products and services
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
W3C DPV
pd:Username
Wikidata
P2037
Quality
53/100 · missing: longer description, anchored regexp, second example, negative example, translation, detector coverage
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
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Regular expression

[0-9A-Za-z]([0-9A-Za-z\-]{0,37}[0-9A-Za-z])?

Python re syntax. Not anchored: it can match inside longer text.

Examples

ValueDescription
googleGoogle

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