TextSanitizer 🛡️

A robust toolkit for sanitizing sensitive information from text:

• PII Redaction (emails, phones, credit cards, etc.)
• Regex Pattern Replacement
• Word List Substitution
• Customizable Sanitization Rules

Installation

npm install TextSanitizer
# or
yarn add TextSanitizer

Quick start

import TextSanitizer from 'TextSanitizer';

const config = {
  pii: {
    enable: true,
    patterns: {
      email: true,        // Use default pattern
      phone: '/\\d{3}-?\\d{3}-?\\d{4}/', // Custom pattern
      customPiiPatterns: {
        employeeId: 'EMP-\\d{5}'
      }
    }
  },
  regexReplacements: [
    { pattern: 'secret', replacement: '[REDACTED]', flags: 'gi' }
  ]
};

const sanitizer = new TextSanitizer(config);
const cleanText = sanitizer.process('Contact me at [email protected] or 555-123-4567');
// "Contact me at [EMAIL_REDACTED] or [PHONE_REDACTED]"

Features

🔍 PII Detection & Redaction

• Built-in patterns for common PII:
  • Emails
  • Phone numbers
  • Credit cards
  • SSNs
• Custom pattern support
• Configurable placeholder text

✂️ Advanced Text Replacement

• Regex pattern substitution
• Whole word/phrase replacement
• Case-sensitive/insensitive matching
• Multiple replacement passes

⚙️ Flexible Configuration

• JSON config support
• Environment-specific profiles