Merge pull request #649 from chyzwar/patch-3

Update assertString.js
validatorjs · Jun 22, 2017 · e3518ce · e3518ce
2 parents fb2ae42 + 520bf19
commit e3518ce
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diff --git a/src/lib/util/assertString.js b/src/lib/util/assertString.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 export default function assertString(input) {
-  if (typeof input !== 'string') {
+  const isString = (typeof input === 'string' || input instanceof String);
+
+  if (!isString) {
     throw new TypeError('This library (validator.js) validates strings only');
   }
 }