From 565bed46d511340854c443013c2be000c1e9302d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derrick Hammer <derrick@derrickhammer.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 10:01:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add valid to CID

---
 src/cid.ts | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cid.ts b/src/cid.ts
index c91226e..0de7f91 100644
--- a/src/cid.ts
+++ b/src/cid.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ export default class CID extends Multibase {
     return new CID(type, new Multihash(bytes), size);
   }
 
+  static valid(bytes: Uint8Array): boolean {
+    try {
+      CID._init(bytes);
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
   private static _init(bytes: Uint8Array): CID {
     const type = bytes[0];
     if (type === CID_TYPES.BRIDGE) {