Validation

(This helper sets rules to validate JSON Data)

This is a validation helper, The helper sets rules to validate JSON Data and throw a validation error if rule for data is not true. This valdation helper allows you to create custom rules via regex or working with other npm modules.

Install

npm i @chrisbrocklesby/validation

Require

const validation = require('@chrisbrocklesby/validation');

Example Usage

const validation = require('@chrisbrocklesby/validation');

function exampleFunction() {
  try {
    const data = { name: 'Chris', email: 'useratemail.ext' };
    // Note email is not valid and returns => throw validationError

    validation.validate([{
        isValid: validation.isRequired(data.name),
        message: 'name:required',
      },{
        isValid: validation.isEmail(data.email),
        message: 'email:invalid',
    }]);
  } 
  catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
    // Validation Error Returns => 
    // ValidationError {
    //   name: 'validationError',
    //   messages: [ 'email:invalid' ]
    // }
  }
}

exampleFunction();

Built-In Validation Functions

// Note replace value with what is to be checked, returns true/false.
validation.isString(value)
validation.isNumber(value)
validation.isBoolean(value)
validation.isArray(value)
validation.isObject(value)
validation.isRequired(value)
validation.notNull(value)
validation.isPk(value)
validation.isEmail(value)
validation.isPassword(value)

Validation rules structure (Array/Object)

[{
  isValid: validation.isRequired(data.name),
  message: 'name:required',
},{
  isValid: validation.isEmail(data.email),
  message: 'email:invalid',
},{
  isValid: /^\w+([.-]?\w+)*@\w+([.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/.test(data.custom), 
  // Customs isValid: needs to return true/false
  message: 'custom:message',
}]

Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome.

Authors

Chris Brocklesby

• Twitter: @ChrisBrocklesby
• Github: @ChrisBrocklesby

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License

Copyright © 2020 Chris Brocklesby.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.