oas3-chow-chow

Request and response validator against OpenAPI Specification

Notes

If you are looking for framework specific middleware, you might want to look at following libraries that use oas3-chow-chow under the hood.

koa-oas3 openapi3-middleware

Installation

$ yarn add oas3-chow-chow
$ # Or
$ npm i oas3-chow-chow

Usage

import ChowChow from "oas3-chow-chow";
import * as fs from "fs";
import * as yaml from "js-yaml";

var doc = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync("./openapi.yml", "utf8"));
const chow = ChowChow.create(doc);

// For URL: /:pathParam/info?arrParam=x&arrParam=y&other=z
chow.validateRequestByPath(
  // url.pathname,
  "/books/info",
  "POST", {
    path: { pathParam: "books" },
    // query: querystring.parse(url.search.substr(1)),
    query: { arrParam: ["x", "y"], other: "z" },
    // header: req.headers,
    header: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
    body: { a: 1, b: 2 },
  }
);
chow.validateResponseByPath("/books/info", "POST", {
  header: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: {
    name: "a nice book",
    author: "me me me"
  }
});

Config

You could optionally provide configs to the constructor

const chow = ChowChow.create(doc, {
  headerAjvOptions: {},
  cookieAjvOptions: {},
  pathAjvOptions: { coerceTypes: true },
  queryAjvOptions: { coerceTypes: 'array' },
  requestBodyAjvOptions: {},
  responseBodyAjvOptions: {},
});

• headerAjvOptions: Ajv options that pass to header ajv instance
• cookieAjvOptions: Ajv options that pass to cookie ajv instance
• pathAjvOptions: Ajv options that pass to path ajv instance, default { coerceTypes: true }
• queryAjvOptions: Ajv options that pass to query ajv instance, default { coerceTypes: 'array' }
• requestBodyAjvOptions: Ajv options that pass to request body ajv instance
• responseBodyAjvOptions: Ajv options that pass to response body ajv instance

Contributors

Pull requests, issues and comments welcome. For pull requests:

• Add tests for new features and bug fixes
• Follow the existing style
• Separate unrelated changes into multiple pull requests
• See the existing issues for things to start contributing.

For bigger changes, make sure you start a discussion first by creating an issue and explaining the intended change.

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Prior to accepting your contributions we ask that you please follow the appropriate link below to digitally sign the CLA. The Corporate CLA is for those who are contributing as a member of an organization and the individual CLA is for those contributing as an individual.

• CLA for corporate contributors
• CLA for individuals