sails-hook-req-validator

Sails hook for validate request.

  npm install --save sails-hook-validator

###req.validator();

######Requirements: Sails v1.0.0 and lodash enabled as global (by default it comes enabled) and node 6 >=

If something goes wrong it return a 400 to the user with the error, if it goes ok it returns the params. It works as a filter too, for example if the client sends name and surname but we only want to work with the name:

  // req.params.all() === {name: 'joseba', surname: 'legarreta'}

  var param = req.validator('name');

  // param === {name: 'joseba'}

  // MORE EXAMPLES
  // For more that one params the required params have to go in an Array
  // req.params.all() === {id: 1, name: 'joseba'}

  var params = req.validator(['id', 'password']);

  // params === false && the client has a 400 - password is required
  // so we end the controller execution

  if(!params) return null;
  // If we have params continue the logic
  User.update(params.id, params).exec(function(){}); //...

  // MORE STUFF

  // Not sending the default 400 code with error text
  // Just set the second params as false.
  var params = req.validator(['nickname', 'email', 'password', '?name'], false);

  // In case of error params === false else the params will be an object with values

  if(params) return res.ok(); else return res.badRequest('Custom message');

  // ASYNC WAY GET ERROR AND PARAMS

  var filter = [
    'id', '?name',
    {'?surname': ['string', 'toUpper'], height: 'float', '?age': 'int'}
  ];
  req.validator(filter, false, function(err, params){
    // err === {message: 'parsedError...', invalidParameters: ['invalid', 'parameter', 'list']}
    if(err) return res.badRequest(err.message);
    return res.ok(params);
  });

  // OR

  var filter = [
    'id', '?name',
    {'?surname': ['string', 'toUpper'], height: 'float', '?age': 'int'}
  ];
  req.validator(filter, function(err, params){ // If error the validator will send the req.400
    if(params) return res.ok(params);
  });

If we want to check the type we can ask for it, for example: int, email, boolean, float... req.validator checks if it is the type that we are looking for or if it's posible to convert to the type that we want (ex: 'upper' check if is upperCase text, 'toUpper' upperCase the text if the value is a string, if it couldn't upperCase it the client will get an 400).

If it can't convert or the types doesn't match, it will send the 400 error to the client. Example:

  // req.params.all() === {id: 1, likes: '12.20', url: 'HttP://GOOGLE.eS', email: '[email protected]'}
  var params = req.validator(['id', {likes: 'int', url: ['url', 'toLower'], email: 'email'}]);
  // params = {id: 1, likes: 12, url: 'http://google.es', email: '[email protected]'}

  // MORE EXAMPLES

  // req.params.all() === {id: 1, likes: '12.20', url: 'http://google.es', email: '[email protected]'}
  var params = req.validator(['id', 'url', {likes: 'float', email: 'email'}]);
  // params = {id: 1, likes: 12.20, url: 'http://google.es', email: '[email protected]'}

  // MORE

  // req.params.all() === {id: 1, likes: 'hello', url: 'http://google.es', email: '[email protected]'}
  var params = req.validator(['id', {url: ['url', 'lower'], likes: 'float', email: 'email'}]);
  // params === false and the client gets a res 400 - 'likes' has to be a float

  // More examples

  var param = req.validator({color: ['hexcolor', 'upper']});

  // More examples

  // Optional values

  var param = req.validator('?nickname', {color: ['hexcolor', 'upper'], '?name': 'toUpper'});

  // If we have a nickname and/or a name parameters it will return it to the param var applying the rules
  // If nickname or/and name are undefined in the request, it will ignore them and won't send 400

Validation types (for now, maybe I will add more)

  'email'
  'toEmail'
  'url'
  'ip'
  'alpha'
  'numeric'
  'base64'
  'hex'
  'hexColor'
  'lower'
  'toLower'
  'upper'
  'toUpper'
  'string'
  'boolean'
  'toBoolean'
  'int'
  'float'
  'date'
  'toDate'
  'json'
  'ascii'
  'mongoId'
  'alphanumeric',
  'creditCard'

Tests

To test this hook, you need mocha installed in your computer globally.

npm install -g mocha // Just if you don't have mocha installed yet

// And then just run mocha in the hook folder

mocha

// Optional: Change port or log level

log=info port=1234 mocha

// log level options = error, warn, info, verbose and silly. By default: warn
// port by default: 1992