themis
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A blazing fast JSON Schema v4 validator
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#Themis
Themis is a blazing fast, compiled JSON Schema v4 validator. Themis was created for use in environments where there is a large amount of data that has to be validated against the same schema multiple times. Eg: REST API Servers.
Themis (Greek: Θέμις) is an ancient Greek Titaness, the goddess of divine order, law, natural law and custom, and a prophetic goddess — the divine voice who first instructed mankind in the primal laws of justice and morality.
Themis was inspired by the z-schema and json-model validators and tries to provide the best of both worlds. Many thanks to Martin Zagora for his work on z-schema 3 from which most of the validation logic was adapted.
Installation
npm install themis
Example
Validating a single schema
var Themis = require('themis');
var schema = {
"id": "basicSchema",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"title": "Product",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"description": "The unique identifier for a product",
"type": "number"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"price": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"exclusiveMinimum": true
},
"tags": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"minItems": 1,
"uniqueItems": true
},
"dimensions": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"length": {"type": "number"},
"width": {"type": "number"},
"height": {"type": "number"}
},
"required": ["length", "width", "height"]
},
"warehouseLocation": {
"description": "Coordinates of the warehouse with the product"
}
},
"required": ["id", "name", "price"]
}
}
var data = [
{
"id": 2,
"name": "An ice sculpture",
"price": 12.50,
"tags": ["cold", "ice"],
"dimensions": {
"length": 7.0,
"width": 12.0,
"height": 9.5
},
"warehouseLocation": {
"latitude": -78.75,
"longitude": 20.4
}
},
{
"id": 3,
"name": "a blue mouse",
"price": 25.50,
"dimensions": {
"length": 3.1,
"width": 1.0,
"height": 1.0
},
"warehouselocation": {
"latitude": 54.4,
"longitude": -32.7
}
}
];
// Generate the validator
var validator = Themis.validator(schema);
// now validate our data against the schema
var report = validator(data, 'basicSchema');
console.log(require('util').inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
// { valid: true, errors: [], subReport: [] }
Validating against schemas with no id
attribute
Themis assumes your schema will have an id
giving the schema a name. But if
your schema has no id
attribute, pass Themis a default id
of '0'
.
In the above example, you would change this:
// now validate our data against the schema
var report = validator(data, 'basicSchema');
to this:
// now validate our data against the schema
var report = validator(data, '0');
Validating against multiple schemas
At present themis does not support fetching remote json-schemas. You can however pre-fetch them and pass them in.
var Themis = require('themis');
var schemas = [
{
id: "personDetails",
type: "object",
properties: {
firstName: { type: "string" },
lastName: { type: "string" }
},
required: ["firstName", "lastName"]
},
{
id: "addressDetails",
type: "object",
properties: {
street: { type: "string" },
city: { type: "string" }
},
required: ["street", "city"]
},
{
id: "personWithAddress",
allOf: [
{ $ref: "personDetails" },
{ $ref: "addressDetails" }
]
}
];
var data = {
firstName: "Johny",
lastName: "Jose",
street: "24th Main, HSR Layout",
city: "Bangalore"
};
// Generate the validator
var validator = Themis.validator(schemas);
// now validate our data against the last schema
var report = validator(data, 'personWithAddress');
console.log(require('util').inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
// { valid: true, errors: [] }
Validating with custom formats
You can register custom format validators with Themis.
var Themis = require('../src/themis');
Themis.registerFormat('username', function (str) {
return /^[a-zA-Z0-9_\.-]+$/.test(str);
});
Themis.registerFormat('password', function (str) {
return /^(?=.{6,}).*$/.test(str);
});
Themis.registerFormat('identifier', function (str) {
return /^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$/.test(str);
});
var schema = {
"id": "player",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"format": "identifier"
},
"username": {
"type": "string",
"format": "username"
},
"password" :{
"type": "string",
"format": "password"
}
}
};
var valid_player = {
"id": "frodo",
"username": "Frodo",
"password": "TheOneRing"
};
var invalid_player = {
"id": "123",
"username": "!@#",
"password": "foo"
};
// Generate the validator
var validator = Themis.validator(schema);
var report = validator(valid_player, 'player');
console.log(require('util').inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
// { valid: true, errors: [] }
var report = validator(invalid_player, 'player');
console.log(require('util').inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ valid: false,
errors: [],
subReport:
[ { valid: false,
errors:
[ { code: 'INVALID_FORMAT',
schema: 'player/properties/id',
params: { actual: '123', expected: 'identifier' } } ] },
{ valid: false,
errors:
[ { code: 'INVALID_FORMAT',
schema: 'player/properties/username',
params: { actual: '!@#', expected: 'username' } } ] },
{ valid: false,
errors:
[ { code: 'INVALID_FORMAT',
schema: 'player/properties/password',
params: { actual: 'foo', expected: 'password' } } ] } ] }
*/
Using custom validation keywords
Themis allows you to create custom validation keywords. This can be useful in a number of scenarios where the keywords provided by the json-schema specification are just not enough.
var Themis = require('themis');
Themis.registerValidator('matches', { order: ['after', 'format'], type: 'string' }, function(schema, path) {
var code = [
"if (!(data === parent['"+ schema.matches +"'])) {",
"report.valid = false;",
"report.errors = {",
"code: 'MATCH_FAILED',",
"schema: '"+ path +"',",
"params: { actual: data, expected: parent['"+ schema.matches +"'] }",
"};",
"}"
];
return code;
})
var schema = {
"id": "registration",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"email": {
"type": "string"
},
"password": {
"type": "string"
},
"password_again": {
"type": "string",
"matches": "password"
}
}
};
var valid_registration = {
email: '[email protected]',
password: 'foo',
password_again: 'foo'
};
var invalid_registration = {
email: '[email protected]',
password: 'foo',
password_again: 'bar'
};
var validator = Themis.validator(schema);
// now validate our data against the schema
var report = validator(valid_registration, 'registration');
console.log(require('util').inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
// { valid: true, errors: [], subReport: [] }
report = validator(invalid_registration, 'registration');
console.log(require('util').inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ valid: false,
errors: [],
subReport:
[ { valid: false,
errors:
{ code: 'NOT_SAME',
schema: 'registration/properties/password_again',
params: { actual: 'bar', expected: 'foo' } } } ] }
*/
At present custom validator must by sync. To create a custom validator you must specify three pieces of information.
When will the validation be applied ?
You can specify when the validation must be applied by providing an array containing two parameters to the
order
key:- The relative position (
before
orafter
) - An existing validation keyword
Themis performs all its validations in a specific order for optimization reasons. Hence you must ensure that you correctly specify the order in which your validation must be performed relative to others.
The current ordering of validation is as follows
- default
- $schema
- $ref
- title
- description
- definitions
- type
- multipleOf
- minimum
- exclusiveMinimum
- maximum
- exclusiveMaximum
- minLength
- maxLength
- pattern
- format
- additionalItems
- items
- minItems
- maxItems
- uniqueItems
- required
- additionalProperties
- patternProperties
- properties
- minProperties
- maxProperties
- dependencies
- allOf
- anyOf
- oneOf
- not
- enum
- The relative position (
What type of data type can the validation be applied to ?
The validators in Themis are grouped together by the type of data they are applied to. You must specify the type in the
type
key:The allowed values are:
- string
- number
- array
- object
- any
The generated code which will actually perform the validation
Themis generates a validation function for each schema. Hence your validation function must return an array of code statements which will be compiled into the final validation function.
The validation function generator will receive the following arguments:
- schema - The schema document
- path - The path to the schema
- schema_id - The id of the schema
- options - The options object passed in when creating the validator
The compiled validation function will have access to the following variable which it can use to perform the validation:
- data - The actual json data that is being validated
- parent - The parent object/array of the data. This could be null if no parent exists.
- report - The report object on which any
errors
can be attached and whosevalid
key must be set to reflect the result of the validation.
Applying default values
The default
keyword is an extremely useful but often unimplemented feature in most json validators. Even the ones that implement it make a half hearted attempt at doing it properly. Themis hopes to change this trend. Themis tries its best to implement complete support for the default keyword including handling its usage in complex scenarios with anyOf
, allOf
, oneOf
, items
, additionalItems
and not
. You can even assign default values to array items.
This allows a lot of potentially complex behaviours using your validator. You can check the tests for all the different cases that are supported.
To use this functionality in your validator you must set the enable_defaults
value to true
in the options object when creating the validator.
Simple Defaults
var Themis = require('../src/themis');
var util = require('util');
var schema = {
"id": "simple_defaults",
"type": "object",
"required": ["required"],
"properties": {
"string": {
"type": "string",
"default": "normal"
},
"object": {
"type": "object",
"default": { x: 100, y: 200 }
},
"array": {
"type": "array",
"default": [100, 200, { x: 1 }, 'foo', null, true]
},
"number": {
"type": "number",
"default": 100
},
"required": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
}
}
};
var empty_data = {};
var filled_data = {
string: 'foo',
object: {},
array: [],
number: 0,
required: true
};
var partial_data = {
string: 'foo',
object: {},
array: [],
};
// Generate the validator
var validator = Themis.validator(schema, { enable_defaults: true });
// now validate our data against the schema
var report = validator(empty_data, 'simple_defaults');
console.log(util.inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
// { valid: true, errors: [], passed: 7 }
console.log(util.inspect(empty_data, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ required: false,
number: 100,
array:
[ 100,
200,
{ x: 1 },
'foo',
null,
true ],
object: { x: 100, y: 200 },
string: 'normal' }
*/
report = validator(filled_data, 'simple_defaults');
console.log(util.inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
// { valid: true, errors: [] }
console.log(util.inspect(filled_data, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ string: 'foo',
object: {},
array: [],
number: 0,
required: true }
*/
report = validator(partial_data, 'simple_defaults');
console.log(util.inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
// { valid: true, errors: [] }
console.log(util.inspect(partial_data, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ string: 'foo',
object: {},
array: [],
required: false,
number: 100 }
*/
Complex Defaults
var Themis = require('../src/themis');
var util = require('util');
var schema = {
"id": "complex_defaults",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"allOf": {
"default": {},
"allOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"x": {
"type": "string",
"default": "a"
}
}
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"y": {
"type": "string",
"default": "b"
}
}
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"z" :{
"type": "string",
"default": "c"
}
}
}
]
},
"oneOf": {
"default": { x: true, y: false },
"oneOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"x": {
"type": "string",
"default": "a"
}
}
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"y": {
"type": "string",
"default": "b"
}
}
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"z" :{
"type": "string",
"default": "c"
}
}
}
]
},
"anyOf": {
"default": {},
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"x": {
"type": "string",
"default": "a"
}
}
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"y": {
"type": "string",
"default": "b"
}
}
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"z" :{
"type": "string",
"default": "c"
}
}
}
]
}
},
"not": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["not"],
"properties": {
"not": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"x": {
"type": "string",
"default": "bar",
"enum": ["foo"]
}
}
}
}
}
}
// Generate the validator
var validator = Themis.validator(schema, { enable_defaults: true });
// now validate our data against the schema
var empty_data = {};
var report = validator(empty_data, 'complex_defaults');
console.log(util.inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ valid: true,
errors: [] }
*/
console.log(util.inspect(empty_data, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ anyOf: { x: 'a' },
oneOf: { x: true, y: false, z: 'c' },
allOf: { x: 'a', y: 'b', z: 'c' } }
*/
var partial_invalid_data = {
oneOf: {}
};
report = validator(partial_invalid_data, 'complex_defaults');
console.log(util.inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ valid: false,
errors: [],
subReport:
[ { valid: false,
errors:
[ { code: 'ONE_OF_MULTIPLE',
schema: 'complex_defaults/properties/oneOf',
subReports:
[ { valid: true, errors: [] },
{ valid: true, errors: [] },
{ valid: true, errors: [] } ] } ] } ] }
*/
console.log(util.inspect(partial_invalid_data, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
//{ oneOf: {} }
var partial_valid_data = {
oneOf: { y: true, z: false },
allOf: { x: 'yes' },
anyOf: { y: 'b' }
};
report = validator(partial_valid_data, 'complex_defaults');
console.log(util.inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ valid: true,
errors: [] }
*/
console.log(util.inspect(partial_valid_data, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ oneOf: { y: true, z: false, x: 'a' },
allOf: { x: 'yes', y: 'b', z: 'c' },
anyOf: { y: 'b', x: 'a' } }
*/
var invalid_data = {
not: { x: 'foo'}
}
report = validator(invalid_data, 'complex_defaults');
console.log(util.inspect(report, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ valid: true,
errors: [] }
*/
console.log(util.inspect(invalid_data, { depth: 10, colors: true }));
/*
{ valid: true, errors: [] }
{ not: { x: 'foo' },
anyOf: { x: 'a' },
oneOf: { x: true, y: false, z: 'c' },
allOf: { x: 'a', y: 'b', z: 'c' } }
*/
How it works
Themis applies the default values using a rollback mechanism. This allows us to rollback any changes we have performed on the original data in case we later find out that the data does not pass validation by the schema. This allows us to handle the messy anyOf
, allOf
, oneOf
scenarios. At present the way themis applies defaults for each keyword is as follows:
- allOf - All the default values for all schemas are applied. If the data is invalid nothing is applied.
- oneOf - Exactly one set of default values are applied. If the data is invalid nothing is applied.
- anyOf - The default values of the first schema which successfully validates the data is applied. If the data is invalid then nothing is applied. The order of validation of schemas is the same as the order in which it is specified in the schema document.
- not - None of the default values are ever applied.
- items - Default values are applied to an item if it equals
undefined
. If the data is invalid nothing is applied. - additionalItems - All additional items whose value equals
undefined
get assigned the default value. If the data is invalid then nothing is applied.
Methods
The Themis object contains methods to create validators and register formats.
validator(schemas, options)
Generate a new compiled validator from the provided schemas. The returned validator function can be reused any number of times. Check the examples above to see its usage.
The available options are:
- enable_defaults (default: false) - Allow the validator to apply default values. Enabling this imposes a significant performance overhead as can the seen in the benchmark results.
registerFormat(format, validation_func)
Register a new format and its associated validation function.
registerValidator(keyword, meta({order, type}), generator_func)
Register a new validation generator. Check out the example given above to see usage.
Performance
Themis achieves its high performance by generating custom optimized validation functions for every json schema document provided to it. For most types of data Themis is atleast 5-10 times faster than Z-Schema 3 and atleast twice as fast as json-model.
Basic Object Validation
-----------------------
z-schema#basicObject x 15,421 ops/sec ±7.07% (56 runs sampled)
jayschema#basicObject x 205 ops/sec ±6.95% (59 runs sampled)
jjv#basicObject x 3,385 ops/sec ±5.43% (56 runs sampled)
jsonschema#basicObject x 388 ops/sec ±5.11% (59 runs sampled)
tv4#basicObject x 9,746 ops/sec ±2.81% (70 runs sampled)
json-model#basicObject x 29,009 ops/sec ±7.28% (69 runs sampled)
themis#basicObject x 96,757 ops/sec ±2.80% (55 runs sampled)
Fastest is themis#basicObject
Advanced Object Validation
--------------------------
z-schema#advancedObject x 2,704 ops/sec ±8.09% (60 runs sampled)
jayschema#advancedObject x 24.79 ops/sec ±5.88% (35 runs sampled)
jjv#advancedObject x 933 ops/sec ±6.32% (57 runs sampled)
jsonschema#advancedObject x 90.19 ops/sec ±6.21% (53 runs sampled)
tv4#advancedObject x 148 ops/sec ±8.47% (64 runs sampled)
json-model#advancedObject x 3,730 ops/sec ±2.04% (65 runs sampled)
themis#advancedObject x 10,173 ops/sec ±3.04% (65 runs sampled)
Fastest is themis#advancedObject
For a more detailed analysis of performance check out the benchmarks against the other popular json schema validators available today.
##TODO
- Support remote reference fetching.
- Validate json schemas before attempting validation.
- Add more benchmarks for different types of datasets.
- Better validation errors.
- Add support for browsers
Author
Johny Jose <[email protected]>