vlad

A simple asynchronous JSON validator with a chainable syntax.

npm install vlad

Example

Object Validation

var validate = vlad.promise({
    email: vlad.string,
    location: vlad({
        long: vlad.number.required.within(-180, 180),
        lat: vlad.number.required.within(-90, 90)
    }),

    tags: vlad.array.of(vlad.string.within(3, 10))
});

validate(validObject).then(function(value) {
    /*{
        email: "me@example.com",
        location: {
            long: 70.235,
            lat: 60.234
        },
        tags: ['foo', 'bar']
    }*/
});


validate(invalidObject).catch(function(err) {
    /* GroupValidationError {
        message: "Invalid object.",
        fields: {
            email: FieldValidationError {message: '...'},
            location: GroupValidationError {
                message: 'Invalid object.',
                fields: {
                    long: FieldValidationError {message: '...'}
                }
            },
            tags: ArrayValidationError {
                message: 'Invalid array.',
                fields: [
                    undefined,
                    FieldValidationError {message: '...'},
                    undefined
                ]
            }
        }
    }*/
});

Express Middleware

router.post('/',
    vlad.middleware('body', {
        email: vlad.string.required.pattern(/.*@.*/)
    }),
    function(req, res) {
        res.send(200);
    }
);

router.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
    if (err instanceof vlad.ValidationError) {
        res.status(400).send(err.toJSON());
    } else {
        res.sendStatus(500);
    }
});

Subvalidators

var validate = vlad({
    field: vlad.string.required
});

validate({ field: 'hello world' }).then( /* handle */ );
validate.field('hello world').then( /* handle */ )

API Reference

• Creation
  • vlad(schema)
  • vlad.sync(schema)
  • vlad.promise(schema)
  • vlad.callback(schema)
  • vlad.middleware([prop, ] schema)
• Validation
  • Subvalidators
• Schema
  • Property
  • Function
  • Object
• Property Types
  • Base Property
  • vlad.string
    • vlad.addFormat(name, handler)
  • vlad.number
  • vlad.integer
  • vlad.boolean
  • vlad.date
  • vlad.array
  • vlad.enum(options)
  • vlad.equals(value [, message])
  • vlad.any
  • vlad.or
• Errors
  • vlad.ValidationError(message)
  • vlad.FieldValidationError(message)
  • vlad.GroupValidationError(message, fields)
  • vlad.ArrayValidationError(message, fields)
  • vlad.SchemaFormatError(message)