Added ValidateStruct to validate a struct without a request

README.md

@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ Send request to the server using curl or postman: `curl GET "http://localhost:90
 * [Validate JSON to nested struct](doc/NESTED_STRUCT.md)
 * [Validate using custom rule](doc/CUSTOM_RULE.md)
 
+***Validate struct directly***
+
+* [Validate Struct](doc/STRUCT_VALIDATION.md)
+
 ### Validation Rules
 * `alpha` The field under validation must be entirely alphabetic characters.
 * `alpha_dash` The field under validation may have alpha-numeric characters, as well as dashes and underscores.

doc/STRUCT_VALIDATION.md

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+
+
+### Validate Struct
+
+When using ValidateStruct you must provide data struct and rules. You can also pass message rules if you need custom message or localization.
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/thedevsaddam/govalidator"
+)
+
+type user struct {
+	Username string `json:"username"`
+	Email    string `json:"email"`
+	Web      string `json:"web"`
+}
+
+func validate(user *user) {
+	rules := govalidator.MapData{
+		"username": []string{"required", "between:3,5"},
+		"email":    []string{"required", "min:4", "max:20", "email"},
+		"web":      []string{"url"},
+	}
+
+	opts := govalidator.Options{
+		Data:  &user,
+		Rules: rules,
+	}
+
+	v := govalidator.New(opts)
+	e := v.ValidateStruct()
+	if len(e) > 0 {
+		data, _ := json.MarshalIndent(e, "", "  ")
+		fmt.Println(string(data))
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	validate(&user{
+		Username: "john",
+		Email:    "invalid",
+	})
+}
+```
+***Prints***
+```json
+{
+  "email": [
+    "The email field is required",
+    "The email field must be a valid email address"
+  ],
+  "username": [
+    "The username field is required"
+  ]
+}
+```

errors.go

@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import "errors"
 var (
 	errStringToInt          = errors.New("govalidator: unable to parse string to integer")
 	errStringToFloat        = errors.New("govalidator: unable to parse string to float")
+	errRequireRules         = errors.New("govalidator: provide at least rules for Validate* method")
 	errValidateArgsMismatch = errors.New("govalidator: provide at least *http.Request and rules for Validate method")
 	errInvalidArgument      = errors.New("govalidator: invalid number of argument")
 	errRequirePtr           = errors.New("govalidator: provide pointer to the data structure")
+	errRequireData          = errors.New("govalidator: provide non-nil data structure for ValidateStruct method")
+	errRequestNotAccepted   = errors.New("govalidator: cannot provide an *http.Request for ValidateStruct method")
 )

validator.go

@@ -146,14 +146,39 @@ func (v *Validator) ValidateJSON() url.Values {
 	if reflect.TypeOf(v.Opts.Data).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
 		panic(errRequirePtr)
 	}
+
+	return v.internalValidateStruct()
+}
+
+func (v *Validator) ValidateStruct() url.Values {
+	if len(v.Opts.Rules) == 0 {
+		panic(errRequireRules)
+	}
+	if v.Opts.Request != nil {
+		panic(errRequestNotAccepted)
+	}
+	if v.Opts.Data != nil && reflect.TypeOf(v.Opts.Data).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
+		panic(errRequirePtr)
+	}
+	if v.Opts.Data == nil {
+		panic(errRequireData)
+	}
+
+	return v.internalValidateStruct()
+}
+
+func (v *Validator) internalValidateStruct() url.Values {
 	errsBag := url.Values{}
 
-	defer v.Opts.Request.Body.Close()
-	err := json.NewDecoder(v.Opts.Request.Body).Decode(v.Opts.Data)
-	if err != nil {
-		errsBag.Add("_error", err.Error())
-		return errsBag
+	if v.Opts.Request != nil {
+		defer v.Opts.Request.Body.Close()
+		err := json.NewDecoder(v.Opts.Request.Body).Decode(v.Opts.Data)
+		if err != nil {
+			errsBag.Add("_error", err.Error())
+			return errsBag
+		}
 	}
+
 	r := roller{}
 	r.setTagIdentifier(tagIdentifier)
 	if v.Opts.TagIdentifier != "" {

validator_test.go

@@ -170,18 +170,122 @@ func TestValidator_ValidateJSON_NULLValue(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestValidator_ValidateJSON_panic(t *testing.T) {
-	defer func() {
-		if r := recover(); r == nil {
-			t.Errorf("ValidateJSON did not panic")
-		}
-	}()
+func TestValidator_ValidateStruct(t *testing.T) {
+	type User struct {
+		Name    string `json:"name"`
+		Email   string `json:"email"`
+		Address string `json:"address"`
+		Age     int    `json:"age"`
+		Zip     string `json:"zip"`
+		Color   int    `json:"color"`
+	}
 
-	opts := Options{}
+	postUser := User{
+		Name:    "",
+		Email:   "inalid email",
+		Address: "",
+		Age:     1,
+		Zip:     "122",
+		Color:   5,
+	}
+
+	rules := MapData{
+		"name":    []string{"required"},
+		"email":   []string{"email"},
+		"address": []string{"required", "between:3,5"},
+		"age":     []string{"bool"},
+		"zip":     []string{"len:4"},
+		"color":   []string{"min:10"},
+	}
+
+	opts := Options{
+		Data:  &postUser,
+		Rules: rules,
+	}
 
 	vd := New(opts)
-	validationErr := vd.ValidateJSON()
+	vd.SetTagIdentifier("json")
+	validationErr := vd.ValidateStruct()
 	if len(validationErr) != 5 {
-		t.Error("ValidateJSON failed")
+		t.Error("ValidateStruct failed")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestValidator_ValidateJSON_NoRules_panic(t *testing.T) {
+	opts := Options{}
+
+	assertPanicWith(t, errValidateArgsMismatch, func() {
+		New(opts).ValidateJSON()
+	})
+}
+
+func TestValidator_ValidateJSON_NonPointer_panic(t *testing.T) {
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil)
+
+	type User struct {
+	}
+
+	var user User
+	opts := Options{
+		Request: req,
+		Data:    user,
+		Rules: MapData{
+			"name": []string{"required"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	assertPanicWith(t, errRequirePtr, func() {
+		New(opts).ValidateJSON()
+	})
+}
+
+func TestValidator_ValidateStruct_NoRules_panic(t *testing.T) {
+	opts := Options{}
+
+	assertPanicWith(t, errRequireRules, func() {
+		New(opts).ValidateStruct()
+	})
+}
+
+func TestValidator_ValidateStruct_RequestProvided_panic(t *testing.T) {
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil)
+	opts := Options{
+		Request: req,
+		Rules: MapData{
+			"name": []string{"required"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	assertPanicWith(t, errRequestNotAccepted, func() {
+		New(opts).ValidateStruct()
+	})
+}
+
+func TestValidator_ValidateStruct_NonPointer_panic(t *testing.T) {
+	type User struct {
+	}
+
+	var user User
+	opts := Options{
+		Data: user,
+		Rules: MapData{
+			"name": []string{"required"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	assertPanicWith(t, errRequirePtr, func() {
+		New(opts).ValidateStruct()
+	})
+}
+
+func TestValidator_ValidateStruct_DataNil_panic(t *testing.T) {
+	opts := Options{
+		Rules: MapData{
+			"name": []string{"required"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	assertPanicWith(t, errRequireData, func() {
+		New(opts).ValidateStruct()
+	})
+}