sails-hook-req-validate

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Ultimate Request Validator Hook for SailsJS

Over 160 Validator Types & 17 Converters + Flexible Usages & Custom Options and Configurations

This sails-hook-req-validate package uses req.allParams() (Sails Document).

FYI, sails' req.allParams() returns the value of all parameters sent in the request which includes querystring and url path. Which means passing parameters may be string type, use converter to convert the type to an expected value type. But please note that some validation types have build-in converters, check validation type list for more information.

For example: /api/user/:age/:ismale or /api/user?age=12&ismale=true. req.allParams() returns all parameters as string, however sails-hook-req-validate can correctly validate the type and convert to the correct output type in most cases.

Installation

  npm install sails-hook-req-validate --save 

This is it! Once you npm install the hook will be automatically activated. However, if you want more control, see below for the config/validate.js setting.

Report Bug & Suggest Improvement

Please feel free to leave any comment and suggestion . https://github.com/JohnKimDev/sails-hook-req-validate/issues/new




Optional Global Setting (config/validate.js)

You can create a config/validate.js file in TWO different ways. Please note that the local, (req.validate() configuration) can overwrite the global configuration.

OPTION 1: Simple Object Notation (no response & request objects will be passed)

/**
 * Sails-Hook-Req-Validate Global Configuration
 * 
 * For more information on the settings in this file, see:
 * https://github.com/JohnKimDev/sails-hook-req-validate/blob/master/readme.md
 **/
 
module.exports.validate = {
  /***************************************************************************
  * When validation error occurs, the program can send theres.badRequest 
  * response automatically. 
  * 
  * By Default, `sendResponse` is enabled.
  ***************************************************************************/
  // sendResponse: true,
 
  /***************************************************************************
  * After the validation check, the program returns data as object or you 
  * can use a callback. But it can return the data as a PROMISE if you set
  * `usePromise` as true.
  * 
  * By Default, `usePromise` is disabled.
  ***************************************************************************/
  // usePromise: false,
 
  /***************************************************************************
  * When there are more incoming request parameters than listed in the
  * `req.validate` option, by default, it will return all incoming parameters
  * If you disable `returnAllParams` option, it will filter parameters and only
  * return the parameters that are listed in the `req.validate` validate option
  * 
  * By Default, `returnAllParams` is enabled.
  ***************************************************************************/
  // returnAllParams: true,
 
  /***************************************************************************
  * Error output format 
  * errMessage : ((string)) short explanation of a reason for the invalidation
  * invalidKeys : ((array))[string] list of invalid parameter key(s)
  * 
  * Output can be any format you want. The return value from `onErrorOutput` 
  * will be passed to the final error return.
  ***************************************************************************/
  // onErrorOutput: function (errMessage, invalidKeys) {
  //   return { message: errMessage, invalid: invalidKeys };
  // },
 
  /***************************************************************************
  * Required error message output
  * keys : ((string)) or ((array))[string] one or more list of invalid 
  *        parameter key(s)
  * 
  * [output] ((string)) 
  ***************************************************************************/
  // requiredErrorMessage: function(keys) {
  //   keys = keys || [];
  //   let isare = (keys.length > 1) ? 'are' : 'is';
  //   let s = (keys.length > 1) ? 's' : ''
  //   return `The "${keys.join('", "')}" parameter${s} ${isare} required.`;
  // },
 
  /***************************************************************************
  * req.validate validation format error message output
  * key : ((string)) invalid parameter key
  * 
  * [output] ((string)) 
  ***************************************************************************/
  // formatErrorMessage: function(key) {
  //   return `The "${key}" parameter has an invalid format.`;
  // },
 
  /***************************************************************************
  * Validation configuration format error message output
  * key : ((string)) invalid parameter key
  * typeMessage: ((string)) types[key].message from `validationTypes.js`
  * https://github.com/JohnKimDev/sails-hook-req-validate/blob/master/lib/validationTypes.js
  * 
  * [output] ((string)) 
  ***************************************************************************/
  // typeErrorMessage: function(key, typeMessage) {
  //   let a = (typeMessage && typeMessage.length) ? /[aeiouAEIOU]/.test(typeMessage.charAt(0)) ? 'an' : 'a' : '';
  //   return `The "${key}" parameter should be ${a} ${typeMessage}.`;
  // },
 
  /***************************************************************************
  * Incoming request parameter invalid error message output
  * key : ((string)) invalid parameter key
  * typeMessage: ((string)) types[key].message from `validationTypes.js`
  * https://github.com/JohnKimDev/sails-hook-req-validate/blob/master/lib/validationTypes.js
  * 
  * [output] ((string)) 
  ***************************************************************************/
  // inputErrorMessage: function(key, typeMessage) {
  //   let a = (typeMessage && typeMessage.length) ? /[aeiouAEIOU]/.test(typeMessage.charAt(0)) ? 'an' : 'a' : '';
  //   return `The "${key}" parameter has an invalid input type` + (typeMessage ? `, it should be ${a} ${typeMessage}` : '') + '.';
  // },
 
  /***************************************************************************
  * Incoming request parameter invalid error message output of OR validation
  * example: 'string|number`
  * orKey : ((string)) invalid parameter key
  * orTypeMessages: ((string)) combined types[key].message from `validationTypes.js`
  * https://github.com/JohnKimDev/sails-hook-req-validate/blob/master/lib/validationTypes.js
  * 
  * [output] ((string)) 
  ***************************************************************************/
  // orInputErrorMessage: function(orKey, orTypeMessages) {
  //   return `Invalid input type, it should be one of the following types; ${orTypeMessages}.`;
  // }
};

OPTION 2: Function return (response & request objects will be passed)

/**
 * Sails-Hook-Req-Validate Global Configuration
 * 
 * For more information on the settings in this file, see:
 * https://github.com/JohnKimDev/sails-hook-req-validate/blob/master/readme.md
 * 
 * The response and request objects will be passed to the configuration function when initializes
 **/
 
module.exports.validate = function(req, res) {
  return {
    /***************************************************************************
    * When `sendResponse` is enabled. The program will use this `responseMethod`
    * to send the error data out. By default, it will use res.badRequest. 
    * The `res` object is from the passing parameter with is a response object
    * from the controller.
    * 
    * You can overwrite the `responseMethod` with another response function or 
    * create your own response handler.
    * example: 
    *    responseMethod: (data) => {
    *       sails.log.error(data);
    *       res.set(400).send(data);
    *    }
    ***************************************************************************/
    // responseMethod: res.badRequest
 
    /**
     * You can use all other configurations from the OPTION 1 example
     **/
  };
};


USAGE - Validator

sails-hook-req-validate is very flexible and can be used in many different formats and configurations.


New in 2.8.x

Function Validation

const params = req.validate({
  'evenNum': (val) => { return (val % 2 === 0); }   // you can also use a function instead of an arrow function
}); 
 
// PRO TIP: (val) => { return (val % 2 === 0); } can be shorten to (val) => (val % 2 === 0) 

Single parameter

const params = req.validate('id'); 

Multiple parameters

const params = req.validate(['id', 'firstname', 'lastname']); 

Simple validator

const params = req.validate({
  'id': 'base64|number|boolean' // OR operation
  'name': ['string', 'email'],  // AND operation
  'email?': 'email',            // OPTIONAL parameter
  'zipcode': 'postalcode'
}); 

Combined validators

const params = req.validate({
  'name': ['string', { default: 'John Doe' }],  // default value if missing 
  'email?': ['email', { converter: 'normalizeEmail' }],   // optional parameter & with converter 
  'type': { enum: ['user', 'admin', 'manager'], default: 'user' } 
}); 

Combined validators as array

const params = req.validate([
  { 'name': ['string', { default: 'John Doe' }] },  // default value if missing 
  { 'email?': ['email', { converter: 'normalizeEmail' }] },   // optional parameter & with converter 
  { 'type': { enum: ['user', 'admin', 'manager'], default: 'user' } }
]); 

Multiple converters

const params = req.validate({
  'email': ['any', { converter: ['string', 'normalizeEmail'] }]
}); 
// not a good example but I hope you get the idea

Custom converter (set FUNCTION to converter)

const params = req.validate({
  'phone':  { converter: (val) => { 
    var match = val.replace(/\D/g, '').match(/^(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})$/);
    return '(' + match[1] + '' + match[2] + '-' + match[3]; // (123) 456-7890
  }}
}); 

Validator & Converter Options

Option Description
enum ((array)) any combination of expected values
default ((string|number|boolean)) default value if the parameter is missing
converter ((array|function)) converter name as string or array of string can be used. You can pass function for custom converter.
You can also mixed types + functions in an array.
validator ((function)) if you need a custom validator, use this option

@param param ((any)): passing parameter
@return ((boolean)): return true if valid, false otherwise.


More Usage Examples With Options

You can use with any of validator combination above.
req.validate(<TYPE_VALIDATOR>, <CALLBACK>)
or
req.validate(<TYPE_VALIDATOR>, <OPTION>, <CALLBACK>)

USAGE (synchronous) - DIRECT

Only for direct method, onErrorOutput will be ignored! When an error occurs, false will be returned.

const params = req.validate('id');
if (params === false) { 
  sails.log.error('The validation failed');
} else {
  sails.log.info('ID:', params.id);
}

USAGE (asynchronous) - CALLBACK (error, params)

req.validate('id', (err, params) => {
  // callback
  if (err) {                    // err object is the output of `onErrorOutput`
    sails.log.error('The validation failed.', err.message); 
  } else {
    sails.log.info(params.id);   // callback data
  }
});

USAGE (asynchronous) - PROMISE

You can use the local configuration to enable promise return or use the global configuration.

ES5 Promise

req.validate('id', {
  usePromise: true  
})
.then(params => {
  // callback
  sails.log.info(params.id); // forwarded parameters if the validation passes
})
.catch(err => {
  sails.log.error(err);     // err object is the output of `onErrorOutput`
});

ES6 Async/Await Promise

try {
  const params = await req.validate('id', {
    usePromise: true        // or use the global setting
  });
  sails.log.info(params.id);
catch (err) {
  sails.log.error(err);     // err object is the output of `onErrorOutput`
}  

My Personal Favorite Usage Method

I like to wrap the controller codes with try-catch in case of unexpected error and use promise for sails-hook-req-validate

// config/validate.js
module.exports.validate = {
  sendResponse: false,
  usePromise: true,
  returnAllParams: false,
  onErrorOutput: (errMessage, invalidKeys) => errMessage
};
 
// in someController.js
module.exports = {
  index: async (req, res) => {
    try {
      const params = await req.validate({
        'id': 'string',
        'name': 'string'
      });
      console.log(params.id, params.name);
      return res.ok();
    } catch (err) {
      return res.serverError(err);
    }
  }
};


Setting Options / Configurations

Option Description
responseMethod ((function)) method/function to call when a validation error occurs

default: res.badRequest

@param errorOutput : output from onErrorOutput option
sendResponse ((boolean)) toggle the responseMethod call when a validation error occurs

default: true
usePromise ((boolean)) enable PROMISE response instead of callback

default: false
returnAllParams ((boolean)) if ther are more passing params than listed in the req.validate, you can choose to pass-though all or filter to only listed params.

default: true
onErrorOutput ((function)) when a validation error occurs, it will be called to generate the error output

default: see above config/validation.js example

@param errMessage ((string)): combined error message(s)
@param invalidKeys ((string[])): list of invalid param keys
@return : any form you want
requiredErrorMessage ((function)) output message for param required error message

default: see above config/validation.js example

@param keys ((string | string[])): list of invalid param key(s).
@return ((string)): formated error messgae as string type
formatErrorMessage ((function)) output message for a validator format error message for param key

default: see above config/validation.js example

@param key ((string)): invalid param key.
@param typeMessage ((string)): type error message, see message for each type of the validationType file
@return ((string)): formated error messgae as string type
typeErrorMessage ((function)) output message for a parm type error message

default: see above config/validation.js example

@param key ((string)): invalid param key.
@param typeMessage ((string)): type error message, see message for each type of the validationType file
@return ((string)): formated error messgae as string type
inputErrorMessage ((function)) output message for a parm input error message

default: see above config/validation.js example

@param key ((string)): invalid param key.
@param typeMessage ((string)): type error message, see message for each type of the validationType file
@return ((string)): formated error messgae as string type
orInputErrorMessage ((function)) output message for a parm input error message with OR opertation. The error message for each OR validation wil be combined

default: see above config/validation.js example

@param orKey ((string)): invalid OR param key. (ex: 'string|email')
@param orTypeMessage ((string)): combined type error messages, see message for each type of the validationType file
@return ((string)): formated error messgae as string type


Validators

List of preset available validators.

NOTE: all validators are case insensitive

Validator Description
alpha check if the string contains only letters (a-zA-Z).
alphanumeric check if the string contains only letters and numbers.
ascii check if the string contains ASCII chars only.
array check if the value is array format. The validator uses lodash _.isArray to validate the type.
any return true for any type except undefined.
base64 check if a string is base64 encoded.
bolean check if a string is a boolean.
byteLength check if the string's length (in UTF-8 bytes) falls in a range.
creditcard check if the string is a credit card.
currency check if the string is a valid currency amount. Currency symbol is optional.
currencyWithSymbol check if the string is a valid currency amount. Currency symbol is required.
dataURI check if the string is a data uri format.
magnetURI check if the string is a magnet uri format.
email check if the string is an valid email address.
FQDN check if the string is a fully qualified domain name (e.g. domain.com)
float check if the string is a float.
hash check if the string is a hash of type algorithm.

Algorithm is one of ['md4', 'md5', 'sha1', 'sha256', 'sha384', 'sha512', 'ripemd128', 'ripemd160', 'tiger128', 'tiger160', 'tiger192', 'crc32', 'crc32b']
hexColor check if the string is a hexadecimal color.
hexadecimal check if the string is a hexadecimal number.
ip check if the string is an IP (either version 4 or 6).
ipv4 check if the string is an IP version 4 only).
ipv6 check if the string is an IP version 6 only.
ISBN check if the string is an ISBN (either version 10 or 13).
ISBN10 check if the string is an ISBN version 10 only.
ISBN13 check if the string is an ISBN version 13 only.
ISSN check if the string is an ISSN.
ISIN check if the string is an [ISIN]ISIN.
ISO8601 check if the string is a valid ISO 8601 date
RFC3339 check if the string is a valid RFC 3339 date.
ISO31661Alpha2 check if the string is a valid ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 officially assigned country code.
ISO31661Alpha3 check if the string is a valid ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 officially assigned country code.
ISRC check if the string is a ISRC.
int check if the string is an integer.

Built-In Converter: int
JSON check if the string is valid JSON(note: uses JSON.parse).
JWT check if the string is valid JWT token.
LatLong check if the string is a valid latitude-longitude coordinate in the format lat,long or lat, long.
lowercase check if the string is lowercase.
MACAddress check if the string is a MAC address.
MD5 check if the string is a MD5 hash.
MimeType check if the string matches to a valid MIME type format
mobilePhone check if the string is a mobile phone number (all locales).
mobilephone-ar-AE check if the string is a mobile phone number of ar-AE locale
mobilephone-ar-DZ check if the string is a mobile phone number of ar-DZ locale
mobilephone-ar-EG check if the string is a mobile phone number of ar-EG locale
mobilephone-ar-IQ check if the string is a mobile phone number of ar-IQ locale
mobilephone-ar-JO check if the string is a mobile phone number of ar-JO locale
mobilephone-ar-KW check if the string is a mobile phone number of ar-KW locale
mobilephone-ar-SA check if the string is a mobile phone number of ar-SA locale
mobilephone-ar-SY check if the string is a mobile phone number of ar-SY locale
mobilephone-ar-TN check if the string is a mobile phone number of ar-TN locale
mobilephone-be-BY check if the string is a mobile phone number of be-BY locale
mobilephone-bg-BG check if the string is a mobile phone number of bg-BG locale
mobilephone-bn-BD check if the string is a mobile phone number of bn-BD locale
mobilephone-cs-CZ check if the string is a mobile phone number of cs-CZ locale
mobilephone-de-DE check if the string is a mobile phone number of de-DE locale
mobilephone-da-DK check if the string is a mobile phone number of da-DK locale
mobilephone-el-GR check if the string is a mobile phone number of el-GR locale
mobilephone-en-AU check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-AU locale
mobilephone-en-CA check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-CA locale
mobilephone-en-GB check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-GB locale
mobilephone-en-GH check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-GH locale
mobilephone-en-HK check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-HK locale
mobilephone-en-IE check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-IE locale
mobilephone-en-IN check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-IN locale
mobilephone-en-KE check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-KE locale
mobilephone-en-MU check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-MU locale
mobilephone-en-NG check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-NG locale
mobilephone-en-NZ check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-NZ locale
mobilephone-en-RW check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-RW locale
mobilephone-en-SG check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-SG locale
mobilephone-en-UG check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-UG locale
mobilephone-en-US check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-US locale
mobilephone-en-TZ check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-TZ locale
mobilephone-en-ZA check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-ZA locale
mobilephone-en-ZM check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-ZM locale
mobilephone-en-PK check if the string is a mobile phone number of en-PK locale
mobilephone-es-ES check if the string is a mobile phone number of es-ES locale
mobilephone-es-MX check if the string is a mobile phone number of es-MX locale
mobilephone-es-UY check if the string is a mobile phone number of es-UY locale
mobilephone-et-EE check if the string is a mobile phone number of et-EE locale
mobilephone-fa-IR check if the string is a mobile phone number of fa-IR locale
mobilephone-fi-FI check if the string is a mobile phone number of fi-FI locale
mobilephone-fr-FR check if the string is a mobile phone number of fr-FR locale
mobilephone-he-IL check if the string is a mobile phone number of he-IL locale
mobilephone-hu-HU check if the string is a mobile phone number of hu-HU locale
mobilephone-it-IT check if the string is a mobile phone number of it-IT locale
mobilephone-ja-JP check if the string is a mobile phone number of ja-JP locale
mobilephone-kk-KZ check if the string is a mobile phone number of kk-KZ locale
mobilephone-ko-KR check if the string is a mobile phone number of ko-KR locale
mobilephone-lt-LT check if the string is a mobile phone number of lt-LT locale
mobilephone-ms-MY check if the string is a mobile phone number of ms-MY locale
mobilephone-nb-NO check if the string is a mobile phone number of nb-NO locale
mobilephone-nn-NO check if the string is a mobile phone number of nn-NO locale
mobilephone-pl-PL check if the string is a mobile phone number of pl-PL locale
mobilephone-pt-PT check if the string is a mobile phone number of pt-PT locale
mobilephone-pt-BR check if the string is a mobile phone number of pt-BR locale
mobilephone-ro-RO check if the string is a mobile phone number of ro-RO locale
mobilephone-ru-RU check if the string is a mobile phone number of ru-RU locale
mobilephone-sl-SI check if the string is a mobile phone number of sl-SI locale
mobilephone-sk-SK check if the string is a mobile phone number of sk-SK locale
mobilephone-sr-RS check if the string is a mobile phone number of sr-RS locale
mobilephone-sv-SE check if the string is a mobile phone number of sv-SE locale
mobilephone-th-TH check if the string is a mobile phone number of th-TH locale
mobilephone-tr-TR check if the string is a mobile phone number of tr-TR locale
mobilephone-uk-UA check if the string is a mobile phone number of uk-UA locale
mobilephone-vi-VN check if the string is a mobile phone number of vi-VN locale
mobilephone-zh-CN check if the string is a mobile phone number of zh-CN locale
mobilephone-zh-HK check if the string is a mobile phone number of zh-HK locale
mobilephone-zh-TW check if the string is a mobile phone number of zh-TW locale
mongoId check if the string is a valid hex-encoded representation of a [MongoDB ObjectId][mongoid].
multibyte check if the string contains one or more multibyte chars.
numeric check if the string contains only numbers. Some symbols are allow (e.g. +, -, or .).
numericOnly check if the string contains only numbers [0-9]. No symbol allow.
number same as numeric
object check if value is a plain object. The validator uses lodash _.isPlainObject to validate the type.
port check if the string is a valid port number.
postalCode check if the string is a postal code (all locales).
postalCode-AD check if the string is a postal code of AD
postalCode-AT check if the string is a postal code of AT
postalCode-AU check if the string is a postal code of AU
postalCode-BE check if the string is a postal code of BE
postalCode-BG check if the string is a postal code of BG
postalCode-CA check if the string is a postal code of CA
postalCode-CH check if the string is a postal code of CH
postalCode-CZ check if the string is a postal code of CZ
postalCode-DE check if the string is a postal code of DE
postalCode-DK check if the string is a postal code of DK
postalCode-DZ check if the string is a postal code of DZ
postalCode-ES check if the string is a postal code of ES
postalCode-FI check if the string is a postal code of FI
postalCode-FR check if the string is a postal code of FR
postalCode-GB check if the string is a postal code of GB
postalCode-GR check if the string is a postal code of GR
postalCode-IL check if the string is a postal code of IL
postalCode-IS check if the string is a postal code of IS
postalCode-IT check if the string is a postal code of IT
postalCode-JP check if the string is a postal code of JP
postalCode-KE check if the string is a postal code of KE
postalCode-LI check if the string is a postal code of LI
postalCode-MX check if the string is a postal code of MX
postalCode-NL check if the string is a postal code of NL
postalCode-NO check if the string is a postal code of NO
postalCode-PL check if the string is a postal code of PL
postalCode-PT check if the string is a postal code of PT
postalCode-RO check if the string is a postal code of RO
postalCode-RU check if the string is a postal code of RU
postalCode-SA check if the string is a postal code of SA
postalCode-SE check if the string is a postal code of SE
postalCode-TW check if the string is a postal code of TW
postalCode-US check if the string is a postal code of US
postalCode-ZA check if the string is a postal code of ZA
postalCode-ZM check if the string is a postal code of ZM
surrogatePair check if the string contains any surrogate pairs chars.
string check if value is string. BE CAUTIOUS of using this type! May return invalid result. For the parameter values from a querystring and a URL path are always STRING type, using this validator type may have an unexpected result.
URL check if the string is an URL. allow protocols 'http', 'https', 'ftp'.
UUID check if the string is a UUID (version 3, 4 or 5).
UUIDv3 check if the string is a UUID version 3
UUIDv4 check if the string is a UUID version 4
UUIDv5 check if the string is a UUID version 5
uppercase check if the string is uppercase.



Converters

List of converters available.

NOTE: all converters are case insenstive

Converter Description
boolean convert the input string to a boolean. Everything except for '0', 'false' and '' returns true. In strict mode only '1' and 'true' return true.
date convert the input string to a date, or null if the input is not a date.
escape replace <, >, &, ', " and / with HTML entities.
unescape replaces HTML encoded entities with <, >, &, ', " and /.
JSON convert to JSON using JSON.parse
JSON5 convert to JSON using JSON5.parse
ltrim trim characters from the left-side of the input.
rtrim trim characters from the right-side of the input.
removeHTML strip HTML codes from the string
removeSpace remove all white space from the string
removeLineBreak remove all line breaks from the string, \r\n\t, \n, \t\t
normalizeEmail canonicalizes an email address. (This doesn't validate that the input is an email, if you want to validate the email use email validator beforehand).
lowercase convert to lower case
string convert to string
int convert the input string to an integer, or NaN if the input is not an integer.
float convert the input string to a float, or NaN if the input is not a float.
trim trim characters (whitespace by default) from both sides of the input.
uppercase convert to upper case

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