fastest-expressjs-validator 🚀

🚀 Effortless Request Validation for Express.js

• fastest-expressjs-validator 🚀
  • Description
  • Features
  • Installation
    • Using bun:
    • Using npm:
    • Using yarn:
  • Functions and Arguments
    • validateRequest
  • Request Validation Options
    • Query Validation
    • Params Validation
    • Body Validation
    • Headers Validation
    • validateMultiRequest
  • Usage
    • Importing the package
    • Middleware for Single Request Type
    • Middleware for Multiple Request Types
  • More code examples
  • See More About Schemas and All Details
  • License

Description

fastest-expressjs-validator simplifies request validation in Express.js applications. Define schemas for request bodies, URL parameters, and query parameters with ease. Improve the reliability and security of your Express API effortlessly. It leverages the power of the fastest-validator library to validate incoming requests efficiently.

Features

✅ Define validation schemas for body, params, and queries.

✅ Enhanced security and reliability for your Express API.

✅ Customizable validation options.

✅ Support for asynchronous and synchronous validation.

✅ Detailed error messages and structured responses for validation errors.

✅ High performance with minimal code usage.

✅ Written in TypeScript for enhanced type safety and developer experience.

Installation

You can install fastest-expressjs-validator using bun or npm or yarn:

Using bun:

bun add fastest-expressjs-validator

Using npm:

npm install fastest-expressjs-validator

Using yarn:

yarn add fastest-expressjs-validator

Functions and Arguments

validateRequest

A middleware function for request validation in Express.js.

• Arguments:
  • schema: SchemaType: The validation schema for the request.
  • validateOptions: ValidateOptions = body The type of request ("body", "params", "query", "headers") to validate (default is "body").
  • validatorOptions: ValidatorOptions = { haltOnFirstError: true }: Custom validation options (default options include halting on the first error).

Request Validation Options

When using this middleware, you have the flexibility to specify the type of request you want to validate (e.g., "body," "params," "query," or "headers"). Here are the objects for validateOptions:

Query Validation

const query = {
  requestType: "query",
  multiRequest: false,
};

Params Validation

const params = {
  requestType: "params",
  multiRequest: false,
};

Body Validation

const body = {
  requestType: "body",
  multiRequest: false,
};

Headers Validation

const headers = {
  requestType: "headers",
  multiRequest: false,
};

validateMultiRequest

A utility function for validating multiple request types.

• Arguments:
  • schema: SchemaType: The validation schema for the request.
  • validateOptions: is not required! Automatically detects default options.
  • validatorOptions: ValidatorOptions = {}: Custom validation options.

type SchemaType = ValidationSchema | MultiValidationSchema;

Usage

Importing the package

const {
  validateRequest,
  validateMultiRequest,
  query,
} = require("fastest-expressjs-validator");
// or
import {
  validateRequest,
  validateMultiRequest,
  query,
} from "fastest-expressjs-validator";

Middleware for Single Request Type

// Define a validation schema
const schema = {
  username: "string",
  password: "string",
};

// Use the middleware in your Express route
app.post("/login", validateRequest(schema), (req, res) => {
  // Your route logic here
});

OR;

const qSchema = {
  q: "string",
};

const validateQuery = validateRequest(qSchema, query);

app.get("/", validateQuery, (req, res) => {
  // ... your code here
});

Middleware for Multiple Request Types

// Define a validation schema
const multiSchema = {
  body: {
    username: "string",
    password: "string",
  },
  params: {
    id: "number",
  },
};

// Use the middleware in your Express route
app.put("/user/:id", validateMultiRequest(multiSchema), (req, res) => {
  // Your route logic here
});

More code examples

validationMiddleware.ts

import {
  MultiValidationSchema,
  ValidationSchema,
  validateMultiRequest,
  validateRequest,
  query,
  params,
} from "fastest-expressjs-validator";

const querySchema: ValidationSchema = {
  name: "string",
  $$strict: true,
};

const bodySchema: ValidationSchema = {
  userName: "string",
  password: "string",
  email: "email",
  $$strict: true,
};

const paramsSchema: ValidationSchema = {
  id: "string",
  $$strict: true,
};

const multiSchema: MultiValidationSchema = {
  body: {
    userName: "string",
    password: "string",
    email: "email",
    $$strict: true,
  },
  query: {
    randomStr: "string",
    $$strict: true,
  },
};

const headerParamSchema: MultiValidationSchema = {
  headers: {
    hasauth: "string",
  },
  params: {
    id: "string",
  },
};

export const validateQuery = validateRequest(querySchema, query);

export const validateBody = validateRequest(bodySchema);
export const validateParams = validateRequest(paramsSchema, params);

export const validateMultiReq = validateMultiRequest(multiSchema);

export const validateHeaderParams = validateMultiRequest(headerParamSchema);

app.ts

import crypto from "node:crypto";
import express from "express";
import {
  validateBody,
  validateHeaderParams,
  validateMultiReq,
  validateParams,
  validateQuery,
} from "./validationMiddleware";

const app = express();

app.disable("x-powered-by");
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

const hashPassword = (password: string) => {
  const salt = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString("hex");
  return crypto.pbkdf2Sync(password, salt, 1000, 64, "sha512").toString("hex");
};

app.get("/", validateQuery, (req, res) => {
  const { name } = req.query;
  res.status(200).json({
    message: `Validation working! From ${name}`,
  });
});

app.post("/login", validateBody, (req, res) => {
  const { userName, password, email } = req.body;
  const hashedPassword = hashPassword(password);
  res.status(200).json({
    userName,
    email,
    password: hashedPassword,
  });
});

app.get("/getUser/:id", validateParams, (req, res) => {
  const { id } = req.params;
  res.status(200).json({
    message: `User found! : ${id}`,
  });
});

app.post("/signup", validateMultiReq, (req, res) => {
  const { userName, password, email } = req.body;
  const { randomStr } = req.query;
  const hashedPassword = hashPassword(password);

  res.status(201).json({
    userName,
    email,
    randomStr,
    password: hashedPassword,
  });
});

app.post("/headers/:id", validateHeaderParams, (req, res) => {
  const { hasauth } = req.headers;
  const { id } = req.params;
  res.status(200).json({ hasauth, id });
});

app.listen(3001, () =>
  console.log(`App is listening on http://localhost:3001`)
);

See More About Schemas and All Details

For more details on Documentation.

License

This package is open-source and available under the MIT License.