Etools - Javascript Model Validator

Nodejs tool to validate each key/property of object/model.

Table Of Contents

• Quick Start
• Arguments
• Function response
• NPM Commands
• Status
• Contributing

Quick Start

Follow the next steps to install this module into your nodejs app.

1. Install the NPM module

   npm install --save @ealvarez/js-model-validator

2. Create a JSON config file my.config.json.

   {
       "fillWithDefaults": false,
       "keys": {
           "name": {
               "required": true,
               "type": "string",
               "default": ""
           },
               "lastname": {
               "required": false,
               "type": "string",
               "default": ""
           },
           "phone": {
               "required": true,
               "type": "number",
               "default": ""
           }
       }
   }

3. Add module and config to your.file.js.

   var modelConfig = require('./my.config.json');
   var validate = require('@ealvarez/js-model-validator');

4. Add object we want to validate and call function.

   var modelConfig = require('./my.config.json');
   var validate = require('@ealvarez/js-model-validator');
   var personObj = {
       name: 'John',
       lastname: 'Wick',
       age: 55,
       job: 'driver'
   };
   
   var validationResponse = validate(personObj, modelConfig);
   console.log(validationResponse);
   /* this should log:
   {
       valid: false,
       neededKeys: [ 'phone' ],
       extraKeys: [ 'age', 'job' ],
       wrongTypeKeys: [],
       model: {
           name: 'John',
           lastname: 'Wick'
       }
   }
   */

Arguments

This are the arguments you need to pass to the validate function.

Function response

Response object:

{
    "valid": true,
    "neededKeys": [],
    "extraKeys": [],
    "wrongTypeKeys": [],
    "model": {}
}

NPM Commands

npm run test    ~ Runs unit tests and code coverage
npm run demo    ~ Runs demo app

Status

• Project's issue tracker
• Pull requests

Contributing

Thanks for creating this tool even better!, please clone this repo and create a PR.