express validator

1// this method create custom express validator using middleware
2
3const { validationResult, check } = require('express-validator')
4
5exports.resultsValidator = (req) => {
6  const messages = []
7  if (!validationResult(req).isEmpty()) {
8    const errors = validationResult(req).array()
9    for (const i of errors) {
10      messages.push(i)
11    }
12  }
13  return messages
14}
15
16exports.registerValidator = () => {
17  return [
18    check('username')
19      .notEmpty()
20      .withMessage('username is required')
21      .not()
22      .custom((val) => /[^A-za-z0-9\s]/g.test(val))
23      .withMessage('Username not use uniq characters'),
24    check('password')
25      .notEmpty()
26      .withMessage('password is required')
27      .isLength({ min: 8 })
28      .withMessage('password must be 8 characters')
29  ]
30}
31
32exports.loginValidator = () => {
33  return [
34    check('username').notEmpty().withMessage('username or email is required'),
35    check('password').notEmpty().withMessage('password is required')
36  ]
37}
38
39// how to use express validator in controller for results message
40const errors = resultsValidator(req)
41  if (errors.length > 0) {
42    return res.status(400).json({
43      method: req.method,
44      status: res.statusCode,
45      error: errors
46    })
47  }
48
49// how to use express validator in route
50route.post('/login', loginValidator(), (req, res) => {
51   return res.status(200).send('Login Sucessfuly');
52});
53
54route.post('/register', registerValidator(), (req, res) => {
55   return res.status(200).send('Register Sucessfuly');
56});

1npm install --save express-validator
2

1import { Request } from 'express'
2import { check, validationResult, ValidationError, ValidationChain, Result, Meta } from 'express-validator'
3
4export const expressValidator = (req: Request): ValidationError[] => {
5	const errors: Result<ValidationError> = validationResult(req)
6
7	const messages: ValidationError[] = []
8	if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
9		for (const i of errors.array()) {
10			messages.push(i)
11		}
12	}
13	return messages
14}
15
16export const registerValidator = (): ValidationChain[] => [
17	check('firstName').notEmpty().withMessage('firstName is required'),
18	check('firstName')
19		.not()
20		.custom((val: string) => /[^a-zA-Z]/gi.test(val))
21		.withMessage('firstName cannot include unique character'),
22	check('lastName').notEmpty().withMessage('lastName is required'),
23	check('lastName')
24		.not()
25		.custom((val: string) => /[^a-zA-Z]/gi.test(val))
26		.withMessage('lastName cannot include unique character'),
27	check('email').notEmpty().withMessage('email is required'),
28	check('email').isEmail().withMessage('email is not valid'),
29	check('password').notEmpty().withMessage('password is required'),
30	check('password').isLength({ min: 8 }).withMessage('password must be at least 8 characters'),
31	check('location').notEmpty().withMessage('location is required'),
32	check('location')
33		.not()
34		.custom((val: string) => /[^a-zA-Z]/gi.test(val))
35		.withMessage('location cannot include unique character'),
36	check('phone').notEmpty().withMessage('phone is required'),
37	check('phone').isLength({ min: 10 }).withMessage('phone number must be at least 10 characters'),
38	check('phone').isLength({ max: 12 }).withMessage('phone number must be at least 12 characters'),
39	check('phone').isMobilePhone('id-ID').withMessage('phone number is not valid')
40]
41
42export const loginValidator = (): ValidationChain[] => [
43	check('email').notEmpty().withMessage('email is required'),
44	check('email').isEmail().withMessage('email is not valid'),
45	check('password').notEmpty().withMessage('pasword is required')
46]
47
48export const emailValidator = (): ValidationChain[] => [
49	check('email').notEmpty().withMessage('email is required'),
50	check('email').isEmail().withMessage('email is not valid')
51]
52
53export const tokenValidator = (): ValidationChain[] => [
54	check('token').notEmpty().withMessage('token is required'),
55	check('token').isBase64().withMessage('token is not valid')
56]
57
58export const passwordValidator = (): ValidationChain[] => [
59	check('password').notEmpty().withMessage('password is required'),
60	check('password').isLength({ min: 8 }).withMessage('password must be at least 8 characters'),
61	check('password')
62		.not()
63		.custom((value: string, { req }: Meta) => req.body.cpassword !== value)
64		.withMessage('confirm password is not match with password'),
65	check('cpassword').notEmpty().withMessage('cpassword is required'),
66	check('cpassword').isLength({ min: 8 }).withMessage('cpassword must be at least 8 characters')
67]

1app.post('/form', [
2  check('name').isLength({ min: 3 }),
3  check('email').isEmail(),
4  check('age').isNumeric()
5], (req, res) => {
6  const errors = validationResult(req)
7  if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
8    return res.status(422).json({ errors: errors.array() })
9  }
10
11  const name  = req.body.name
12  const email = req.body.email
13  const age   = req.body.age
14})
15

1const { check } = require('express-validator');
2
3app.post(
4  '/user',
5  // ...some other validations...
6  check('password')
7    .isLength({ min: 5 })
8    .withMessage('must be at least 5 chars long')
9    .matches(/\d/)
10    .withMessage('must contain a number'),
11  (req, res) => {
12    // Handle the request somehow
13  },
14);
15

1// ...rest of the initial code omitted for simplicity.
2const { body, validationResult } = require('express-validator');
3
4app.post('/user', [
5  // username must be an email
6  body('username').isEmail(),
7  // password must be at least 5 chars long
8  body('password').isLength({ min: 5 })
9], (req, res) => {
10  // Finds the validation errors in this request and wraps them in an object with handy functions
11  const errors = validationResult(req);
12  if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
13    return res.status(422).json({ errors: errors.array() });
14  }
15
16  User.create({
17    username: req.body.username,
18    password: req.body.password
19  }).then(user => res.json(user));
20});
21