A package of validators and sanitizers for strings, structs and collections. Based on [validator.js](https://github.com/chriso/validator.js).
@ -12,20 +11,86 @@ Type the following command in your terminal:
go get github.com/asaskevich/govalidator
or you can get specified release of the package with `gopkg.in`:
go get gopkg.in/asaskevich/govalidator.v4
After it the package is ready to use.
#### Import package in your project
Add following line in your `*.go` file:
```go
import "github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
```
If you unhappy to use long `govalidator`, you can do something like this:
If you are unhappy to use long `govalidator`, you can do something like this:
```go
import (
valid "github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
valid "github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
)
```
#### Activate behavior to require all fields have a validation tag by default
`SetFieldsRequiredByDefault` causes validation to fail when struct fields do not include validations or are not explicitly marked as exempt (using `valid:"-"` or `valid:"email,optional"`). A good place to activate this is a package init function or the main() function.
```go
import "github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
func init() {
govalidator.SetFieldsRequiredByDefault(true)
}
```
Here's some code to explain it:
```go
// this struct definition will fail govalidator.ValidateStruct() (and the field values do not matter):
type exampleStruct struct {
Name string ``
Email string `valid:"email"`
}
// this, however, will only fail when Email is empty or an invalid email address:
type exampleStruct2 struct {
Name string `valid:"-"`
Email string `valid:"email"`
}
// lastly, this will only fail when Email is an invalid email address but not when it's empty:
type exampleStruct2 struct {
Name string `valid:"-"`
Email string `valid:"email,optional"`
}
```
#### Recent breaking changes (see [#123](https://github.com/asaskevich/govalidator/pull/123))
##### Custom validator function signature
A context was added as the second parameter, for structs this is the object being validated – this makes dependent validation possible.
```go
import "github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
// old signature
func(i interface{}) bool
// new signature
func(i interface{}, o interface{}) bool
```
##### Adding a custom validator
This was changed to prevent data races when accessing custom validators.
```go
import "github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
// before
govalidator.CustomTypeTagMap["customByteArrayValidator"] = CustomTypeValidator(func(i interface{}, o interface{}) bool {
// ...
})
// after
govalidator.CustomTypeTagMap.Set("customByteArrayValidator", CustomTypeValidator(func(i interface{}, o interface{}) bool {
Custom validation using your own domain specific validators is also available - here's an example of how to use it:
```go
import "github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
type CustomByteArray [6]byte // custom types are supported and can be validated
type StructWithCustomByteArray struct {
ID CustomByteArray `valid:"customByteArrayValidator,customMinLengthValidator"` // multiple custom validators are possible as well and will be evaluated in sequence
returnfalse,Error{t.Name,fmt.Errorf("%s does not validate as %s",fmt.Sprint(v),tagOptions[0]),false}
customTypeErrors=append(customTypeErrors,Error{Name:t.Name,Err:fmt.Errorf("%s does not validate as %s",fmt.Sprint(v),validatorName),CustomErrorMessageExists:false})
}
returntrue,nil
}
}
ifcustomTypeValidatorsExist{
iflen(customTypeErrors.Errors())>0{
returnfalse,customTypeErrors
}
returntrue,nil
}
ifisEmptyValue(v){
// an empty value is not validated, check only required
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