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- /*
- Package validator implements value validations for structs and individual fields
- based on tags.
- It can also handle Cross-Field and Cross-Struct validation for nested structs
- and has the ability to dive into arrays and maps of any type.
- see more examples https://github.com/go-playground/validator/tree/v9/_examples
- Validation Functions Return Type error
- Doing things this way is actually the way the standard library does, see the
- file.Open method here:
- https://golang.org/pkg/os/#Open.
- The authors return type "error" to avoid the issue discussed in the following,
- where err is always != nil:
- http://stackoverflow.com/a/29138676/3158232
- https://github.com/go-playground/validator/issues/134
- Validator only InvalidValidationError for bad validation input, nil or
- ValidationErrors as type error; so, in your code all you need to do is check
- if the error returned is not nil, and if it's not check if error is
- InvalidValidationError ( if necessary, most of the time it isn't ) type cast
- it to type ValidationErrors like so err.(validator.ValidationErrors).
- Custom Validation Functions
- Custom Validation functions can be added. Example:
- // Structure
- func customFunc(fl FieldLevel) bool {
- if fl.Field().String() == "invalid" {
- return false
- }
- return true
- }
- validate.RegisterValidation("custom tag name", customFunc)
- // NOTES: using the same tag name as an existing function
- // will overwrite the existing one
- Cross-Field Validation
- Cross-Field Validation can be done via the following tags:
- - eqfield
- - nefield
- - gtfield
- - gtefield
- - ltfield
- - ltefield
- - eqcsfield
- - necsfield
- - gtcsfield
- - gtecsfield
- - ltcsfield
- - ltecsfield
- If, however, some custom cross-field validation is required, it can be done
- using a custom validation.
- Why not just have cross-fields validation tags (i.e. only eqcsfield and not
- eqfield)?
- The reason is efficiency. If you want to check a field within the same struct
- "eqfield" only has to find the field on the same struct (1 level). But, if we
- used "eqcsfield" it could be multiple levels down. Example:
- type Inner struct {
- StartDate time.Time
- }
- type Outer struct {
- InnerStructField *Inner
- CreatedAt time.Time `validate:"ltecsfield=InnerStructField.StartDate"`
- }
- now := time.Now()
- inner := &Inner{
- StartDate: now,
- }
- outer := &Outer{
- InnerStructField: inner,
- CreatedAt: now,
- }
- errs := validate.Struct(outer)
- // NOTE: when calling validate.Struct(val) topStruct will be the top level struct passed
- // into the function
- // when calling validate.FieldWithValue(val, field, tag) val will be
- // whatever you pass, struct, field...
- // when calling validate.Field(field, tag) val will be nil
- Multiple Validators
- Multiple validators on a field will process in the order defined. Example:
- type Test struct {
- Field `validate:"max=10,min=1"`
- }
- // max will be checked then min
- Bad Validator definitions are not handled by the library. Example:
- type Test struct {
- Field `validate:"min=10,max=0"`
- }
- // this definition of min max will never succeed
- Using Validator Tags
- Baked In Cross-Field validation only compares fields on the same struct.
- If Cross-Field + Cross-Struct validation is needed you should implement your
- own custom validator.
- Comma (",") is the default separator of validation tags. If you wish to
- have a comma included within the parameter (i.e. excludesall=,) you will need to
- use the UTF-8 hex representation 0x2C, which is replaced in the code as a comma,
- so the above will become excludesall=0x2C.
- type Test struct {
- Field `validate:"excludesall=,"` // BAD! Do not include a comma.
- Field `validate:"excludesall=0x2C"` // GOOD! Use the UTF-8 hex representation.
- }
- Pipe ("|") is the default separator of validation tags. If you wish to
- have a pipe included within the parameter i.e. excludesall=| you will need to
- use the UTF-8 hex representation 0x7C, which is replaced in the code as a pipe,
- so the above will become excludesall=0x7C
- type Test struct {
- Field `validate:"excludesall=|"` // BAD! Do not include a a pipe!
- Field `validate:"excludesall=0x7C"` // GOOD! Use the UTF-8 hex representation.
- }
- Baked In Validators and Tags
- Here is a list of the current built in validators:
- Skip Field
- Tells the validation to skip this struct field; this is particularly
- handy in ignoring embedded structs from being validated. (Usage: -)
- Usage: -
- Or Operator
- This is the 'or' operator allowing multiple validators to be used and
- accepted. (Usage: rbg|rgba) <-- this would allow either rgb or rgba
- colors to be accepted. This can also be combined with 'and' for example
- ( Usage: omitempty,rgb|rgba)
- Usage: |
- StructOnly
- When a field that is a nested struct is encountered, and contains this flag
- any validation on the nested struct will be run, but none of the nested
- struct fields will be validated. This is usefull if inside of you program
- you know the struct will be valid, but need to verify it has been assigned.
- NOTE: only "required" and "omitempty" can be used on a struct itself.
- Usage: structonly
- NoStructLevel
- Same as structonly tag except that any struct level validations will not run.
- Usage: nostructlevel
- Omit Empty
- Allows conditional validation, for example if a field is not set with
- a value (Determined by the "required" validator) then other validation
- such as min or max won't run, but if a value is set validation will run.
- Usage: omitempty
- Dive
- This tells the validator to dive into a slice, array or map and validate that
- level of the slice, array or map with the validation tags that follow.
- Multidimensional nesting is also supported, each level you wish to dive will
- require another dive tag. dive has some sub-tags, 'keys' & 'endkeys', please see
- the Keys & EndKeys section just below.
- Usage: dive
- Example #1
- [][]string with validation tag "gt=0,dive,len=1,dive,required"
- // gt=0 will be applied to []
- // len=1 will be applied to []string
- // required will be applied to string
- Example #2
- [][]string with validation tag "gt=0,dive,dive,required"
- // gt=0 will be applied to []
- // []string will be spared validation
- // required will be applied to string
- Keys & EndKeys
- These are to be used together directly after the dive tag and tells the validator
- that anything between 'keys' and 'endkeys' applies to the keys of a map and not the
- values; think of it like the 'dive' tag, but for map keys instead of values.
- Multidimensional nesting is also supported, each level you wish to validate will
- require another 'keys' and 'endkeys' tag. These tags are only valid for maps.
- Usage: dive,keys,othertagvalidation(s),endkeys,valuevalidationtags
- Example #1
- map[string]string with validation tag "gt=0,dive,keys,eg=1|eq=2,endkeys,required"
- // gt=0 will be applied to the map itself
- // eg=1|eq=2 will be applied to the map keys
- // required will be applied to map values
- Example #2
- map[[2]string]string with validation tag "gt=0,dive,keys,dive,eq=1|eq=2,endkeys,required"
- // gt=0 will be applied to the map itself
- // eg=1|eq=2 will be applied to each array element in the the map keys
- // required will be applied to map values
- Required
- This validates that the value is not the data types default zero value.
- For numbers ensures value is not zero. For strings ensures value is
- not "". For slices, maps, pointers, interfaces, channels and functions
- ensures the value is not nil.
- Usage: required
- Is Default
- This validates that the value is the default value and is almost the
- opposite of required.
- Usage: isdefault
- Length
- For numbers, length will ensure that the value is
- equal to the parameter given. For strings, it checks that
- the string length is exactly that number of characters. For slices,
- arrays, and maps, validates the number of items.
- Usage: len=10
- Maximum
- For numbers, max will ensure that the value is
- less than or equal to the parameter given. For strings, it checks
- that the string length is at most that number of characters. For
- slices, arrays, and maps, validates the number of items.
- Usage: max=10
- Minimum
- For numbers, min will ensure that the value is
- greater or equal to the parameter given. For strings, it checks that
- the string length is at least that number of characters. For slices,
- arrays, and maps, validates the number of items.
- Usage: min=10
- Equals
- For strings & numbers, eq will ensure that the value is
- equal to the parameter given. For slices, arrays, and maps,
- validates the number of items.
- Usage: eq=10
- Not Equal
- For strings & numbers, ne will ensure that the value is not
- equal to the parameter given. For slices, arrays, and maps,
- validates the number of items.
- Usage: ne=10
- Greater Than
- For numbers, this will ensure that the value is greater than the
- parameter given. For strings, it checks that the string length
- is greater than that number of characters. For slices, arrays
- and maps it validates the number of items.
- Example #1
- Usage: gt=10
- Example #2 (time.Time)
- For time.Time ensures the time value is greater than time.Now.UTC().
- Usage: gt
- Greater Than or Equal
- Same as 'min' above. Kept both to make terminology with 'len' easier.
- Example #1
- Usage: gte=10
- Example #2 (time.Time)
- For time.Time ensures the time value is greater than or equal to time.Now.UTC().
- Usage: gte
- Less Than
- For numbers, this will ensure that the value is less than the parameter given.
- For strings, it checks that the string length is less than that number of
- characters. For slices, arrays, and maps it validates the number of items.
- Example #1
- Usage: lt=10
- Example #2 (time.Time)
- For time.Time ensures the time value is less than time.Now.UTC().
- Usage: lt
- Less Than or Equal
- Same as 'max' above. Kept both to make terminology with 'len' easier.
- Example #1
- Usage: lte=10
- Example #2 (time.Time)
- For time.Time ensures the time value is less than or equal to time.Now.UTC().
- Usage: lte
- Field Equals Another Field
- This will validate the field value against another fields value either within
- a struct or passed in field.
- Example #1:
- // Validation on Password field using:
- Usage: eqfield=ConfirmPassword
- Example #2:
- // Validating by field:
- validate.FieldWithValue(password, confirmpassword, "eqfield")
- Field Equals Another Field (relative)
- This does the same as eqfield except that it validates the field provided relative
- to the top level struct.
- Usage: eqcsfield=InnerStructField.Field)
- Field Does Not Equal Another Field
- This will validate the field value against another fields value either within
- a struct or passed in field.
- Examples:
- // Confirm two colors are not the same:
- //
- // Validation on Color field:
- Usage: nefield=Color2
- // Validating by field:
- validate.FieldWithValue(color1, color2, "nefield")
- Field Does Not Equal Another Field (relative)
- This does the same as nefield except that it validates the field provided
- relative to the top level struct.
- Usage: necsfield=InnerStructField.Field
- Field Greater Than Another Field
- Only valid for Numbers and time.Time types, this will validate the field value
- against another fields value either within a struct or passed in field.
- usage examples are for validation of a Start and End date:
- Example #1:
- // Validation on End field using:
- validate.Struct Usage(gtfield=Start)
- Example #2:
- // Validating by field:
- validate.FieldWithValue(start, end, "gtfield")
- Field Greater Than Another Relative Field
- This does the same as gtfield except that it validates the field provided
- relative to the top level struct.
- Usage: gtcsfield=InnerStructField.Field
- Field Greater Than or Equal To Another Field
- Only valid for Numbers and time.Time types, this will validate the field value
- against another fields value either within a struct or passed in field.
- usage examples are for validation of a Start and End date:
- Example #1:
- // Validation on End field using:
- validate.Struct Usage(gtefield=Start)
- Example #2:
- // Validating by field:
- validate.FieldWithValue(start, end, "gtefield")
- Field Greater Than or Equal To Another Relative Field
- This does the same as gtefield except that it validates the field provided relative
- to the top level struct.
- Usage: gtecsfield=InnerStructField.Field
- Less Than Another Field
- Only valid for Numbers and time.Time types, this will validate the field value
- against another fields value either within a struct or passed in field.
- usage examples are for validation of a Start and End date:
- Example #1:
- // Validation on End field using:
- validate.Struct Usage(ltfield=Start)
- Example #2:
- // Validating by field:
- validate.FieldWithValue(start, end, "ltfield")
- Less Than Another Relative Field
- This does the same as ltfield except that it validates the field provided relative
- to the top level struct.
- Usage: ltcsfield=InnerStructField.Field
- Less Than or Equal To Another Field
- Only valid for Numbers and time.Time types, this will validate the field value
- against another fields value either within a struct or passed in field.
- usage examples are for validation of a Start and End date:
- Example #1:
- // Validation on End field using:
- validate.Struct Usage(ltefield=Start)
- Example #2:
- // Validating by field:
- validate.FieldWithValue(start, end, "ltefield")
- Less Than or Equal To Another Relative Field
- This does the same as ltefield except that it validates the field provided relative
- to the top level struct.
- Usage: ltecsfield=InnerStructField.Field
- Unique
- For arrays & slices, unique will ensure that there are no duplicates.
- Usage: unique
- Alpha Only
- This validates that a string value contains ASCII alpha characters only
- Usage: alpha
- Alphanumeric
- This validates that a string value contains ASCII alphanumeric characters only
- Usage: alphanum
- Alpha Unicode
- This validates that a string value contains unicode alpha characters only
- Usage: alphaunicode
- Alphanumeric Unicode
- This validates that a string value contains unicode alphanumeric characters only
- Usage: alphanumunicode
- Numeric
- This validates that a string value contains a basic numeric value.
- basic excludes exponents etc...
- Usage: numeric
- Hexadecimal String
- This validates that a string value contains a valid hexadecimal.
- Usage: hexadecimal
- Hexcolor String
- This validates that a string value contains a valid hex color including
- hashtag (#)
- Usage: hexcolor
- RGB String
- This validates that a string value contains a valid rgb color
- Usage: rgb
- RGBA String
- This validates that a string value contains a valid rgba color
- Usage: rgba
- HSL String
- This validates that a string value contains a valid hsl color
- Usage: hsl
- HSLA String
- This validates that a string value contains a valid hsla color
- Usage: hsla
- E-mail String
- This validates that a string value contains a valid email
- This may not conform to all possibilities of any rfc standard, but neither
- does any email provider accept all posibilities.
- Usage: email
- URL String
- This validates that a string value contains a valid url
- This will accept any url the golang request uri accepts but must contain
- a schema for example http:// or rtmp://
- Usage: url
- URI String
- This validates that a string value contains a valid uri
- This will accept any uri the golang request uri accepts
- Usage: uri
- Base64 String
- This validates that a string value contains a valid base64 value.
- Although an empty string is valid base64 this will report an empty string
- as an error, if you wish to accept an empty string as valid you can use
- this with the omitempty tag.
- Usage: base64
- Contains
- This validates that a string value contains the substring value.
- Usage: contains=@
- Contains Any
- This validates that a string value contains any Unicode code points
- in the substring value.
- Usage: containsany=!@#?
- Contains Rune
- This validates that a string value contains the supplied rune value.
- Usage: containsrune=@
- Excludes
- This validates that a string value does not contain the substring value.
- Usage: excludes=@
- Excludes All
- This validates that a string value does not contain any Unicode code
- points in the substring value.
- Usage: excludesall=!@#?
- Excludes Rune
- This validates that a string value does not contain the supplied rune value.
- Usage: excludesrune=@
- International Standard Book Number
- This validates that a string value contains a valid isbn10 or isbn13 value.
- Usage: isbn
- International Standard Book Number 10
- This validates that a string value contains a valid isbn10 value.
- Usage: isbn10
- International Standard Book Number 13
- This validates that a string value contains a valid isbn13 value.
- Usage: isbn13
- Universally Unique Identifier UUID
- This validates that a string value contains a valid UUID.
- Usage: uuid
- Universally Unique Identifier UUID v3
- This validates that a string value contains a valid version 3 UUID.
- Usage: uuid3
- Universally Unique Identifier UUID v4
- This validates that a string value contains a valid version 4 UUID.
- Usage: uuid4
- Universally Unique Identifier UUID v5
- This validates that a string value contains a valid version 5 UUID.
- Usage: uuid5
- ASCII
- This validates that a string value contains only ASCII characters.
- NOTE: if the string is blank, this validates as true.
- Usage: ascii
- Printable ASCII
- This validates that a string value contains only printable ASCII characters.
- NOTE: if the string is blank, this validates as true.
- Usage: printascii
- Multi-Byte Characters
- This validates that a string value contains one or more multibyte characters.
- NOTE: if the string is blank, this validates as true.
- Usage: multibyte
- Data URL
- This validates that a string value contains a valid DataURI.
- NOTE: this will also validate that the data portion is valid base64
- Usage: datauri
- Latitude
- This validates that a string value contains a valid latitude.
- Usage: latitude
- Longitude
- This validates that a string value contains a valid longitude.
- Usage: longitude
- Social Security Number SSN
- This validates that a string value contains a valid U.S. Social Security Number.
- Usage: ssn
- Internet Protocol Address IP
- This validates that a string value contains a valid IP Adress.
- Usage: ip
- Internet Protocol Address IPv4
- This validates that a string value contains a valid v4 IP Adress.
- Usage: ipv4
- Internet Protocol Address IPv6
- This validates that a string value contains a valid v6 IP Adress.
- Usage: ipv6
- Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIDR
- This validates that a string value contains a valid CIDR Adress.
- Usage: cidr
- Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIDRv4
- This validates that a string value contains a valid v4 CIDR Adress.
- Usage: cidrv4
- Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIDRv6
- This validates that a string value contains a valid v6 CIDR Adress.
- Usage: cidrv6
- Transmission Control Protocol Address TCP
- This validates that a string value contains a valid resolvable TCP Adress.
- Usage: tcp_addr
- Transmission Control Protocol Address TCPv4
- This validates that a string value contains a valid resolvable v4 TCP Adress.
- Usage: tcp4_addr
- Transmission Control Protocol Address TCPv6
- This validates that a string value contains a valid resolvable v6 TCP Adress.
- Usage: tcp6_addr
- User Datagram Protocol Address UDP
- This validates that a string value contains a valid resolvable UDP Adress.
- Usage: udp_addr
- User Datagram Protocol Address UDPv4
- This validates that a string value contains a valid resolvable v4 UDP Adress.
- Usage: udp4_addr
- User Datagram Protocol Address UDPv6
- This validates that a string value contains a valid resolvable v6 UDP Adress.
- Usage: udp6_addr
- Internet Protocol Address IP
- This validates that a string value contains a valid resolvable IP Adress.
- Usage: ip_addr
- Internet Protocol Address IPv4
- This validates that a string value contains a valid resolvable v4 IP Adress.
- Usage: ip4_addr
- Internet Protocol Address IPv6
- This validates that a string value contains a valid resolvable v6 IP Adress.
- Usage: ip6_addr
- Unix domain socket end point Address
- This validates that a string value contains a valid Unix Adress.
- Usage: unix_addr
- Media Access Control Address MAC
- This validates that a string value contains a valid MAC Adress.
- Usage: mac
- Note: See Go's ParseMAC for accepted formats and types:
- http://golang.org/src/net/mac.go?s=866:918#L29
- Hostname
- This validates that a string value is a valid Hostname
- Usage: hostname
- Full Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
- This validates that a string value contains a valid FQDN.
- Usage: fqdn
- Alias Validators and Tags
- NOTE: When returning an error, the tag returned in "FieldError" will be
- the alias tag unless the dive tag is part of the alias. Everything after the
- dive tag is not reported as the alias tag. Also, the "ActualTag" in the before
- case will be the actual tag within the alias that failed.
- Here is a list of the current built in alias tags:
- "iscolor"
- alias is "hexcolor|rgb|rgba|hsl|hsla" (Usage: iscolor)
- Validator notes:
- regex
- a regex validator won't be added because commas and = signs can be part
- of a regex which conflict with the validation definitions. Although
- workarounds can be made, they take away from using pure regex's.
- Furthermore it's quick and dirty but the regex's become harder to
- maintain and are not reusable, so it's as much a programming philosiphy
- as anything.
- In place of this new validator functions should be created; a regex can
- be used within the validator function and even be precompiled for better
- efficiency within regexes.go.
- And the best reason, you can submit a pull request and we can keep on
- adding to the validation library of this package!
- Panics
- This package panics when bad input is provided, this is by design, bad code like
- that should not make it to production.
- type Test struct {
- TestField string `validate:"nonexistantfunction=1"`
- }
- t := &Test{
- TestField: "Test"
- }
- validate.Struct(t) // this will panic
- */
- package validator
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