check-more-types

What is check-more-types?

The check-more-types npm package provides a variety of type checking and assertion functions that enhance JavaScript's type testing capabilities. It offers a wide range of predicates for more precise type validation, making it easier to enforce type safety in JavaScript applications.

What are check-more-types's main functionalities?

Primitive type checks

This feature allows for checking JavaScript's primitive types such as strings, numbers, and booleans. It's useful for basic type validation.

const check = require('check-more-types');

// checks if a value is a string
check.string('hello'); // true

// checks if a value is a number
check.number(42); // true

Complex type checks

This feature extends the library's capabilities to more complex types, such as arrays of specific types or objects matching a schema. It's particularly useful for validating data structures.

const check = require('check-more-types');

// checks if a value is an array of strings
check.arrayOfStrings(['hello', 'world']); // true

// checks if a value is an object with specific properties
check.schema({
  name: check.string,
  age: check.number
})({ name: 'John', age: 30 }); // true

Custom predicates

check-more-types allows for the creation of custom predicates, enhancing its flexibility and allowing users to define their own specific type checks.

const check = require('check-more-types');

// defines a custom predicate for checking if a number is even
check.mixin({
  even: function (n) { return check.number(n) && n % 2 === 0; }
});

// uses the custom predicate
check.even(42); // true

Other packages similar to check-more-types

joi

Joi is a powerful schema description language and data validator for JavaScript. Compared to check-more-types, Joi offers a more comprehensive API for defining complex validation schemas, making it better suited for validating nested objects and complex data structures.

prop-types

Prop-types is a library for type checking React component props. While check-more-types is more general-purpose, prop-types is specifically designed for React applications, offering a straightforward way to ensure components receive props of the correct type.

validator

Validator is a library that provides string validation and sanitization. Unlike check-more-types, which offers a broad range of type checks, Validator focuses on string validation, offering functions for format validation, sanitization, and more.

README

check-more-types

Large collection of predicates, inspired by check-types.js

See Readable conditions for advice and examples.

Install

node: npm install check-more-types --save

var check = require('check-more-types');
console.assert(check.bit(1), 'check.bit works');

browser bower install check-more-types --save

<script src="check-more-types.js"></script>

• API
  • check.email
  • check.extension (alias check.ext)
  • check.odd and check.even
  • check.port
  • check.systemPort
  • check.userPort
  • check.error
  • check.https (alias secure)
  • check.http
  • check.webUrl (alias url)
  • check.contains
  • check.defined
  • check.semver
  • check.positiveNumber (alias check.positive)
  • check.negativeNumber (alias check.negative)
  • check.type
  • check.bit
  • check.primitive
  • check.zero
  • check.git
  • check.commitId
  • check.shortCommitId
  • check.index
  • check.oneOf
  • check.same
  • check.length
  • check.sameLength
  • check.allSame
  • check.unit
  • check.hexRgb
  • check.bool
  • check.emptyString
  • check.empty
  • check.unempty
  • check.unemptyArray
  • check.arrayOfStrings (alias strings)
  • check.numbers
  • check.arrayOf
  • check.badItems
  • check.arrayOfArraysOfStrings
  • check.lowerCase
  • check.has(obj, property)
  • check.all
  • check.schema
  • check.schema bind
  • schema composition
  • check.raises(fn, validator)
• Modifiers
  • check.maybe
  • check.not
  • check.verify
• Adding your own predicates
  • check.mixin(predicate, name)
  • check.mixin does not override
• Defending a function
  • check.defend(fn, predicates)
  • protects optional arguments
  • check.defend with messages
  • check.defend in module pattern
• Safe callback execution
  • check.then
  • check.found
  • check.regexp
  • check.promise
  • check.validDate
  • check.equal
  • check.or
  • check.and

check.number

check.number is part of the check-types library, but as a note, it does not pass null, undefined or NaN values

check.number(null); // false
check.not.number(undefined); // true
check.number(NaN); // false

check.email

Really simple regex email check. Should not be relied to be robust.

check.email('[e-mail]') // true
check.email('me.foo.bar') // false

check.extension (alias check.ext)

Confirms that given file name has expected extension

check.extension('txt', 'foo/bar.txt') // true

It is curried, so you can create convenient methods

const isJs = check.extension('js')
isJs('script.js') // true

There are a couple of convenient shortcuts, like check.isJs, check.isJson, check.isJpg

check.odd and check.even

Check if a number odd or even

check.odd(2) // false
check.odd(3) // true
check.even(2) // true

check.port

Returns true if passed argument is positive number less or equal to largest allowed port number 65535

check.systemPort

Returns true if passed argument is number between 0 and 1024

check.userPort

Returns true if passed argument is a port number and larger than 1024

check.error

Returns true if given argument is an instance of type Error

check.https (alias secure)

Returns true if the provided url starts with https://. Alias secure.

check.http

Returns true if the provided url starts with http://

check.webUrl (alias url)

Returns true if the given string is http or https url.

check.contains

Returns true if given array contains an item, or given string contains substring.

check.contains(['foo', 42], 'foo'); // true
check.contains('apple', 'pp'); // true

check.defined

check.defined(0); // true
check.defined(1); // true
check.defined(true); // true
check.defined(false); // true
check.defined(null); // true
check.defined(''); // true
check.defined(); // false
check.defined(root.doesNotExist); // false
check.defined({}.doesNotExist); // false

---

check.semver

check.semver('1.0.2'); // true
check.semver('1.0.2-alpha'); // false

---

check.positiveNumber (alias check.positive)

check.positive(100); // true
check.not.positive(-1); // true

---

check.negativeNumber (alias check.negative)

check.negative(-10); // true
check.not.negativeNumber(1); // true

---

check.type

check.type('string', 'foo'); // true
check.type('number', 42); // true

check.type is curried.

---

check.bit

check.bit(0); // true
check.bit(1); // true
check.bit('1'); // false
check.bit(2); // false
check.bit(true); // false

---

check.primitive

Returns true for primitive JavaScript types

check.primitive(42); // true
check.primitive(true); // true
check.primitive('foo'); // true
check.primitive([]); // false

Also returns true for Symbol ES6 syntax.

---

check.zero

check.zero(0); // true
check.zero(); // false
check.zero(null); // false

---

check.git

check.git('url string');

---

check.commitId

---

check.shortCommitId

---

check.index

---

check.oneOf

var colors = ['red', 'green', 'blue'];
var color = 'green';
check.oneOf(colors, color); // true
check.oneOf(colors, 'brown'); // false

Function is curried

---

check.same

var foo = {}
var bar = {}
check.same(foo, foo); // true
check.same(foo, bar); // false
// primitives are compared by value
check.same(0, 0); // true
check.same('foo', 'foo'); // true

check.same should produce same result as ===.

---

check.length

Confirms length of a string or an Array. The function is curried and can guess the argument order

check.length([1, 2], 2); // true
check.length('foo', 3); // true
// argument order
check.length(3, 'foo'); // true
// curried call
check.length('foo')(3); // true
check.length(3)('foo'); // true

---

check.sameLength

check.sameLength([1, 2], ['a', 'b']); // true
check.sameLength('ab', 'cd'); // true
// different types
check.sameLength([1, 2], 'ab'); // false

---

check.allSame

var foo = {}
var bar = {}
check.allSame([foo, foo, foo]); // true
check.allSame([foo, foo, bar]); // false
// primitives are compared by value
check.allSame([0, 0]); // true
check.allSame(['foo', 'foo', 'foo']); // true
check.allSame([false, 0]); // false

---

check.unit

check.unit(0); // true
check.unit(1); // true
check.unit(0.1); // true
check.unit(1.2); // false
check.unit(-0.1); // false

---

check.hexRgb

check.hexRgb('#FF00FF'); // true
check.hexRgb('#000'); // true
check.hexRgb('#aaffed'); // true
check.hexRgb('#00aaffed'); // false
check.hexRgb('aaffed'); // false

---

check.bool

check.bool(true); // true
check.bool(false); // true
check.bool(0); // false
check.bool(1); // false
check.bool('1'); // false
check.bool(2); // false

---

check.emptyString

check.emptyString(''); // true
check.emptyString(' '); // false
check.emptyString(0); // false
check.emptyString([]); // false

---

check.empty

check.empty([]); // true
check.empty(''); // true
check.empty({}); // true
check.empty(0); // false
check.empty(['foo']); // false

---

check.unempty

check.unempty([]); // false
check.unempty(''); // false
check.unempty({}); // false
check.unempty(0); // true
check.unempty(['foo']); // true
check.unempty('foo'); // true

---

check.unemptyArray

check.unemptyArray(null); // false
check.unemptyArray(1); // false
check.unemptyArray({}); // false
check.unemptyArray([]); // false
check.unemptyArray(root.doesNotExist); // false
check.unemptyArray([1]); // true
check.unemptyArray(['foo', 'bar']); // true

---

check.arrayOfStrings (alias strings)

// second argument is checkLowerCase
check.arrayOfStrings(['foo', 'Foo']); // true
check.arrayOfStrings(['foo', 'Foo'], true); // false
check.arrayOfStrings(['foo', 'bar'], true); // true
check.arrayOfStrings(['FOO', 'BAR'], true); // false

---

check.numbers

Returns true if all items in an array are numbers

check.arrayOf

check.arrayOf(check.unemptyString, ['foo', '']); // false
check.arrayOf(check.unemptyString, ['foo', 'bar']); // true
// can be partially applied and combined with check.schema
var person = {
  first: check.unemptyString,
  last: check.unemptyString
};
var isPerson = check.schema.bind(null, person);
var arePeople = check.arrayOf.bind(null, isPerson);
var people = [{
  first: 'foo',
  last: 'bar'
}];
arePeople(people); // true

---

Why would you need check.arrayOf(predicate, x) and not simply use x.every(predicate)? Because x might not be an Array.

check.badItems

Finds items that do not pass predicate

check.badItems(check.unemptyString, ['foo', '', 'bar']); // ['']

check.arrayOfArraysOfStrings

// second argument is checkLowerCase
check.arrayOfArraysOfStrings([['foo'], ['bar'}}); // true
check.arrayOfArraysOfStrings([['foo'], ['bar'}}, true); // true
check.arrayOfArraysOfStrings([['foo'], ['BAR'}}, true); // false

---

check.lowerCase

check.lowerCase('foo bar'); // true
check.lowerCase('*foo ^bar'); // true
check.lowerCase('fooBar'); // false
// non-strings return false
check.lowerCase(10); // false

---

check.has(obj, property)

var obj = {
foo: 'foo',
bar: 0
}
check.has(obj, 'foo'); // true
check.has(obj, 'bar'); // true
check.has(obj, 'baz'); // false
// non-object returns false
check.has(5, 'foo'); // false
check.has('foo', 'length'); // true

---

check.all

var obj = {
  foo: 'foo',
  bar: 'bar',
  baz: 'baz'
}
var predicates = {
  foo: check.unemptyString,
  bar: function(value) {
    return value === 'bar'
  }
}
check.all(obj, predicates); // true

---

check.schema

var obj = {
foo: 'foo',
bar: 'bar',
baz: 'baz'
}
var schema = {
foo: check.unemptyString,
bar: function(value) {
return value === 'bar'
}
}
check.schema(schema, obj); // true
check.schema(schema, {}); // false

check.spec is equivalent to check.all but with arguments reversed. This makes it very convenient to create new validator functions using partial argument application

The method is curried, thus you can easily create predicate function

var hasName = check.schema({ name: check.unemptyString });
hasName({ name: 'joe' }); // true

check.schema bind

var personSchema = {
name: check.unemptyString,
age: check.positiveNumber
}
var isValidPerson = check.schema.bind(null, personSchema)
var h1 = {
name: 'joe',
age: 10
}
var h2 = {
name: 'ann'
// missing age property
}
isValidPerson(h1); // true
isValidPerson(h2); // false

If you want you can manually bind check.schema to first argument

var personSchema = {
  name: check.unemptyString,
  age: check.positiveNumber
};
var isValidPerson = check.schema.bind(null, personSchema);
var h1 = {
  name: 'joe',
  age: 10
};
var h2 = {
  name: 'ann'
    // missing age property
};
isValidPerson(h1); // true
isValidPerson(h2); // false

You can use Function.prototype.bind or any partial application method, for example _.partial(check.schema, personSchema);. Because bound schema parameter generates a valid function, you can nest checks using schema composition. For example let us combine the reuse isValidPerson as part of another check

schema composition

var teamSchema = {
manager: isValidPerson,
members: check.unemptyArray
}
var team = {
manager: {
name: 'jim',
age: 20
},
members: ['joe', 'ann']
}
check.schema(teamSchema, team); // true

---

check.raises(fn, validator)

function foo() {
throw new Error('foo')
}

function bar() {}

function isValidError(err) {
return err.message === 'foo'
}

function isInvalid(err) {
check.instance(err, Error); // true
return false
}
check.raises(foo); // true
check.raises(bar); // false
check.raises(foo, isValidError); // true
check.raises(foo, isInvalid); // false

Modifiers

Every predicate function is also added to check.maybe object. The maybe predicate passes if the argument is null or undefined, or the predicate returns true.

check.maybe

check.maybe.bool(); // true
check.maybe.bool('true'); // false
var empty
check.maybe.lowerCase(empty); // true
check.maybe.unemptyArray(); // true
check.maybe.unemptyArray([]); // false
check.maybe.unemptyArray(['foo', 'bar']); // true

Every function has a negated predicate in check.not object

check.not

check.not.bool(4); // true
check.not.bool('true'); // true
check.not.bool(true); // false

Every predicate can also throw an exception if it fails

check.verify

check.verify.arrayOfStrings(['foo', 'bar'])
check.verify.bit(1)

function nonStrings() {
  check.verify.arrayOfStrings(['Foo', 1])
}
check.raises(nonStrings); // true
function nonLowerCase() {
  check.verify.lowerCase('Foo')
}
check.raises(nonLowerCase); // true

---

Adding your own predicates

You can add new predicates to check, check.maybe, etc. by using check.mixin(predicate) method. If you do not pass a name, it will try using function's name.

check.mixin(predicate, name)

function isBar(a) {
  return a === 'bar'
}
check.mixin(isBar, 'bar')
check.bar('bar'); // true
check.bar('anything else'); // false
// supports modifiers
check.maybe.bar(); // true
check.maybe.bar('bar'); // true
check.not.bar('foo'); // true
check.not.bar('bar'); // false

Mixin will not override existing functions

check.mixin does not override

function isFoo(a) {
  return a === 'foo'
}

function isBar(a) {
  return a === 'bar'
}
check.mixin(isFoo, 'isFoo')
check.isFoo; // isFoo
check.mixin(isBar, 'isFoo')
check.isFoo; // isFoo

Defending a function

Using check-more-types you can separate the inner function logic from checking input arguments. Instead of this

function add(a, b) {
    la(check.number(a), 'first argument should be a number', a);
    la(check.number(a), 'second argument should be a number', b);
    return a + b;
}

you can use check.defend function

check.defend(fn, predicates)

function add(a, b) {
  return a + b
}
var safeAdd = check.defend(add, check.number, check.number)
add('foo', 2); // 'foo2'
// calling safeAdd('foo', 2) raises an exception
check.raises(safeAdd.bind(null, 'foo', 2)); // true

---

protects optional arguments

function add(a, b) {
  if (typeof b === 'undefined') {
    return 'foo'
  }
  return a + b
}
add(2); // 'foo'
var safeAdd = check.defend(add, check.number, check.maybe.number)
safeAdd(2, 3); // 5
safeAdd(2); // 'foo'

---

You can add extra message after a predicate

check.defend with messages

function add(a, b) {
  return a + b
}
var safeAdd = check.defend(add, check.number, 'a should be a number', check.string, 'b should be a string')
safeAdd(2, 'foo'); // '2foo'
function addNumbers() {
  return safeAdd(2, 3)
}

function checkException(err) {
  err.message; // 'Argument 2: 3 does not pass predicate: b should be a string'
  return true
}
check.raises(addNumbers, checkException); // true

---

This works great when combined with JavaScript module pattern as in this example

check.defend in module pattern

var add = (function() {
  // inner private function without any argument checks
  function add(a, b) {
      return a + b
    }
    // return defended function
  return check.defend(add, check.number, check.number)
}())
add(2, 3); // 5
// trying to call with non-numbers raises an exception
function callAddWithNonNumbers() {
  return add('foo', 'bar')
}
check.raises(callAddWithNonNumbers); // true

---

Safe callback execution

Sometimes we want to execute a function depending on the condition, but without throwing an exception. For these cases, there is check.then

check.then

function isSum10(a, b) {
  return a + b === 10
}

function sum(a, b) {
  return a + b
}
var onlyAddTo10 = check.then(isSum10, sum)
  // isSum10 returns true for these arguments
  // then sum is executed
onlyAddTo10(3, 7); // 10
onlyAddTo10(1, 2); // undefined
// sum is never called because isSum10 condition is false

---

check.found

Great for quickly checking string or array search results

check.found('foo'.indexOf('f')); // true
check.found('foo bar'.indexOf('bar')); // true

check.regexp

Returns true if the passed value is a regular expression.

check.promise

Returns true if given object has promise methods (.then, etc)

check.validDate

Returns true if the given instance is a Date and is valid.

check.equal

Curried shallow strict comparison

var foo = 'foo';
check.equal(foo, 'foo'); // true
var isFoo = check.equal('foo');
isFoo('foo'); // true
isFoo('bar'); // false

check.or

Combines multiple predicates into single one using OR logic

var predicate = check.or(check.bool, check.unemptyString);
predicate(true); // true
predicate('foo'); // true
predicate(42); // false

It treats non-functions as boolean values

var predicate = check.or(check.unemptyString, 42);
// will always return true
predicate('foo'); // true, because it is unempty string
predicate(false); // true, because 42 is truthy

Note: if there are any exceptions inside the individual predicate functions, they are treated as false values.

check.and

Combines multiple predicates using AND. If the predicate is not a function, evaluates it as a boolean value.

function isFoo(x) { return x === 'foo'; }
check.and(check.unemptyString, isFoo); // only true for "foo"

Both check.or and check.and are very useful inside check.schema to create more powerful predicates on the fly.

var isFirstLastNames = check.schema.bind(null, {
  first: check.unemptyString,
  last: check.unemptyString
});
var isValidPerson = check.schema.bind(null, {
  name: check.or(check.unemptyString, isFirstLastNames)
});
isValidPerson({ name: 'foo' }); // true
isValidPerson({ name: {
  first: 'foo',
  last: 'bar'
}}); // true

Small print

Author: Kensho © 2014

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