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express-validator

Express middleware for the validator module.


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What is express-validator?

express-validator is a set of express.js middlewares that wraps validator.js, a library for string validation and sanitization. It provides a comprehensive set of validation and sanitization middlewares for handling user input in express applications.

What are express-validator's main functionalities?

Validation

This feature allows you to validate user input. In this example, the 'username' field must be alphanumeric and the 'password' field must be at least 5 characters long. If the validation fails, a 400 status code with the validation errors is returned.

const { body, validationResult } = require('express-validator');

app.post('/user', [
  body('username').isAlphanumeric(),
  body('password').isLength({ min: 5 })
], (req, res) => {
  const errors = validationResult(req);
  if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
    return res.status(400).json({ errors: errors.array() });
  }
  res.send('User is valid');
});

Sanitization

This feature allows you to sanitize user input. In this example, the 'email' field is normalized to a standard email format and the 'username' field is trimmed of whitespace and escaped to prevent HTML injection.

const { body } = require('express-validator');

app.post('/user', [
  body('email').normalizeEmail(),
  body('username').trim().escape()
], (req, res) => {
  res.send('User input is sanitized');
});

Custom Validators

This feature allows you to create custom validation logic. In this example, the 'age' field must be at least 18. If the validation fails, a 400 status code with the validation errors is returned.

const { body, validationResult } = require('express-validator');

app.post('/user', [
  body('age').custom(value => {
    if (value < 18) {
      throw new Error('Age must be at least 18');
    }
    return true;
  })
], (req, res) => {
  const errors = validationResult(req);
  if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
    return res.status(400).json({ errors: errors.array() });
  }
  res.send('User is valid');
});

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