express-validator - npm Package Compare versions

Comparing version 0.2.1 to 0.2.2

lib/express_validator.js

@@ -51,7 +51,15 @@ /*
     var value;
-    // get value and param name for nested inputs like foo[bar][baz]
 
-    if (Array.isArray(param)) {
-      param.map(function(item) {
-        if(value === undefined) {
+    // If param is not an array, then split by dot notation
+    // returning an array. It will return an array even if
+    // param doesn't have the dot notation.
+    //      'blogpost' = ['blogpost']
+    //      'login.username' = ['login', 'username']
+    if (!Array.isArray(param)) {
+      param = param.split('.').filter(function(e){return e != '';});
+    }
+
+    // Extract value from params
+    param.map(function(item) {
+        if (value === undefined) {
           value = req.param(item);
@@ -61,7 +69,4 @@ } else {
         }
-      });
-      param = param.join('_');
-    } else {
-      value = this.param(param);
-    }
+    });
+    param = param.join('.');
 
@@ -128,2 +133,3 @@ validator.error = function(msg) {
   req.assert = req.check;
+  req.validate = req.check;
 
@@ -130,0 +136,0 @@ return next();

package.json

@@ -9,3 +9,3 @@ {
   ],
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ctavan/express-validator",
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ "repository": {
   "dependencies": {
-    "validator": "~0.4.5"
+    "validator": "~0.4.10"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "async": "~0.1.18",
-    "express": "~2.5.9",
-    "request": "~2.9.153"
+    "async": "~0.1.22",
+    "express": "~2.5.11",
+    "request": "~2.10.0"
   },
@@ -32,0 +32,0 @@ "keywords": [

README.md

@@ -147,5 +147,19 @@ # express-validator
 
+Alternatively you can use dot-notation to specify nested fields to be checked:
 
+```javascript
+req.assert(['user', 'fields', 'email'], 'valid email required').isEmail();
+```
+
+
+
 ## Changelog
 
+### v0.2.2
+- Add dot-notation for nested input
+- Add validate() alias for check()
+
+### v0.2.1
+- Fix chaining validators (@rapee)
+
 ### v0.2.0
@@ -152,0 +166,0 @@ - Added `validationErrors()` method (by @orfaust)

test/nested.js

@@ -14,2 +14,3 @@ var assert = require('assert');
   req.assert(['user', 'fields', 'email'], 'not empty').notEmpty();
+  req.assert('user.fields.email', 'not empty').notEmpty();
   req.assert(['user', 'fields', 'email'], 'valid email required').isEmail();
@@ -29,3 +30,4 @@
   assert.deepEqual(body[0].msg, 'not empty');
-  assert.deepEqual(body[1].msg, 'valid email required');
+  assert.deepEqual(body[1].msg, 'not empty');
+  assert.deepEqual(body[2].msg, 'valid email required');
 }
@@ -32,0 +34,0 @@ function pass(body) {

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Total package byte prevSize

16119

increased by4.38%

Lines of code

347

increased by2.06%

Number of lines in readme file

192

increased by7.87%

Dependency changes

• Updatedvalidator@~0.4.10