express-validator
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An express.js middleware for validator.
npm install express-validator
Also make sure that you have Node.js 14 or newer in order to use it.
Please refer to the documentation website on https://express-validator.github.io.
Check the GitHub Releases page.
MIT License
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Express middleware for the validator module.
The npm package express-validator receives a total of 1,533,805 weekly downloads. As such, express-validator popularity was classified as popular.
We found that express-validator demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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