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express-zod-openapi
Advanced tools
Express + Zod + OpenAPI
# using yarn:
yarn add express-zod-openapi
# using npm:
npm install --save express-zod-openapi
import express from 'express'
import {
ExpressOpenAPI,
RequestValidationError,
ResponseValidationError,
SpecificationPlugin,
} from 'express-zod-openapi'
import { z } from 'zod'
const expressOpenApi = new ExpressOpenAPI()
const specificationPlugin = SpecificationPlugin.create()
const specification = expressOpenApi.registerPlugin(specificationPlugin)
const app = express()
app.use(express.json())
app.post(
'/ping',
specification({
operationId: 'ping',
req: {
query: z.object({
count: z.preprocess((v: unknown) => {
const val = Number(v)
return Number.isNaN(val) ? v : val
}, z.number().int().describe('number of times ping will pong')),
}),
body: z.object({
type: z.enum(['plastic', 'rubber', 'wood']).default('rubber'),
}),
},
res: {
200: {
body: z.object({
pong: z.number().int(),
}),
},
},
}),
(req, res) => {
const { count } = req.query
res.status(200).json({
pong: count,
})
},
)
app.use((err, _req, res, next) => {
if (err instanceof RequestValidationError) {
res.status(400).json({
error: {
message: `Request Validation Error`,
details: err.validationError.errors.map(({ message, path }) => ({
message,
location: path.join('.'),
locationType: err.segment,
})),
},
})
return
}
if (err instanceof ResponseValidationError) {
console.error(err)
res.status(500).json({
error: {
message: `Response Validation Error`,
},
})
return
}
next(err)
})
const specification = expressOpenApi.populateSpecification(app)
You get the following plugins out of the box:
SpecificationPlugin
But that's not the end of it. You can write you own ExpressOpenAPIPlugin
to perform arbitrary changes to
the OpenAPI Specification for your express routes.
Plugin Example:
import type { Handler } from 'express'
import type { ExpressOpenAPIPlugin } from 'express-zod-openapi'
type GetAuthorizationMiddleware = (permissions: string[]) => Handler
type AuthorizationPlugin = ExpressOpenAPIPlugin<
string[],
GetAuthorizationMiddleware
>
export const getAuthorizationPlugin = (): AuthorizationPlugin => {
const authorizationPlugin: AuthorizationPlugin = {
name: 'authorization-plugin',
getMiddleware: (internals, permissions): Handler => {
const middleware: Handler = async (req, res, next) => {
// do regular stuffs that you do in your authorization middleware
/*
const hasSufficientPermission = await checkUserPermission(
req.user,
permissions
)
if (!hasSufficientPermission) {
return res.status(403).json({
error: {
message: `Not Authorized`,
},
})
}
*/
next()
}
// this will be available as a parameter to `processRoute` function
internals.stash.store(middleware, permissions)
return middleware
},
processRoute: (specification, permissions, { path, method }) => {
specification.addPathItemOperationSecurityRequirement(path, method, {
BearerAuth: permissions,
})
},
}
return authorizationPlugin
}
Licensed under the MIT License. Check the LICENSE file for details.
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