paramatas

Paramatas

A tiny utility library for validating function parameters.

Installation

• via npm: npm install paramatas --save

• via bower: bower install paramatas --save

Usage

required(name, param, [type])

Throws an error if the supplied parameter isn't defined or (optionally) doesn't match the supplied type.

• name - The parameter name
• param - The parameter value
• type (optional) - The data type to check in addition to the required check- see typedAs for a list of valid values

Node.js example

var Params = require('paramatas');
...
function(value, callback) {
  // Throws an error if the "value" param isn't defined
  Params.required('value', value);
  // Throws an error if the "callback" param isn't defined or is not a Function
  Params.required('callback', callback, Function);

  // The above two calls could be chained together as
  Params.required('value', value).required('callback', callback, Function);
  ...
}
...

Vanilla JS example

function(value, callback) {
  // Throws an error if the "value" param isn't defined
  paramatas.required('value', value);
  // Throws an error if the "callback" param isn't defined or is not a Function
  paramatas.required('callback', callback, Function);

  // The above two calls could be chained together as
  paramatas.required('value', value).required('callback', callback, Function);
  ...
}

typedAs(name, param, type)

Throws an error if the supplied parameter is defined and does not match the supplied type.

• name - The parameter name
• param - The parameter value
• type - The expected data type, valid types include: Boolean, Number, String, Object, Function

Node.js example

var Params = require('paramatas');
...
function(value, callback) {
  // Throws an error if the "callback" param is defined but not a Function
  Params.typedAs('callback', callback, Function);
  // Calls are chainable, too!
  Params.required('value', value).typedAs('callback', callback, Function);
  ...
}
...

Vanilla JS example

function(value, callback) {
  // Throws an error if the "callback" param is defined but not a Function
  paramatas.typedAs('callback', callback, Function);
  // Calls are chainable, too!
  paramatas.required('value', value).typedAs('callback', callback, Function);
  ...
}

Tests

npm test

Release History

• 0.1.0 Initial release