>>> from jsonschema import validate

>>> # A sample schema, like what we'd get from json.load()
>>> schema = {
...     "type" : "object",
...     "properties" : {
...         "price" : {"type" : "number"},
...         "name" : {"type" : "string"},
...     },
... }

>>> # If no exception is raised by validate(), the instance is valid.
>>> validate(instance={"name" : "Eggs", "price" : 34.99}, schema=schema)

>>> validate(
...     instance={"name" : "Eggs", "price" : "Invalid"}, schema=schema,
... )                                   # doctest: +IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
ValidationError: 'Invalid' is not of type 'number'

It can also be used from the command line by installing check-jsonschema <https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema>_.

Features

Full support for Draft 2020-12 <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/jsonschema/validators/#jsonschema.validators.Draft202012Validator>, Draft 2019-09 <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/jsonschema/validators/#jsonschema.validators.Draft201909Validator>, Draft 7 <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/jsonschema/validators/#jsonschema.validators.Draft7Validator>, Draft 6 <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/jsonschema/validators/#jsonschema.validators.Draft6Validator>, Draft 4 <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/jsonschema/validators/#jsonschema.validators.Draft4Validator>_ and Draft 3 <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/jsonschema/validators/#jsonschema.validators.Draft3Validator>_
Lazy validation <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/jsonschema/protocols/#jsonschema.protocols.Validator.iter_errors>_ that can iteratively report all validation errors.
Programmatic querying <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.io/en/latest/errors/>_ of which properties or items failed validation.

Installation

jsonschema is available on PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/jsonschema/>. You can install using pip <https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/>:

.. code:: bash

$ pip install jsonschema

Extras

Two extras are available when installing the package, both currently related to format validation:

* ``format``
* ``format-nongpl``

They can be used when installing in order to include additional dependencies, e.g.:

.. code:: bash

$ pip install jsonschema'[format]'

Be aware that the mere presence of these dependencies – or even the specification of format checks in a schema – do not activate format checks (as per the specification). Please read the format validation documentation <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.io/en/latest/validate/#validating-formats>_ for further details.

About

I'm Julian Berman.

jsonschema is on GitHub <https://github.com/python-jsonschema/jsonschema>_.

Get in touch, via GitHub or otherwise, if you've got something to contribute, it'd be most welcome!

If you feel overwhelmingly grateful, you can also sponsor me <https://github.com/sponsors/Julian/>_.

And for companies who appreciate jsonschema and its continued support and growth, jsonschema is also now supportable via TideLift <https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/pypi-jsonschema?utm_source=pypi-jsonschema&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme>_.

Release Information

v4.25.1

Fix an incorrect required argument in the Validator protocol's type annotations (#1396).

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