We can use express-validator in express-Nodejs project to check whether the input satisfy certain criteria provided. To do this first need to install the package
npm i express-validator --save
This will install and add the package as dependency. Use the validator body and validationResult method to validate the input.
Validation rules
This can be achieved using the body inside routes argument as follows
const { body, validationResult } = require('express-validator');
.. for simplicity I ommitted the rest of the code
router.post("/",[
body('markdown').trim().isLength({min:2})
], async (req, res) => {
})
The above body check the input named ‘markdown’ and if it contain text smaller than 2 and pull an error. We also performed a trim() operation on the string to avoid spaces.
We can use multiple body block with in the [ ] , for validating other request objects.
Placing the error
An error collection can be grab using the request and validationResult as follows in the route’s arrow function. The method accept the request as parameter and return the error collection.
const { body, validationResult } = require('express-validator');
.. for simplicity I ommitted the rest of the code
router.use(express.json())
router.post("/",[
body('markdown').trim().isLength({min:2})
], async (req, res) => {
const errors=validationResult(req)
if(!errors.isEmpty()){
return res.status(400).json({errors:errors.array()})
}
})
The errors.array() holding all the errors belonging to the request. When the error catch up, the return statement will fire a response which is showing the errors as JSON string.
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