#feathers-validator

WIP. Validator for Feathers services, or any service.

require('feathers-validator') will export a class. Simply instantiate it with your form data and validation rules. The form data and validation rules should be objects. The errors() method returns a string array containing any validation errors encountered.

Example:

var feathers = require('feathers');

var myService = {
	create: function(data, params, callback) {
			var Validator = require('feathers-validator');
			var validator = new Validator(data, {
				username: 'required|max:255',
				password: 'required|min:6',
				email: 'required|email',
				add_to_mailing_list: 'required|boolean'
			});
			
			var errors = validator.errors();
			
			if (errors.length == 0) {
				//Request is valid! Do stuff safely, without
				//breaking your app!
				//...
				callback(null, {error: 'success'});
			} else {
				//Validation errors occurred.
				//...
				callback(null, {error: 'failure', errors: errors});
			}
		}
}

var app = feathers().configure(feathers.rest());

app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use('/', myService);

module.exports = app;

##Rules

Can take any of the following forms: 1. A string, with rules separated by pipes (|). Rule parameters are denoted by a colon (:) and separated by commas (,). Example:

'required|min:6|rule:foo,bar'

An object, where every rule is an object. Rule parameters take the form of arrays. Example:

{
    required: true,
    min: 6,
    rule: ['foo', 'bar']
}

##Available Validation Rules

Draws inspiration from Laravel's validation rules.

• alpha_dash: Asserts a string matches the Regular Expression /^[A-Za-z0-9_-]$/.
• alpha_num: Asserts a string matches the Regular Expression /^[A-Za-z0-9]$/
• boolean: Asserts that input has a truthy or falsy value (true, false, 0 or 1)
• confirmed: Like in Laravel, The field under validation must have a matching field of foo_confirmation.
• email: Asserts a string complies to the RFC 5322 e-mail standard.
• integer: Asserts a datum is an integer.
• max: Limits a string to a maximum length, or restricts the magnitude of a Number.
• min: Limits a string to a minimum length, or restricts the magnitude of a Number.
• negative: Asserts a Number is less than zero.
• numeric: Asserts a datum is a Number.
• positive: Asserts a Number is greater than zero.
• regex: Asserts a string matches a given Regular Expression.
• required: Asserts a key is present in the request.

##Contributing to feathers-validator

This package is really easy to extend. All validation is performed by functions. feathers-validator determines which one to use by parsing input, then running a generator function.

If you want to add a new one, include a generator function in index.js. The generator must return a function(key, value). This function in turn must return either: {valid: true} OR {valid: false, error: 'Your error message here'} Otherwise, the validator will crash.

Then, submit a pull request. It will be reviewed, and if it's good, I'll add it to feathers-validator.