Package validator implements value validations for structs and individual fields based on tags.
It has the following unique features:
- Cross Field and Cross Struct validations by using validation tags or custom validators.
- Slice, Array and Map diving, which allows any or all levels of a multidimensional field to be validated.
- Ability to dive into both map keys and values for validation
- Handles type interface by determining it's underlying type prior to validation.
- Handles custom field types such as sql driver Valuer see Valuer
- Alias validation tags, which allows for mapping of several validations to a single tag for easier defining of validations on structs
- Extraction of custom defined Field Name e.g. can specify to extract the JSON name while validating and have it available in the resulting FieldError
- Customizable i18n aware error messages.
- Default validator for the gin web framework; upgrading from v8 to v9 in gin see here
Use go get.
go get github.com/go-playground/validator/v10
Then import the validator package into your own code.
import "github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
Validation functions return type error
They return type error to avoid the issue discussed in the following, where err is always != nil:
Validator only InvalidValidationError for bad validation input, nil or ValidationErrors as type error; so, in your code all you need to do is check if the error returned is not nil, and if it's not check if error is InvalidValidationError ( if necessary, most of the time it isn't ) type cast it to type ValidationErrors like so:
err := validate.Struct(mystruct)
validationErrors := err.(validator.ValidationErrors)
Please see https://godoc.org/github.com/go-playground/validator for detailed usage docs.
- Simple
- Custom Field Types
- Struct Level
- Translations & Custom Errors
- Gin upgrade and/or override validator
- wash - an example application putting it all together
Tag | Description |
---|---|
eqcsfield | Field Equals Another Field (relative) |
eqfield | Field Equals Another Field |
fieldcontains | NOT DOCUMENTED IN doc.go |
fieldexcludes | NOT DOCUMENTED IN doc.go |
gtcsfield | Field Greater Than Another Relative Field |
gtecsfield | Field Greater Than or Equal To Another Relative Field |
gtefield | Field Greater Than or Equal To Another Field |
gtfield | Field Greater Than Another Field |
ltcsfield | Less Than Another Relative Field |
ltecsfield | Less Than or Equal To Another Relative Field |
ltefield | Less Than or Equal To Another Field |
ltfield | Less Than Another Field |
necsfield | Field Does Not Equal Another Field (relative) |
nefield | Field Does Not Equal Another Field |
Tag | Description |
---|---|
cidr | Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIDR |
cidrv4 | Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIDRv4 |
cidrv6 | Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIDRv6 |
datauri | Data URL |
fqdn | Full Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) |
hostname | Hostname RFC 952 |
hostname_port | HostPort |
hostname_rfc1123 | Hostname RFC 1123 |
ip | Internet Protocol Address IP |
ip4_addr | Internet Protocol Address IPv4 |
ip6_addr | Internet Protocol Address IPv6 |
ip_addr | Internet Protocol Address IP |
ipv4 | Internet Protocol Address IPv4 |
ipv6 | Internet Protocol Address IPv6 |
mac | Media Access Control Address MAC |
tcp4_addr | Transmission Control Protocol Address TCPv4 |
tcp6_addr | Transmission Control Protocol Address TCPv6 |
tcp_addr | Transmission Control Protocol Address TCP |
udp4_addr | User Datagram Protocol Address UDPv4 |
udp6_addr | User Datagram Protocol Address UDPv6 |
udp_addr | User Datagram Protocol Address UDP |
unix_addr | Unix domain socket end point Address |
uri | URI String |
url | URL String |
url_encoded | URL Encoded |
urn_rfc2141 | Urn RFC 2141 String |
Tag | Description |
---|---|
alpha | Alpha Only |
alphanum | Alphanumeric |
alphanumunicode | Alphanumeric Unicode |
alphaunicode | Alpha Unicode |
ascii | ASCII |
contains | Contains |
containsany | Contains Any |
containsrune | Contains Rune |
lowercase | Lowercase |
multibyte | Multi-Byte Characters |
number | NOT DOCUMENTED IN doc.go |
numeric | Numeric |
printascii | Printable ASCII |
startswith | Starts With |
uppercase | Uppercase |
Tag | Description |
---|---|
base64 | Base64 String |
base64url | Base64URL String |
btc_addr | Bitcoin Address |
btc_addr_bech32 | Bitcoin Bech32 Address (segwit) |
datetime | Datetime |
E-mail String | |
eth_addr | Ethereum Address |
hexadecimal | Hexadecimal String |
hexcolor | Hexcolor String |
hsl | HSL String |
hsla | HSLA String |
html | HTML Tags |
html_encoded | HTML Encoded |
isbn | International Standard Book Number |
isbn10 | International Standard Book Number 10 |
isbn13 | International Standard Book Number 13 |
json | JSON |
latitude | Latitude |
longitude | Longitude |
rgb | RGB String |
rgba | RGBA String |
ssn | Social Security Number SSN |
uuid | Universally Unique Identifier UUID |
uuid3 | Universally Unique Identifier UUID v3 |
uuid3_rfc4122 | Universally Unique Identifier UUID v3 RFC4122 |
uuid4 | Universally Unique Identifier UUID v4 |
uuid4_rfc4122 | Universally Unique Identifier UUID v4 RFC4122 |
uuid5 | Universally Unique Identifier UUID v5 |
uuid5_rfc4122 | Universally Unique Identifier UUID v5 RFC4122 |
uuid_rfc4122 | Universally Unique Identifier UUID RFC4122 |
Tag | Description |
---|---|
eq | Equals |
gt | Greater than |
gte | Greater than or equal |
lt | Less Than |
lte | Less Than or Equal |
ne | Not Equal |
Tag | Description |
---|---|
dir | Directory |
e164 | NOT DOCUMENTED IN doc.go |
endswith | Ends With |
excludes | Excludes |
excludesall | Excludes All |
excludesrune | Excludes Rune |
file | File path |
isdefault | Is Default |
len | Length |
max | Maximum |
min | Minimum |
oneof | One Of |
required | Required |
required_with | Required With |
required_with_all | Required With All |
required_without | Required Without |
required_without_all | Required Without All |
unique | Unique |
goos: darwin
goarch: amd64
pkg: github.com/go-playground/validator
BenchmarkFieldSuccess-8 20000000 83.6 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldSuccessParallel-8 50000000 26.8 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldFailure-8 5000000 291 ns/op 208 B/op 4 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldFailureParallel-8 20000000 107 ns/op 208 B/op 4 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldArrayDiveSuccess-8 2000000 623 ns/op 201 B/op 11 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldArrayDiveSuccessParallel-8 10000000 237 ns/op 201 B/op 11 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldArrayDiveFailure-8 2000000 859 ns/op 412 B/op 16 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldArrayDiveFailureParallel-8 5000000 335 ns/op 413 B/op 16 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldMapDiveSuccess-8 1000000 1292 ns/op 432 B/op 18 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldMapDiveSuccessParallel-8 3000000 467 ns/op 432 B/op 18 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldMapDiveFailure-8 1000000 1082 ns/op 512 B/op 16 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldMapDiveFailureParallel-8 5000000 425 ns/op 512 B/op 16 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldMapDiveWithKeysSuccess-8 1000000 1539 ns/op 480 B/op 21 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldMapDiveWithKeysSuccessParallel-8 3000000 613 ns/op 480 B/op 21 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldMapDiveWithKeysFailure-8 1000000 1413 ns/op 721 B/op 21 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldMapDiveWithKeysFailureParallel-8 3000000 575 ns/op 721 B/op 21 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldCustomTypeSuccess-8 10000000 216 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldCustomTypeSuccessParallel-8 20000000 82.2 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldCustomTypeFailure-8 5000000 274 ns/op 208 B/op 4 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldCustomTypeFailureParallel-8 20000000 116 ns/op 208 B/op 4 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldOrTagSuccess-8 2000000 740 ns/op 16 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldOrTagSuccessParallel-8 3000000 474 ns/op 16 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldOrTagFailure-8 3000000 471 ns/op 224 B/op 5 allocs/op
BenchmarkFieldOrTagFailureParallel-8 3000000 414 ns/op 224 B/op 5 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructLevelValidationSuccess-8 10000000 213 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructLevelValidationSuccessParallel-8 20000000 91.8 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructLevelValidationFailure-8 3000000 473 ns/op 304 B/op 8 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructLevelValidationFailureParallel-8 10000000 234 ns/op 304 B/op 8 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCustomTypeSuccess-8 5000000 385 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCustomTypeSuccessParallel-8 10000000 161 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCustomTypeFailure-8 2000000 640 ns/op 424 B/op 9 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCustomTypeFailureParallel-8 5000000 318 ns/op 440 B/op 10 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructFilteredSuccess-8 2000000 597 ns/op 288 B/op 9 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructFilteredSuccessParallel-8 10000000 266 ns/op 288 B/op 9 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructFilteredFailure-8 3000000 454 ns/op 256 B/op 7 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructFilteredFailureParallel-8 10000000 214 ns/op 256 B/op 7 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructPartialSuccess-8 3000000 502 ns/op 256 B/op 6 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructPartialSuccessParallel-8 10000000 225 ns/op 256 B/op 6 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructPartialFailure-8 2000000 702 ns/op 480 B/op 11 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructPartialFailureParallel-8 5000000 329 ns/op 480 B/op 11 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructExceptSuccess-8 2000000 793 ns/op 496 B/op 12 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructExceptSuccessParallel-8 10000000 193 ns/op 240 B/op 5 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructExceptFailure-8 2000000 639 ns/op 464 B/op 10 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructExceptFailureParallel-8 5000000 300 ns/op 464 B/op 10 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossFieldSuccess-8 3000000 417 ns/op 72 B/op 3 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossFieldSuccessParallel-8 10000000 163 ns/op 72 B/op 3 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossFieldFailure-8 2000000 645 ns/op 304 B/op 8 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossFieldFailureParallel-8 5000000 285 ns/op 304 B/op 8 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossStructCrossFieldSuccess-8 3000000 588 ns/op 80 B/op 4 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossStructCrossFieldSuccessParallel-8 10000000 221 ns/op 80 B/op 4 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossStructCrossFieldFailure-8 2000000 868 ns/op 320 B/op 9 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossStructCrossFieldFailureParallel-8 5000000 337 ns/op 320 B/op 9 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleSuccess-8 5000000 260 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleSuccessParallel-8 20000000 90.6 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleFailure-8 2000000 619 ns/op 424 B/op 9 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructSimpleFailureParallel-8 5000000 296 ns/op 424 B/op 9 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructComplexSuccess-8 1000000 1454 ns/op 128 B/op 8 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructComplexSuccessParallel-8 3000000 579 ns/op 128 B/op 8 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructComplexFailure-8 300000 4140 ns/op 3041 B/op 53 allocs/op
BenchmarkStructComplexFailureParallel-8 1000000 2127 ns/op 3041 B/op 53 allocs/op
BenchmarkOneof-8 10000000 140 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkOneofParallel-8 20000000 70.1 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Here is a list of software that complements using this library either pre or post validation.
- form - Decodes url.Values into Go value(s) and Encodes Go value(s) into url.Values. Dual Array and Full map support.
- mold - A general library to help modify or set data within data structures and other objects
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