Amanda

Amanda validates data against JSON Schema.

Features

Extendable, you can create your own validators
Fully asynchronous
Can be used with Node.js and in the browser
Amanda has no dependencies
AMD compatible, you can load it via RequireJS
Lightweight
Fully documented
Tested

Version

0.2.2

Example

var schema = {
  type: 'object',
  properties: {
    name: {
      required: true,
      type: 'string',
      length: [2, 45]
    },
    email: {
      required: true,
      type: 'string',
      format: 'email'
    },
    username: {
      required: true,
      type: 'string',
      format: 'alphanumeric'
    }
  }
};

var data = {
  name: 'Kenneth',
  email: 'kenneth@gmail.com',
  username: 'kenneth'
};

amanda.validate(data, schema, function(error) {
  // Do something...
});

You can find more examples in the /examples/ folder.

Download

To install Amanda, use NPM.

$ npm install amanda

Releases are available for download from GitHub.

Version	Description	Size	Action
`amanda.js`	uncompressed, with comments	15.06 KB (3.42 KB gzipped)	Download
`amanda.min.js`	compressed, without comments	6.2 KB (2.09 KB gzipped)	Download

Documentation

Methods

validate
addValidator
getVersion
getValidators

Objects

Schema
Error

Validate

validate(data, schema[, options], callback)

Parameters

data
schema The Schema object, see Schema below.
options If you set options.singleError to false, validation continue after first error occurred. By default options.singleError is set to true.
callback The callback gets one argument which is an Error object (see Error below for more information).

Example

/**
 * Schema
 */
var schema = {
  type: 'object',
  properties: {
    user: {
      name: {
        required: true,
        type: 'string',
        length: [2, 45]
      },
      surname: {
        required: true,
        type: 'string',
        length: [2, 45]
      }
    }
  }
};

/**
 * Data
 */
var data = {
  user: {
    name: 'František',
    surname: 'Hába'
  }
};

// Stop validation after first error
amanda.validate(data, schema, function(error) {
  if (error) {
    // Do something...
  } else {
    // Do something else...
  }
});

// Validate whole schema
amanda.validate(data, schema, { singleError: false }, function(error) {
  if (error) {
    // Do something...
  } else {
    // Do something else...
  }
});

AddValidator

addValidator(name, fn)

This method allows you to add a custom validator.

Example

var evenValidator = function(property, propertyValue, validator, propertyValidators, callback) {
  
  // If ‘even: true’
  if (validator) {
    
    if (typeof propertyValue === 'number' && (propertyValue % 2) === 0) {
      // No problem, the number is event
      callback();
    } else {
      // The number is not even
      callback('Not even.');
    }

  // Skip
  } else {
    return callback();
  }

};

// Add a new validator
amanda.addValidator('even', evenValidator);

var schema = {
  type: 'object',
  properties: {
    name: {
      type: 'string',
      length: [2, 45],
      even: true // <= That's your validator
    }
  }
}

GetVersion

getVersion()

Example

amanda.getVersion(); // => '0.2.0'

GetValidators

getValidators()

Example

amanda.getValidators(); // => { type: function() {}, ... }

Schema

Validators

required
length
format
type
enum
except
minimum
maximum
pattern
maxItems
minItems
exclusiveMinimum
exclusiveMaximum
divisibleBy
uniqueItems

Required

This attribute indicates if the instance must have a value, and not be undefined. This is false by default, making the instance optional.

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'object',
  properties: {
    username: {
      required: true
    }
  }
};

Length

When the instance value is a string, this defines the length of the string.

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'object',
  properties: {
    username: {
      type: 'string',
      length: [2, 45]
    }
  }
};

var schema = {
  type: 'string',
  length: 25
};

Type

This attribute defines what the primitive type or the schema of the instance must be in order to validate. A string indicating a primitive or simple type. The following are acceptable string values:

object Value must be an object.
array Value must be an array.
string Value must be a string.
number Value must be a number, floating point numbers are allowed.
function Value must be a function.
boolean Value must be a boolean.

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'object',
  properties: {
    username: {
      // ...
    }
  }
};

var schema = {
  type: 'array',
  items: {
    // ...
  }
};

var schema = {
  type: 'string'
};

Format

This property defines the type of data, content type, or microformat to be expected in the instance property values. The following formats are predefined:

alpha
alphanumeric
ipv4
ipv6
ip
email
url
date
decimal
int
percentage
port
regexp
unsignedInt

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'string',
  format: 'email'
};

Enum

This provides an enumeration of all possible values that are valid for the instance property. This must be an array, and each item in the array represents a possible value for the instance value.

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'object',
  properties: {
    sex: {
      type: 'string',
      enum: ['female', 'male']
    }
  }
};

Except

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'object',
  properties: {
    username: {
      type: 'string',
      except: ['admin', 'administrator']
    }
  }
};

Minimum

This attribute defines the minimum value of the instance property when the type of the instance value is a number.

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'number',
  minimum: 100
};

Maximum

This attribute defines the maximum value of the instance property when the type of the instance value is a number.

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'number',
  maximum: 100
};

Pattern

When the instance value is a string, this provides a regular expression that a string instance must match in order to be valid.

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'string',
  pattern: /^[a]{2,4}$/
};

MaxItems

This attribute defines the maximum number of values in an array when the array is the instance value.

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'array',
  maxItems: 10
};

MinItems

This attribute defines the minimum number of values in an array when the array is the instance value.

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'array',
  minItems: 10
};

ExclusiveMaximum

This attribute indicates if the value of the instance (if the instance is a number) can not equal the number defined by the maximum attribute. This is false by default, meaning the instance value can be less then or equal to the maximum value.

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'number',
  maximum: 100,
  exclusiveMaximum: true
};

ExclusiveMinimum

This attribute indicates if the value of the instance (if the instance is a number) can not equal the number defined by the minimum attribute. This is false by default, meaning the instance value can be greater then or equal to the minimum value.

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'number',
  minimum: 100,
  exclusiveMinimum: true
};

UniqueItems

This attribute indicates that all items in an array instance must be unique (contains no two identical values).

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'array',
  uniqueItems: true
};

DivisibleBy

This attribute defines what value the number instance must be divisible by with no remainder (the result of the division must be an integer).

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'number',
  divisibleBy: 2
};

Error

Examples

var schema = {
  type: 'number',
  maximum: 100,
  exclusiveMaximum: true
};

Methods

getProperties
getMessages

Example

{
  '0': {
    property: 'users[0].username'
    propertyValue: 123
    validator: 'type'
    validatorValue: 'string',
    message: 'Only string is allowed'
  }
}

getProperties

Example

error.getProperties(); // => ['users[0].username']

getMessages

Example

error.getMessages(); // => ['Only string is allowed']

Compatibility

Node.js

From version 0.4.11.

Browsers

Desktop

Browser	Supported	Version
Google Chrome	✔	12+
Safari	n/a	Not tested
Firefox	n/a	Not tested
Opera	n/a	Not tested
Internet Explorer	✕	Not tested

Testing in progress...

Running Tests

$ npm test

Contributors

The following are the major contributors of Amanda (in alphabetical order).

František Hába (@Baggz) hello@frantisekhaba.com

License

(The MIT License)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

planestepper/Amanda

Amanda

Features

Example

Download

Documentation

Validate

validate(data, schema[, options], callback)

AddValidator

addValidator(name, fn)

GetVersion

getVersion()

GetValidators

getValidators()

Schema

Required

Length

Type

Format

Enum

Except

Minimum

Maximum

Pattern

MaxItems

MinItems

ExclusiveMaximum

ExclusiveMinimum

UniqueItems

DivisibleBy

Error

getProperties

getMessages

Compatibility

Node.js

Browsers

Running Tests

Contributors

License