PATCH method and Schema validation

[fgnm]

I've noticed that automatic schema validation does not works if I use PATCH as HTTP method.
For example:

ROUTE('PATCH [api]/v1/user/patch            *user --> @patch', ['authorize']);
...
NEWSCHEMA('user', function (schema) {
    schema.define('region', 'Upper', true);
    schema.setPatch(function($) {
        $.success();
    });
});

Return success even if I request curl -X PATCH -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -i 'http://api.localhost:8000/v1/user/patch' --data '{ }'
In this case the body is empty and no region field is provided, but the schema does not validate. If I use the POST method instead of PATCH it works as expected and returns an error.

[petersirka]

The framework validates received fields only with PATCH method. So your behaviour is correct. You can easily check the keys:

schema.setPatch(function($) {
	
	if (!$.keys.length) {
		$.invalid('invalid');
		return;
	}

	// do something

});

Again:

• PATCH method allows you to violate rules in schema validation
• in PATCH are validates fields which are really received
• existing of required fields is optional, but if they are exist then are required

[fgnm]

Thank you as always for the clear explanation 😄