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gojsonschema
Description
An implementation of JSON Schema, based on IETF's draft v4 - Go language
References :
- http://json-schema.org
- http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-core.html
- http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html
Installation
go get github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema
Dependencies :
- github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer
- github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference
- github.com/stretchr/testify/assert
Usage
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema"
)
func main() {
schemaLoader := gojsonschema.NewReferenceLoader("file:///home/me/schema.json")
documentLoader := gojsonschema.NewReferenceLoader("file:///home/me/document.json")
result, err := gojsonschema.Validate(schemaLoader, documentLoader)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
if result.Valid() {
fmt.Printf("The document is valid\n")
} else {
fmt.Printf("The document is not valid. see errors :\n")
for _, desc := range result.Errors() {
fmt.Printf("- %s\n", desc)
}
}
}
Loaders
There are various ways to load your JSON data. In order to load your schemas and documents, first declare an appropriate loader :
- Web / HTTP, using a reference :
loader := gojsonschema.NewReferenceLoader("http://www.some_host.com/schema.json")
- Local file, using a reference :
loader := gojsonschema.NewReferenceLoader("file:///home/me/schema.json")
References use the URI scheme, the prefix (file://) and a full path to the file are required.
- JSON strings :
loader := gojsonschema.NewStringLoader(`{"type": "string"}`)
- Custom Go types :
m := map[string]interface{}{"type": "string"}
loader := gojsonschema.NewGoLoader(m)
And
type Root struct {
Users []User `json:"users"`
}
type User struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
}
...
data := Root{}
data.Users = append(data.Users, User{"John"})
data.Users = append(data.Users, User{"Sophia"})
data.Users = append(data.Users, User{"Bill"})
loader := gojsonschema.NewGoLoader(data)
Validation
Once the loaders are set, validation is easy :
result, err := gojsonschema.Validate(schemaLoader, documentLoader)
Alternatively, you might want to load a schema only once and process to multiple validations :
schema, err := gojsonschema.NewSchema(schemaLoader)
...
result1, err := schema.Validate(documentLoader1)
...
result2, err := schema.Validate(documentLoader2)
...
// etc ...
To check the result :
if result.Valid() {
fmt.Printf("The document is valid\n")
} else {
fmt.Printf("The document is not valid. see errors :\n")
for _, err := range result.Errors() {
// Err implements the ResultError interface
fmt.Printf("- %s\n", err)
}
}
Working with Errors
The library handles string error codes which you can customize by creating your own gojsonschema.locale and setting it
gojsonschema.Locale = YourCustomLocale{}
However, each error contains additional contextual information.
err.Type(): string Returns the "type" of error that occurred. Note you can also type check. See below
Note: An error of RequiredType has an err.Type() return value of "required"
"required": RequiredError
"invalid_type": InvalidTypeError
"number_any_of": NumberAnyOfError
"number_one_of": NumberOneOfError
"number_all_of": NumberAllOfError
"number_not": NumberNotError
"missing_dependency": MissingDependencyError
"internal": InternalError
"enum": EnumError
"array_no_additional_items": ArrayNoAdditionalItemsError
"array_min_items": ArrayMinItemsError
"array_max_items": ArrayMaxItemsError
"unique": ItemsMustBeUniqueError
"array_min_properties": ArrayMinPropertiesError
"array_max_properties": ArrayMaxPropertiesError
"additional_property_not_allowed": AdditionalPropertyNotAllowedError
"invalid_property_pattern": InvalidPropertyPatternError
"string_gte": StringLengthGTEError
"string_lte": StringLengthLTEError
"pattern": DoesNotMatchPatternError
"multiple_of": MultipleOfError
"number_gte": NumberGTEError
"number_gt": NumberGTError
"number_lte": NumberLTEError
"number_lt": NumberLTError
err.Value(): interface{} Returns the value given
err.Context(): gojsonschema.jsonContext Returns the context. This has a String() method that will print something like this: (root).firstName
err.Field(): string Returns the fieldname in the format firstName, or for embedded properties, person.firstName. This returns the same as the String() method on err.Context() but removes the (root). prefix.
err.Description(): string The error description. This is based on the locale you are using. See the beginning of this section for overwriting the locale with a custom implementation.
err.Details(): gojsonschema.ErrorDetails Returns a map[string]interface{} of additional error details specific to the error. For example, GTE errors will have a "min" value, LTE will have a "max" value. See errors.go for a full description of all the error details. Every error always contains a "field" key that holds the value of err.Field()
Note in most cases, the err.Details() will be used to generate replacement strings in your locales, and not used directly. These strings follow the text/template format i.e.
{{.field}} must be greater than or equal to {{.min}}
The library allows you to specify custom template functions, should you require more complex error message handling.
gojsonschema.ErrorTemplateFuncs = map[string]interface{}{
"allcaps": func(s string) string {
return strings.ToUpper(s)
},
}
Given the above definition, you can use the custom function "allcaps" in your localization templates:
{{allcaps .field}} must be greater than or equal to {{.min}}
The above error message would then be rendered with the field value in capital letters. For example:
"PASSWORD must be greater than or equal to 8"
Learn more about what types of template functions you can use in ErrorTemplateFuncs by referring to Go's text/template FuncMap type.
Formats
JSON Schema allows for optional "format" property to validate strings against well-known formats. gojsonschema ships with all of the formats defined in the spec that you can use like this:
{"type": "string", "format": "email"}
Available formats: date-time, hostname, email, ipv4, ipv6, uri, uri-reference.
For repetitive or more complex formats, you can create custom format checkers and add them to gojsonschema like this:
```go // Define the format checker type RoleFormatChecker struct {}
// Ensure it meets the gojsonschema.FormatChecker interface func (f RoleFormatChecker) IsFormat(input string) bool {
return strings.HasPrefix("ROLE_", input)
}
// Add it to the library gojsonschema.FormatCheckers.Add("role", RoleFormatChecker{})
Now to use in your json schema:
````json
{"type": "string", "format": "role"}
Uses
gojsonschema uses the following test suite :