Praxent Validate Route Package

This package is to assist in validating a NodEJS route for params and authentication. Specifically, this method is expected be invoked as the function argument for an app route in Express.

How to Use

const validateRoute = require('@praxent/praxent-validate-route')
const validate = validateRoute(gatewayToken)

app.post('/path/to/route', validate({
  action: (req, res) => res.json({ requestedData: req.body.data }),
  requireAuth: true,
  requiredParams: ['data'],
  type: 'body',
});

Parameters

• action
  • Required
  • Type: Function
  • Receives: 'req' and 'res' from express router
• requireAuth
  • Not required, defaults to false
  • Type: Bool
  • Validates req.headers.token against the instantiated gatewayToken
• requiredParams
  • Not required, default to empty array
  • Type: Array of strings
  • Name of parameters which are required for the request
• type
  • Required if requiredParams is not an empty array
  • Type: string
  • Available strings:
    • body
    • query
  • Determines whether to validate required params against the body or query object in express' router (body for posts, query for gets)