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Package validator implements value validations based on struct tags. In code it is often necessary to validate that a given value is valid before using it for something. A typical example might be something like this. This is a simple enough example, but it can get significantly more complex, especially when dealing with structs. You get the idea. Package validator allows one to define valid values as struct tags when defining a new struct type. Then validating a variable of type NewUserRequest becomes trivial. Here is the list of validator functions builtin in the package. Note that there are no tests to prevent conflicting validator parameters. For instance, these fields will never be valid. It is possible to define custom validation functions by using SetValidationFunc. First, one needs to create a validation function. Then one needs to add it to the list of validation funcs and give it a "tag" name. Then it is possible to use the notzz validation tag. This will print "Field A error: value cannot be ZZ" To use parameters, it is very similar. And then the code below should print "Field A error: value cannot be ABC". As well, it is possible to overwrite builtin validation functions. And you can delete a validation function by setting it to nil. Using a non-existing validation func in a field tag will always return false and with error validate.ErrUnknownTag. Finally, package validator also provides a helper function that can be used to validate simple variables/values. In case there is a reason why one would not wish to use tag 'validate' (maybe due to a conflict with a different package), it is possible to tell the package to use a different tag. Then. SetTag is permanent. The new tag name will be used until it is again changed with a new call to SetTag. A way to temporarily use a different tag exists. You may often need to have a different set of validation rules for different situations. In all the examples above, we only used the default validator but you could create a new one and set specific rules for it. For instance, you might use the same struct to decode incoming JSON for a REST API but your needs will change when you're using it to, say, create a new instance in storage vs. when you need to change something. Maybe when creating a new user, you need to make sure all values in the struct are filled, but then you use the same struct to handle incoming requests to, say, change the password, in which case you only need the Username and the Password and don't care for the others. You might use two different validators. It is also possible to do all of that using only the default validator as long as SetTag is always called before calling validator.Validate() or you chain the with WithTag().

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purl: pkg:golang/gopkg.in/validator.v2
License: Apache-2.0
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First release: about 2 years ago
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