Package validator ================ [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/go-playground/validator](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/go-playground/validator?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) ![Project status](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-9.2.0-green.svg) [![Build Status](https://semaphoreci.com/api/v1/joeybloggs/validator/branches/v9/badge.svg)](https://semaphoreci.com/joeybloggs/validator) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/go-playground/validator/badge.svg?branch=v9&service=github)](https://coveralls.io/github/go-playground/validator?branch=v9) [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/go-playground/validator)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/go-playground/validator) [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/gopkg.in/go-playground/validator.v9?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/gopkg.in/go-playground/validator.v9) ![License](https://img.shields.io/dub/l/vibe-d.svg) Package validator implements value validations for structs and individual fields based on tags. It has the following **unique** features: - Cross Field and Cross Struct validations by using validation tags or custom validators. - Slice, Array and Map diving, which allows any or all levels of a multidimensional field to be validated. - Handles type interface by determining it's underlying type prior to validation. - Handles custom field types such as sql driver Valuer see [Valuer](https://golang.org/src/database/sql/driver/types.go?s=1210:1293#L29) - Alias validation tags, which allows for mapping of several validations to a single tag for easier defining of validations on structs - Extraction of custom defined Field Name e.g. can specify to extract the JSON name while validating and have it available in the resulting FieldError - Customizable i18n aware error messages. - Default validator for the [gin](https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin) web framework; upgrading from v8 to v9 in gin see [here](https://github.com/go-playground/validator/tree/v9/examples/gin-upgrading-overriding) Installation ------------ Use go get. go get gopkg.in/go-playground/validator.v9 Then import the validator package into your own code. import "gopkg.in/go-playground/validator.v9" Error Return Value ------- Validation functions return type error They return type error to avoid the issue discussed in the following, where err is always != nil: * http://stackoverflow.com/a/29138676/3158232 * https://github.com/go-playground/validator/issues/134 Validator only InvalidValidationError for bad validation input, nil or ValidationErrors as type error; so, in your code all you need to do is check if the error returned is not nil, and if it's not check if error is InvalidValidationError ( if necessary, most of the time it isn't ) type cast it to type ValidationErrors like so: ```go err := validate.Struct(mystruct) validationErrors := err.(validator.ValidationErrors) ``` Usage and documentation ------ Please see http://godoc.org/gopkg.in/go-playground/validator.v9 for detailed usage docs. ##### Examples: - [Simple](https://github.com/go-playground/validator/blob/v9/examples/simple/main.go) - [Custom Field Types](https://github.com/go-playground/validator/blob/v9/examples/custom/main.go) - [Struct Level](https://github.com/go-playground/validator/blob/v9/examples/struct-level/main.go) - [Translations & Custom Errors](https://github.com/go-playground/validator/blob/v9/examples/translations/main.go) - [Gin upgrade and/or override validator](https://github.com/go-playground/validator/tree/v9/examples/gin-upgrading-overriding) - [wash - an example application putting it all together](https://github.com/bluesuncorp/wash) Benchmarks ------ ###### Run on MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 using Go version go1.7 darwin/amd64 ```go BenchmarkFieldSuccess-8 20000000 104 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldSuccessParallel-8 50000000 34.5 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldFailure-8 5000000 335 ns/op 208 B/op 4 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldFailureParallel-8 20000000 118 ns/op 208 B/op 4 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldDiveSuccess-8 2000000 718 ns/op 201 B/op 11 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldDiveSuccessParallel-8 10000000 234 ns/op 201 B/op 11 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldDiveFailure-8 2000000 971 ns/op 412 B/op 16 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldDiveFailureParallel-8 5000000 341 ns/op 413 B/op 16 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldCustomTypeSuccess-8 5000000 268 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldCustomTypeSuccessParallel-8 20000000 82.3 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldCustomTypeFailure-8 5000000 331 ns/op 208 B/op 4 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldCustomTypeFailureParallel-8 20000000 116 ns/op 208 B/op 4 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldOrTagSuccess-8 2000000 872 ns/op 16 B/op 1 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldOrTagSuccessParallel-8 5000000 389 ns/op 16 B/op 1 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldOrTagFailure-8 3000000 569 ns/op 224 B/op 5 allocs/op BenchmarkFieldOrTagFailureParallel-8 5000000 397 ns/op 224 B/op 5 allocs/op BenchmarkStructLevelValidationSuccess-8 5000000 334 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op BenchmarkStructLevelValidationSuccessParallel-8 20000000 111 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op BenchmarkStructLevelValidationFailure-8 2000000 622 ns/op 304 B/op 8 allocs/op BenchmarkStructLevelValidationFailureParallel-8 10000000 274 ns/op 304 B/op 8 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCustomTypeSuccess-8 3000000 525 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCustomTypeSuccessParallel-8 10000000 165 ns/op 32 B/op 2 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCustomTypeFailure-8 2000000 826 ns/op 424 B/op 9 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCustomTypeFailureParallel-8 5000000 378 ns/op 440 B/op 10 allocs/op BenchmarkStructFilteredSuccess-8 2000000 734 ns/op 288 B/op 9 allocs/op BenchmarkStructFilteredSuccessParallel-8 5000000 313 ns/op 288 B/op 9 allocs/op BenchmarkStructFilteredFailure-8 2000000 592 ns/op 256 B/op 7 allocs/op BenchmarkStructFilteredFailureParallel-8 10000000 272 ns/op 256 B/op 7 allocs/op BenchmarkStructPartialSuccess-8 2000000 682 ns/op 256 B/op 6 allocs/op BenchmarkStructPartialSuccessParallel-8 10000000 279 ns/op 256 B/op 6 allocs/op BenchmarkStructPartialFailure-8 2000000 938 ns/op 480 B/op 11 allocs/op BenchmarkStructPartialFailureParallel-8 5000000 398 ns/op 480 B/op 11 allocs/op BenchmarkStructExceptSuccess-8 1000000 1088 ns/op 496 B/op 12 allocs/op BenchmarkStructExceptSuccessParallel-8 10000000 257 ns/op 240 B/op 5 allocs/op BenchmarkStructExceptFailure-8 2000000 897 ns/op 464 B/op 10 allocs/op BenchmarkStructExceptFailureParallel-8 5000000 394 ns/op 464 B/op 10 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossFieldSuccess-8 3000000 535 ns/op 72 B/op 3 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossFieldSuccessParallel-8 10000000 184 ns/op 72 B/op 3 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossFieldFailure-8 2000000 789 ns/op 304 B/op 8 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossFieldFailureParallel-8 5000000 386 ns/op 304 B/op 8 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossStructCrossFieldSuccess-8 2000000 793 ns/op 80 B/op 4 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossStructCrossFieldSuccessParallel-8 5000000 287 ns/op 80 B/op 4 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossStructCrossFieldFailure-8 1000000 1065 ns/op 320 B/op 9 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleCrossStructCrossFieldFailureParallel-8 3000000 417 ns/op 320 B/op 9 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleSuccess-8 5000000 364 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleSuccessParallel-8 20000000 112 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleFailure-8 2000000 785 ns/op 424 B/op 9 allocs/op BenchmarkStructSimpleFailureParallel-8 5000000 339 ns/op 424 B/op 9 allocs/op BenchmarkStructComplexSuccess-8 1000000 2136 ns/op 128 B/op 8 allocs/op BenchmarkStructComplexSuccessParallel-8 2000000 755 ns/op 128 B/op 8 allocs/op BenchmarkStructComplexFailure-8 300000 5248 ns/op 3041 B/op 53 allocs/op BenchmarkStructComplexFailureParallel-8 1000000 2363 ns/op 3041 B/op 53 allocs/op ``` Complimentary Software ---------------------- Here is a list of software that compliments using this library either pre or post validation. * [form](https://github.com/go-playground/form) - Decodes url.Values into Go value(s) and Encodes Go value(s) into url.Values. Dual Array and Full map support. * [Conform](https://github.com/leebenson/conform) - Trims, sanitizes & scrubs data based on struct tags. How to Contribute ------ Make a pull request... License ------ Distributed under MIT License, please see license file in code for more details.