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🦋 express-openapi-validator

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An OpenApi validator for ExpressJS that automatically validates API requests and responses using an OpenAPI 3 specification.

🦋express-openapi-validator is an unopinionated library that integrates with new and existing API applications. express-openapi-validator lets you write code the way you want; it does not impose any coding convention or project layout. Simply, install the validator onto your express app, point it to your OpenAPI 3 specification, then define and implement routes the way you prefer. See an example.

Features:

  • ✔️ request validation
  • ✔️ response validation (json only)
  • 👮 security validation / custom security functions
  • 👽 3rd party / custom formats / custom data serialization-deserialization
  • 🧵 optionally auto-map OpenAPI endpoints to Express handler functions
  • ✂️ $ref support; split specs over multiple files
  • 🎈 file upload

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OAS 3.1 (experimental)

Install

npm install express-openapi-validator

# experimental OAS 3.1 in alpha (contributions welcome - see branch `oas-3.1` and pr-882 
# please provide feedback on (issue-573)
npm install express-openapi-validator@6.0.0-alpha.4

Usage

  1. Require/import the openapi validator
const OpenApiValidator = require('express-openapi-validator');

or

import * as OpenApiValidator from 'express-openapi-validator';
  1. Install the middleware
app.use(
  OpenApiValidator.middleware({
    apiSpec: './openapi.yaml',
    validateRequests: true, // (default)
    validateResponses: true, // false by default
  }),
);
  1. Register an error handler
app.use((err, req, res, next) => {
  // format error
  res.status(err.status || 500).json({
    message: err.message,
    errors: err.errors,
  });
});

Important: Ensure express is configured with all relevant body parsers. Body parser middleware functions must be specified prior to any validated routes. See an example.

See the doc for complete documenation

deprecated legacy doc

License

MIT

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