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| # @apideck/better-ajv-errors 👮♀️ | |
| > Human-friendly JSON Schema validation for APIs | |
| - Readable and helpful [ajv](https://github.com/ajv-validator/ajv) errors | |
| - API-friendly format | |
| - Suggestions for spelling mistakes | |
| - Minimal footprint: 1.56 kB (gzip + minified) | |
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| ## Install | |
| ```bash | |
| $ yarn add @apideck/better-ajv-errors | |
| ``` | |
| or | |
| ```bash | |
| $ npm i @apideck/better-ajv-errors | |
| ``` | |
| Also make sure that you've installed [ajv](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ajv) at version 8 or higher. | |
| ## Usage | |
| After validating some data with ajv, pass the errors to `betterAjvErrors` | |
| ```ts | |
| import Ajv from 'ajv'; | |
| import { betterAjvErrors } from '@apideck/better-ajv-errors'; | |
| // Without allErrors: true, ajv will only return the first error | |
| const ajv = new Ajv({ allErrors: true }); | |
| const valid = ajv.validate(schema, data); | |
| if (!valid) { | |
| const betterErrors = betterAjvErrors({ schema, data, errors: ajv.errors }); | |
| } | |
| ``` | |
| ## API | |
| ### betterAjvErrors | |
| Function that formats ajv validation errors in a human-friendly format. | |
| #### Parameters | |
| - `options: BetterAjvErrorsOptions` | |
| - `errors: ErrorObject[] | null | undefined` Your ajv errors, you will find these in the `errors` property of your ajv instance (`ErrorObject` is a type from the ajv package). | |
| - `data: Object` The data you passed to ajv to be validated. | |
| - `schema: JSONSchema` The schema you passed to ajv to validate against. | |
| - `basePath?: string` An optional base path to prefix paths returned by `betterAjvErrors`. For example, in APIs, it could be useful to use `'{requestBody}'` or `'{queryParemeters}'` as a basePath. This will make it clear to users where exactly the error occurred. | |
| #### Return Value | |
| - `ValidationError[]` Array of formatted errors (properties of `ValidationError` below) | |
| - `message: string` Formatted error message | |
| - `suggestion?: string` Optional suggestion based on provided data and schema | |
| - `path: string` Object path where the error occurred (example: `.foo.bar.0.quz`) | |
| - `context: { errorType: DefinedError['keyword']; [additionalContext: string]: unknown }` `errorType` is `error.keyword` proxied from `ajv`. `errorType` can be used as a key for i18n if needed. There might be additional properties on context, based on the type of error. | |
| ## Related | |
| - [atlassian/better-ajv-errors](https://github.com/atlassian/better-ajv-errors) was the inspiration for this library. Atlassian's library is more focused on CLI errors, this library is focused on developer-friendly API error messages. | |