Package check provides request form checking.

• Installing
• Usage
  • JSON
  • Internationalization
  • Rules

1. Get package:

   go get -u github.com/gowww/check

2. Import it in your code:

   import "github.com/gowww/check"

1. Make a Checker with rules for keys:

   userChecker := check.Checker{
   	"email":   {check.Required, check.Email, check.Unique(db, "users", "email", "?")},
   	"phone":   {check.Phone},
   	"picture": {check.MaxFileSize(5000000), check.Image},
   }

   The rules order is significant so for example, it's smarter to check the format of a value before its uniqueness, avoiding some useless database requests.

2. Check data:

   • From a values map, with Checker.CheckValues:

      errs := userChecker.CheckValues(map[string][]string{
      	"name":  {"foobar"},
      	"phone": {"0012345678901"},
      })

   • From an http.Request, with Checker.CheckRequest:

      errs := userChecker.CheckRequest(r)

3. Handle errors:

   if errs.NotEmpty() {
   	fmt.Println(errs)
   }

Use Errors.JSON to get errors in a map under errors key, ready to be JSON formatted (as an HTTP API response, for example):

if errs.NotEmpty() {
	errsjs, _ := json.Marshal(errs.JSON())
	w.Write(errsjs)
}

Internationalization is handled by gowww/i18n and there are built-in translations for all errors.

Use Errors.T with an i18n.Translator (usually stored in the request context) to get translated errors:

if errs.NotEmpty() {
	transErrs := errs.T(i18n.RequestTranslator(r))
	fmt.Println(transErrs)
}

You can provide custom translations for each error type under keys like "error + RuleName":

var locales = i18n.Locales{
	language.English: {
		"hello": "Hello!",

		"errorMaxFileSize": "File too big (%v max.)",
		"errorRequired":    "Required field",
	},
}

If the i18n.Translator is nil or a custom translation is not found, the built-in translation of error is used.