NAME
Data::JSONSchema::Ajv - JSON Schema Validator wrapping Ajv
VERSION
version 0.06
DESCRIPTION
JSON Schema Validator wrapping Ajv
SYNOPSIS
use Test::More;
use Data::JSONSchema::Ajv;
my $ajv_options = {};
my $my_options = {
draft => '04', # Defaults to '07'
};
my $ajv = Data::JSONSchema::Ajv->new($ajv_options, $my_options);
my $validator = $ajv->make_validator(
{ # http://json-schema.org/examples.html
title => "Example Schema",
type => "object",
properties => {
firstName => { type => "string" },
lastName => { type => "string" },
age => {
description => "Age in years",
type => "integer",
minimum => 0
}
},
required => [ "firstName", "lastName" ],
}
);
my $payload = { firstName => 'Valentina', familyName => 'Tereshkova' };
my $result = $validator->validate($payload);
if ($result) {
is_deeply(
$result,
[ { dataPath => "",
keyword => "required",
message => "should have required property 'lastName'",
params => { missingProperty => "lastName" },
schemaPath => "#/required"
}
],
"Expected errors thrown"
);
} else {
fail(
"validate() returned a false value, which means the example " .
"unexpectedly validated"
);
}WHAT WHY
This module is an offensively light-weight wrapper Ajv.
Light-weight in this context just means it's not very many lines of actual Perl
METHODS
new
my $ajv = Data::JSONSchema::Ajv->new(
{ v5 => $JSON::PP::true }, # Ajv options. Try: {},
{}, # Module options. See `draft`
);Instantiates a new JavaScript::Duktape::XS environment and loads Ajv into it. Accepts two hashrefs (or undefs). The first is passed straight through to Ajv, whose options are documented here.
The second one allows you to specify a JSON Schema draft version. Allowable options are 04, 06, and 07. No support for multiple schemas at this time. Default is 07.
make_validator
my $validator = $ajv->make_validator( $hashref_schema OR $json_string );Compiles your schema using Ajv and return a Data::JSONSchema::Ajv::Validator object, documented immediately below.
duktape
Need to do something else, and something magic? This is a read-only accessor to the Duktape env.
Data::JSONSchema::Ajv::Validator
Single method object:
validate
my $errors = $validator->validate( $data_structure );Validate a data-structure against the schema. Returns undef on success, and a data-structure complaining on failure. The data-structure is whatever Ajv produces - you can either read its documentation, or be lazy and simply Data::Dumper it.
BOOLEANS AND UNDEFINED/NULL
Perl has no special Boolean types. JSON (and indeed JavaScript) does. If you're really brave, you can pass in a json option to replace the underlying Cpanel::JSON::XS at instantiation.
SEE ALSO
This module was written because I couldn't get any of the other JSON Schema validators to work.
Toby Inkster wrote JSON::Schema, which I had high hopes for, because he's a smart cookie, but it seems like it's very out of date compared to modern schemas.
I was unable to get JSON::Validator to fail validation for any schema I gave it. That's probably due to having miswritten my schemas, but it didn't give me any hints, and I did get some errors along the lines of Can't locate method validate_HASH(blahblah) and so I gave up. I also find it mildly offensive that (the most excellent) Mojolicious is a dependency for a JSON tool. Additionally it doesn't validate the schemas themselves, and I'm too stupid to use a tool like that.
Test::JSON::Schema::Acceptance provides some schema tests. This passes all of thems except the ones that require going and downloading external schemas.
AUTHOR
All the hard work was done by the guy who wrote Ajv, Evgeny Poberezkin.
This Perl wrapper written by Peter Sergeant.