garde 0.14.1

Validation library
Documentation
//! A Rust validation library
//!
//! - [Basic usage example](#basic-usage-example)
//! - [Validation rules](#available-validation-rules)
//! - [Inner type validation](#inner-type-validation)
//! - [Handling Option](#handling-option)
//! - [Custom validation](#custom-validation)
//! - [Implementing rules](#implementing-rules)
//! - [Implementing `Validate`](#implementing-validate)
//! - [Integration with web frameworks](#integration-with-web-frameworks)
//! - [Feature flags](#feature-flags)
//! - [Why `garde`?](#why-garde)
//!
//! ### Basic usage example
//!
//! To get started, use the [`Validate`][`crate::Validate`] derive macro and add some validation rules to your type.
//! This generates an implementation of the [`Validate`][`crate::Validate`] trait for you.
//! To use it, call the [`validate`][`crate::Validate::validate`] method on an instance of the type.
//!
//! Here's what that looks like in full:
//!
//! ```rust
//! use garde::{Validate, Valid};
//!
//! #[derive(Validate)]
//! struct User<'a> {
//!     #[garde(ascii, length(min=3, max=25))]
//!     username: &'a str,
//!     #[garde(length(min=15))]
//!     password: &'a str,
//! }
//!
//! let user = User {
//!     username: "test",
//!     password: "not_a_very_good_password",
//! };
//!
//! if let Err(e) = user.validate(&()) {
//!     println!("invalid user: {e}");
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! Garde can also validate enums:
//!
//! ```rust
//! use garde::{Validate, Valid};
//!
//! #[derive(Validate)]
//! enum Data {
//!     Struct {
//!         #[garde(range(min=-10, max=10))]
//!         field: i32,
//!     },
//!     Tuple(
//!         #[garde(ascii)]
//!         String
//!     ),
//! }
//!
//! let data = Data::Struct { field: 100 };
//! if let Err(e) = data.validate(&()) {
//!     println!("invalid data: {e}");
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! ### Available validation rules
//!
//! | name         | format                                           | validation                                           | feature flag   |
//! | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
//! | required     | `#[garde(required)]`                             | is value set                                         | -              |
//! | ascii        | `#[garde(ascii)]`                                | only contains ASCII                                  | -              |
//! | alphanumeric | `#[garde(alphanumeric)]`                         | only letters and digits                              | -              |
//! | email        | `#[garde(email)]`                                | an email according to the HTML5 spec[^1]             | `email`        |
//! | url          | `#[garde(url)]`                                  | a URL                                                | `url`          |
//! | ip           | `#[garde(ip)]`                                   | an IP address (either IPv4 or IPv6)                  | -              |
//! | ipv4         | `#[garde(ipv4)]`                                 | an IPv4 address                                      | -              |
//! | ipv6         | `#[garde(ipv6)]`                                 | an IPv6 address                                      | -              |
//! | credit card  | `#[garde(credit_card)]`                          | a credit card number                                 | `credit-card`  |
//! | phone number | `#[garde(phone_number)]`                         | a phone number                                       | `phone-number` |
//! | length       | `#[garde(length(min=<usize>, max=<usize>)]`      | a container with length in `min..=max`               | -              |
//! | byte_length  | `#[garde(byte_length(min=<usize>, max=<usize>)]` | a byte sequence with length in `min..=max`           | -              |
//! | range        | `#[garde(range(min=<expr>, max=<expr>))]`        | a number in the range `min..=max`                    | -              |
//! | contains     | `#[garde(contains(<string>))]`                   | a string-like value containing a substring           | -              |
//! | prefix       | `#[garde(prefix(<string>))]`                     | a string-like value prefixed by some string          | -              |
//! | suffix       | `#[garde(suffix(<string>))]`                     | a string-like value suffixed by some string          | -              |
//! | pattern      | `#[garde(pattern("<regex>"))]`                   | a string-like value matching some regular expression | `regex`        |
//! | pattern      | `#[garde(pattern(<matcher>))]`                   | a string-like value matched by some [`Matcher`][rules::pattern::Matcher] | - |
//! | dive         | `#[garde(dive)]`                                 | nested validation, calls `validate` on the value     | -              |
//! | skip         | `#[garde(skip)]`                                 | skip validation                                      | -              |
//! | custom       | `#[garde(custom(<function or closure>))]`        | a custom validator                                   | -              |
//!
//! Additional notes:
//! - `required` is only available for `Option` fields.
//! - For `length` and `range`, either `min` or `max` may be omitted, but not both.
//! - `length` and `range` use an *inclusive* upper bound (`min..=max`).
//! - `length` uses `.chars().count()` for UTF-8 strings instead of `.len()`.
//! - For `contains`, `prefix`, and `suffix`, the pattern must be a string literal, because the `Pattern` API [is currently unstable](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/27721).
//! - Garde does not enable the default features of the `regex` crate - if you need extra regex features (e.g. Unicode) or better performance, add a dependency on `regex = "1"` to your `Cargo.toml`.
//!
//! If most of the fields on your struct are annotated with `#[garde(skip)]`, you may use `#[garde(allow_unvalidated)]` instead:
//!
//! ```rust
//! #[derive(garde::Validate)]
//! struct Foo<'a> {
//!     #[garde(length(min = 1))]
//!     a: &'a str,
//!
//!     #[garde(skip)]
//!     b: &'a str, // this field will not be validated
//! }
//!
//! #[derive(garde::Validate)]
//! #[garde(allow_unvalidated)]
//! struct Bar<'a> {
//!     #[garde(length(min = 1))]
//!     a: &'a str,
//!
//!     b: &'a str, // this field will not be validated
//!                 // note the lack of `#[garde(skip)]`
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! ### Inner type validation
//!
//! If you need to validate the "inner" type of a container, such as the `String` in `Vec<String>`, then use the `inner` modifier:
//!
//! ```rust
//! #[derive(garde::Validate)]
//! struct Test {
//!     #[garde(
//!         length(min = 1),
//!         inner(ascii, length(min = 1)), // wrap the rule in `inner`
//!     )]
//!     items: Vec<String>,
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! The above type would fail validation if:
//! - the `Vec` is empty
//! - any of the inner `String` elements is empty
//! - any of the inner `String` elements contains non-ASCII characters
//!
//! ### Handling Option
//!
//! Every rule works on `Option<T>` fields. The field will only be validated if it is `Some`. If you additionally want to validate that the `Option<T>` field is `Some`, use the `required` rule:
//!
//! ```rust
//! #[derive(garde::Validate)]
//! struct Test {
//!     #[garde(required, ascii, length(min = 1))]
//!     value: Option<String>,
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! The above type would fail validation if:
//! - `value` is `None`
//! - the inner `value` is empty
//! - the inner `value` contains non-ASCII characters
//!
//! ### Custom validation
//!
//! Validation may be customized via the `custom` rule, and the `context` attribute.
//!
//! The context may be any type without generic parameters. By default, the context is `()`.
//!
//! ```rust,ignore
//! #[derive(garde::Validate)]
//! #[garde(context(PasswordContext))]
//! struct User {
//!     #[garde(custom(is_strong_password))]
//!     password: String,
//! }
//!
//! struct PasswordContext {
//!     min_entropy: f32,
//!     entropy: cracken::password_entropy::EntropyEstimator,
//! }
//!
//! fn is_strong_password(value: &str, context: &PasswordContext) -> garde::Result {
//!     let bits = context.entropy.estimate_password_entropy(value.as_bytes())
//!         .map(|e| e.mask_entropy)
//!         .unwrap_or(0.0);
//!     if bits < context.min_entropy {
//!         return Err(garde::Error::new("password is not strong enough"));
//!     }
//!     Ok(())
//! }
//!
//! let ctx = PasswordContext { /* ... */ };
//! let user = User { /* ... */ };
//! user.validate(&ctx)?;
//! ```
//!
//! The validator function may accept the value as a reference to any type which it derefs to.
//! In the above example, it is possible to use `&str`, because `password` is a `String`, and `String` derefs to `&str`.
//!
//! ### Implementing rules
//!
//! Say you want to implement length checking for a custom string-like type.
//! To do this, you would implement the [`HasLength`][`crate::rules::length::HasLength`] trait for it.
//!
//! ```rust
//! #[repr(transparent)]
//! pub struct MyString(pub String);
//!
//! impl garde::rules::length::HasLength for MyString {
//!     fn length(&self) -> usize {
//!         self.0.chars().count()
//!     }
//! }
//! #[derive(garde::Validate)]
//! struct Foo {
//!     // Now the `length` check may be used with `MyString`
//!     #[garde(length(min = 1, max = 1000))]
//!     field: MyString,
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! Each rule comes with its own trait that may be implemented by custom types in your code.
//! They are all available under [`rules`][`crate::rules`].
//!
//! ### Implementing `Validate`
//!
//! In case you have a container type for which you'd like to support nested validation (using the `#[garde(dive)]` rule),
//! you may implement [`Validate`][`crate::Validate`] for it:
//!
//! ```rust
//! #[repr(transparent)]
//! struct MyVec<T>(Vec<T>);
//!
//! impl<T: garde::Validate> garde::Validate for MyVec<T> {
//!     type Context = T::Context;
//!
//!     fn validate(&self, ctx: &Self::Context) -> Result<(), garde::Errors> {
//!         garde::Errors::list(|errors| {
//!             for item in self.0.iter() {
//!                 errors.push(item.validate(ctx));
//!             }
//!         })
//!         .finish()
//!     }
//! }
//!
//! #[derive(garde::Validate)]
//! struct Foo {
//!   #[garde(dive)]
//!   field: MyVec<Bar>,
//! }
//!
//! #[derive(garde::Validate)]
//! struct Bar {
//!   #[garde(range(min = 1, max = 10))]
//!   value: u32,
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! To make implementing the trait easier, the [`Errors`][`crate::error::Errors`] type supports a nesting builders.
//! - For list-like or tuple-like data structures, use [`Errors::list`][`crate::error::Errors::list`],
//!   and its `.push` method to attach nested [`Errors`][`crate::error::Errors`].
//! - For map-like data structures, use [`Errors::fields`][`crate::error::Errors::fields`],
//!   and its `.insert` method to attach nested [`Errors`][`crate::error::Errors`].
//! - For a "flat" error list, use [`Errors::simple`][`crate::error::Errors::simple`],
//!   and its `.push` method to attach individual errors.
//!
//! The [`ListErrorBuilder::push`][`crate::error::ListErrorBuilder::push`] and
//! [`FieldsErrorBuilder::insert`][`crate::error::FieldsErrorBuilder::insert`] methods
//! will ignore any errors which are empty (via [`Errors::is_empty`][`crate::error::Errors::is_empty`]).
//!
//! ### Integration with web frameworks
//!
//! - [`axum`](https://crates.io/crates/axum): https://crates.io/crates/axum_garde
//!
//! ### Feature flags
//!
//!
//! | name                     | description                                                                                                                       | extra dependencies                                                                           |
//! |--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
//! | `derive`                 | Enables the usage of the `derive(Validate)` macro                                                                                 | [`garde_derive`](https://crates.io/crates/garde_derive)                                      |
//! | `url`                    | Validation of URLs via the `url` crate.                                                                                           | [`url`](https://crates.io/crates/url)                                                        |
//! | `email`                  | Validation of emails according to [HTML5](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/forms.html#valid-e-mail-address)                 | [`regex`](https://crates.io/crates/regex), [`once_cell`](https://crates.io/crates/once_cell) |
//! | `email-idna`             | Support for [Internationalizing Domain Names for Applications](https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#idna) in email addresses              | [`idna`](https://crates.io/crates/idna)                                                      |
//! | `regex`                  | Support for regular expressions in `pattern` via the `regex` crate                                                                | [`regex`](https://crates.io/crates/regex), [`once_cell`](https://crates.io/crates/once_cell) |
//! | `credit-card`            | Validation of credit card numbers via the `card-validate` crate                                                                   | [`card-validate`](https://crates.io/crates/card-validate)                                    |
//! | `phone-number`           | Validation of phone numbers via the `phonenumber` crate                                                                           | [`phonenumber`](https://crates.io/crates/phonenumber)                                        |

pub mod error;
pub mod rules;
pub mod validate;

pub use error::{Error, Errors};
#[cfg(feature = "derive")]
pub use garde_derive::Validate;
pub use validate::{Unvalidated, Valid, Validate};

pub type Result = ::core::result::Result<(), Error>;