use serde_json::Value;
pub fn validate_against_schema(input: &Value, schema: &Value) -> Result<(), String> {
validate_at(input, schema, "$")
}
fn validate_at(input: &Value, schema: &Value, path: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
let Some(schema) = schema.as_object() else {
return Ok(());
};
if let Some(expected) = schema.get("type") {
let names: Vec<&str> = match expected {
Value::String(name) => vec![name.as_str()],
Value::Array(names) => names.iter().filter_map(Value::as_str).collect(),
_ => Vec::new(),
};
if !names.is_empty() && !names.iter().any(|name| matches_type(input, name)) {
return Err(format!(
"{path}: expected type {}, got {}",
names.join(" or "),
type_name(input)
));
}
}
if let Some(allowed) = schema.get("enum").and_then(Value::as_array)
&& !allowed.iter().any(|candidate| candidate == input)
{
return Err(format!("{path}: value is not one of the allowed values"));
}
if let Some(object) = input.as_object() {
if let Some(required) = schema.get("required").and_then(Value::as_array) {
for name in required.iter().filter_map(Value::as_str) {
if !object.contains_key(name) {
return Err(format!("{path}: missing required property `{name}`"));
}
}
}
if let Some(properties) = schema.get("properties").and_then(Value::as_object) {
for (name, property_schema) in properties {
if let Some(value) = object.get(name) {
validate_at(value, property_schema, &format!("{path}.{name}"))?;
}
}
}
}
if let (Some(items), Some(item_schema)) = (input.as_array(), schema.get("items")) {
for (index, item) in items.iter().enumerate() {
validate_at(item, item_schema, &format!("{path}[{index}]"))?;
}
}
Ok(())
}
fn matches_type(value: &Value, name: &str) -> bool {
match name {
"object" => value.is_object(),
"array" => value.is_array(),
"string" => value.is_string(),
"number" => value.is_number(),
"integer" => value.is_i64() || value.is_u64(),
"boolean" => value.is_boolean(),
"null" => value.is_null(),
_ => true,
}
}
fn type_name(value: &Value) -> &'static str {
match value {
Value::Null => "null",
Value::Bool(_) => "boolean",
Value::Number(_) => "number",
Value::String(_) => "string",
Value::Array(_) => "array",
Value::Object(_) => "object",
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use serde_json::json;
#[test]
fn obviously_wrong_shapes_are_rejected() {
let schema = json!({
"type": "object",
"required": ["approved"],
"properties": {
"approved": {"type": "boolean"},
"note": {"type": "string"}
}
});
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!({"approved": true}), &schema).is_ok());
assert!(
validate_against_schema(&json!({"approved": false, "note": "no"}), &schema).is_ok()
);
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!("yes"), &schema).is_err());
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!({}), &schema).is_err());
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!({"approved": "yes"}), &schema).is_err());
let choice = json!({"enum": ["approve", "reject"]});
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!("approve"), &choice).is_ok());
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!("maybe"), &choice).is_err());
}
#[test]
fn arrays_and_type_unions_validate() {
let schema = json!({"type": "array", "items": {"type": "integer"}});
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!([1, 2, 3]), &schema).is_ok());
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!([1, "two"]), &schema).is_err());
let union = json!({"type": ["string", "null"]});
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!("text"), &union).is_ok());
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!(null), &union).is_ok());
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!(3), &union).is_err());
}
#[test]
fn unimplemented_keywords_do_not_reject() {
let schema = json!({"type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]+$", "minLength": 99});
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!("not digits"), &schema).is_ok());
assert!(validate_against_schema(&json!({"anything": 1}), &json!(true)).is_ok());
}
}