express-required-fields

Synopsis

Express middleware to set required fields for incoming requests. Responds with error message if fields are missing in the request body (headers and/or query as an option).

Installation

Install the dependency

npm install express-required-fields --save

Code Example

Sample usage:

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var required = require('express-required-fields')

app.post('/register', required(['email', 'password']), (req, res)=>{
  //this code will run if required fields are included in the request body
  })

Options

Options can be used to customize the response. They can be passed as a second parameter

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var required = require('express-required-fields')

app.post('/register', required(['email', 'password'],{ error_status:432, message:'A custom message' }), (req, res)=>{
  //this code will run if required fields are included in the request body
  })

Default options values are:

• error_status: 400
• message: 'Bad Request'
• show_required: true
• show_received: true
• accept_headers: false
• accept_query: false

Tests

Mocha and Chai are used for testing. To run the tests:

npm test

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Contributors

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License

Read LICENSE.md