Fluent Validation with Swagger in Asp.net Core
After searching i have finally figured out that i needed to IValidationFactory
for validator instance.
public class AddFluentValidationRules : ISchemaFilter
{
private readonly IValidatorFactory _factory;
/// <summary>
/// Default constructor with DI
/// </summary>
/// <param name="factory"></param>
public AddFluentValidationRules(IValidatorFactory factory)
{
_factory = factory;
}
/// <summary>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="model"></param>
/// <param name="context"></param>
public void Apply(Schema model, SchemaFilterContext context)
{
// use IoC or FluentValidatorFactory to get AbstractValidator<T> instance
var validator = _factory.GetValidator(context.SystemType);
if (validator == null) return;
if (model.Required == null)
model.Required = new List<string>();
var validatorDescriptor = validator.CreateDescriptor();
foreach (var key in model.Properties.Keys)
{
foreach (var propertyValidator in validatorDescriptor
.GetValidatorsForMember(ToPascalCase(key)))
{
if (propertyValidator is NotNullValidator
|| propertyValidator is NotEmptyValidator)
model.Required.Add(key);
if (propertyValidator is LengthValidator lengthValidator)
{
if (lengthValidator.Max > 0)
model.Properties[key].MaxLength = lengthValidator.Max;
model.Properties[key].MinLength = lengthValidator.Min;
}
if (propertyValidator is RegularExpressionValidator expressionValidator)
model.Properties[key].Pattern = expressionValidator.Expression;
// Add more validation properties here;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// To convert case as swagger may be using lower camel case
/// </summary>
/// <param name="inputString"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static string ToPascalCase(string inputString)
{
// If there are 0 or 1 characters, just return the string.
if (inputString == null) return null;
if (inputString.Length < 2) return inputString.ToUpper();
return inputString.Substring(0, 1).ToUpper() + inputString.Substring(1);
}
}
and add this class to swaggerGen options
options.SchemaFilter<AddFluentValidationRules>();
Install Nuget package:
MicroElements.Swashbuckle.FluentValidation
Add to ConfigureServices:
services.AddFluentValidationRulesToSwagger();
I've created github project and nuget package based on Mujahid Daud Khan answer. I made redesign to support extensibility and supported other validators.
github: https://github.com/micro-elements/MicroElements.Swashbuckle.FluentValidation
nuget: https://www.nuget.org/packages/MicroElements.Swashbuckle.FluentValidation
Note: For WebApi see: https://github.com/micro-elements/MicroElements.Swashbuckle.FluentValidation.WebApi
Supported validators
- INotNullValidator (NotNull)
- INotEmptyValidator (NotEmpty)
- ILengthValidator (Length, MinimumLength, MaximumLength, ExactLength)
- IRegularExpressionValidator (Email, Matches)
- IComparisonValidator (GreaterThan, GreaterThanOrEqual, LessThan, LessThanOrEqual)
- IBetweenValidator (InclusiveBetween, ExclusiveBetween)
Usage
1. Reference packages in your web project:
<PackageReference Include="FluentValidation.AspNetCore" Version="7.5.2" />
<PackageReference Include="MicroElements.Swashbuckle.FluentValidation" Version="0.4.0" />
<PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="2.3.0" />
2. Change Startup.cs
// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services
.AddMvc()
// Adds fluent validators to Asp.net
.AddFluentValidation(fv => fv.RegisterValidatorsFromAssemblyContaining<CustomerValidator>());
services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
{
c.SwaggerDoc("v1", new Info { Title = "My API", Version = "v1" });
// Adds fluent validation rules to swagger
c.AddFluentValidationRules();
});
}
// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
app
.UseMvc()
// Adds swagger
.UseSwagger();
// Adds swagger UI
app.UseSwaggerUI(c =>
{
c.SwaggerEndpoint("/swagger/v1/swagger.json", "My API V1");
});
}
Swagger Sample model and validator
public class Sample
{
public string PropertyWithNoRules { get; set; }
public string NotNull { get; set; }
public string NotEmpty { get; set; }
public string EmailAddress { get; set; }
public string RegexField { get; set; }
public int ValueInRange { get; set; }
public int ValueInRangeExclusive { get; set; }
}
public class SampleValidator : AbstractValidator<Sample>
{
public SampleValidator()
{
RuleFor(sample => sample.NotNull).NotNull();
RuleFor(sample => sample.NotEmpty).NotEmpty();
RuleFor(sample => sample.EmailAddress).EmailAddress();
RuleFor(sample => sample.RegexField).Matches(@"(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})");
RuleFor(sample => sample.ValueInRange).GreaterThanOrEqualTo(5).LessThanOrEqualTo(10);
RuleFor(sample => sample.ValueInRangeExclusive).GreaterThan(5).LessThan(10);
}
}
Feel free to add issues!