joi npm code example

Example 1: joi.js

const Joi = require('@hapi/joi');

const joiSchema = Joi.object({
  a: Joi.string()
    .min(2)
    .max(10)
    .required()
    .messages({
      'string.base': `"a" should be a type of 'text'`,
      'string.empty': `"a" cannot be an empty field`,
      'string.min': `"a" should have a minimum length of {#limit}`,
      'any.required': `"a" is a required field`
    })
});

const validationResult = joiSchema.validate({ a: 2 }, { abortEarly: false });
console.log(validationResult.error); // expecting ValidationError: "a" should be a type of 'text'

Example 2: npm i joi vs npm install joi

npm install joi

Example 3: joi in node and express

npm init -y
npm install --save express body-parser morgan joi lodash