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| 1 | +# Arktype Utils |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +[ArkType](https://www.npmjs.com/package/arktype) is a TypeScript validator that delivers highly optimized validators. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +I created some wrappers around ArkType's validators. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +**_This is still an early version, the shape might change. I will attempt to keep a nice deprecation path._** |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## Turning FormData into an object |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +This is a helper method, primarily for Node-based backends that need to turn `FormData` values into a JS object. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +**NOTE**: This does _no_ validation, it just turns the values into an object |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +```ts |
| 16 | +import { formDataToObject } from '@jhecht/arktype-utils'; |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +const fd = new FormData(); |
| 19 | +fd.append('name', 'Bob'); |
| 20 | +fd.append('surname', 'Surbob'); |
| 21 | +fd.append('age', '31'); |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +const obj = formDataToObject(fd); |
| 24 | +``` |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +For repeated entries, if there is more than 1 value found, it will be turned into an array |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +```ts |
| 29 | +import { formDataToObject } from '@jhecht/arktype-utils'; |
| 30 | +const fd = new FormData(); |
| 31 | +fd.append('name', 'Bob'); |
| 32 | +fd.append('name', 'John'); |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +const obj = formDataToObject(fd); |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +// { name: ['Bob', 'John']} |
| 37 | +console.info(obj); |
| 38 | +``` |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +This method all does it's best guess for JSON-parsible values, including BigInt |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +```ts |
| 43 | +import { formDataToObject } from '@jhecht/arktype-utils'; |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +const fd = new FormData(); |
| 46 | +fd.append('number', '13'); |
| 47 | +fd.append('otherNumber', '3.1415'); |
| 48 | +fd.append('bigNumber', '300n'); |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +const obj = formDataToObject(fd); |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +// { number: 13, otherNumber: 3.1415, bigNumber: 300n } -- no strings! |
| 53 | +console.info(obj); |
| 54 | +``` |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +You can also for an element to _always_ be an array by ending it with `[]`: |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +```ts |
| 59 | +import { formDataToObject } from '@jhecht/arktype-utils'; |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +const fd = new FormData(); |
| 62 | +fd.append('email[]', 'bob@bob.bob'); |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +const obj = formDataToObject(fd); |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +// { email: ['bob@bob.bob'] } |
| 67 | +console.info(obj); |
| 68 | +``` |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +## Validating Data with ArkType |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +I created this wrapper, which `throws` if there are any `error` values. It takes two arguments, one being a `FormData` object, and the other a `type` or `scope` call from ArkType, which serves as the validator for the object-ified `FormData`. |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +```ts |
| 75 | +import { validateFormData } from '@jhecht/arktype-utils'; |
| 76 | +import { type } from 'arktype'; |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +const fd = new FormData(); |
| 79 | +// Assume `fd` is gotten from the request body here |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +try { |
| 82 | + const obj = validateFormData( |
| 83 | + fd, |
| 84 | + type({ |
| 85 | + name: 'string>=2', |
| 86 | + age: '13<=number', |
| 87 | + favoriteMovies: 'string[]', |
| 88 | + }), |
| 89 | + ); |
| 90 | + // If this code is ran we know that the value of the `fd` variables passes the above validations when turned into an object |
| 91 | + console.info(obj); |
| 92 | +} catch (e) { |
| 93 | + // If we end up here, `e` will be the `Problems` object returned by ArkType's validator |
| 94 | + console.error(e); |
| 95 | +} |
| 96 | +``` |
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