# Talos
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Talos is simple parameters validation library
Documentation can be found at [ExDoc](https://hexdocs.pm/talos/)
## Why another one validation library?
I needed more checks than just whether the value belonged to a particular data type.
This library allows you to define your own checks and use typical checks with a simple setup.
## Usage
```elixir
defmodule CheckUserSignUp do
import Talos
@schema map(fields: [
field(key: "action", type: const(value: "sign-up")),
field(key: "email", type: string(min_length: 5, max_length: 255, regexp: ~r/.*@.*/)),
field(key: "age", type: integer(gteq: 18, allow_nil: true))
])
def validate(%{} = map_data) do
params = Talos.permit(map_data)
errors = Talos.errors(@schema, params)
case errors == %{} do
true -> {:ok, params}
false -> {:error, errors}
end
end
end
```
Somewhere in UserController
```elixir
...
def sign_up(conn, params)
case CheckUserSignUp.valid?(params) do
:ok ->
result = MyApp.register_user!(params)
render_json(%{"ok" => true | result})
{:error, errors} ->
render_errors(errors)
end
end
...
```
## Flow

## Own Type definition
If you want define own Type, just create module with `Talos.Types` behavior
```elixir
defmodule ZipCodeType do
@behaviour Talos.Types
defstruct [length: 6]
def valid?(%__MODULE__{length: len}, value) do
String.valid?(value) && String.match?(value, ~r/\d{len}/)
end
def errors(__MODULE__, value) do
case valid?(__MODULE__,value) do
true -> []
false -> ["#{value} is not zipcode"]
end
end
end
# And use it
Talos.valid?(%ZipCodeType{}, "123456") # => true
Talos.valid?(%ZipCodeType{}, "1234") # => false
Talos.valid?(%ZipCodeType{}, 123456) # => false
```
## Installation
```elixir
def deps do
[
{:talos, "~> 1.12"}
]
end
```
# Contribution
Feel free to make a pull request. All contributions are appreciated!