any

Learn about the available options, methods and use cases.

This utility validator accepts any value and will always be successful no matter what has been passed. You can use this validator for generating dynamic values combined with .custom method.

Usage

Following is the simple usage of this validator

import e from "validator";

await e.any() // Any validator accepts any data...
.validate({ name: "John", age: 18 }); // returns { name: "John", age: 18 }

Options

Following are the available options for this validator

interface IAnyValidatorOptions extends TBaseValidatorOptions {
    // No specific options...
}

Examples

Read the examples below to understand different use cases

Case 1 (Generate dynamic value)

// The following example shows how to generate a new value based on other props.
await e.object({
    firstName: e.string(),
    lastName: e.string(),
    
    // Generate a full name
    fullName: e.any().custom(ctx => {
        return `${ctx.parent.output.firstName} ${ctx.parent.output.lastName}`;
    })
})
.validate({
    firstName: "Saif Ali",
    lastName: "Khan"
}) // returns { firstName: "Saif Ali", lastName: "Khan", fullName: "Saif Ali Khan" }