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Version: 2.13

request-validation

Description#

request-validation plugin validates the requests before forwarding to an upstream service. The validation plugin uses json-schema to validate the schema. The plugin can be used to validate the headers and body data.

For more information on schema, refer to JSON schema for more information.

Attributes#

Note that at least one of header_schema and body_schema must be filled in.

NameTypeRequirementDefaultValidDescription
header_schemaobjectoptionalschema for the header data
body_schemaobjectoptionalschema for the body data
rejected_codeintegeroptional400[200,...,599]the custom rejected code
rejected_msgstringoptionalthe custom rejected message

How To Enable#

Create a route and enable the request-validation plugin on the route:

curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/routes/5 -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
"uri": "/get",
"plugins": {
"request-validation": {
"body_schema": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["required_payload"],
"properties": {
"required_payload": {"type": "string"},
"boolean_payload": {"type": "boolean"}
},
"rejected_msg": "customize reject message"
}
}
},
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"127.0.0.1:8080": 1
}
}
}'

Test Plugin#

curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--request POST \
--data '{"boolean-payload":true,"required_payload":"hello"}' \
http://127.0.0.1:9080/get

If the schema is violated the plugin will yield a 400 bad request with the reject response.

Disable Plugin#

Remove the corresponding json configuration in the plugin configuration to disable the request-validation. APISIX plugins are hot-reloaded, therefore no need to restart APISIX.

curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/routes/5 -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
"uri": "/get",
"plugins": {
},
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"127.0.0.1:8080": 1
}
}
}'

Examples:#

Enum validate:

{
"body_schema": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["required_payload"],
"properties": {
"enum_payload": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["enum_string_1", "enum_string_2"],
"default": "enum_string_1"
}
}
}
}

Boolean validate:

{
"body_schema": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["bool_payload"],
"properties": {
"bool_payload": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": true
}
}
}
}

Number or Integer validate:

{
"body_schema": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["integer_payload"],
"properties": {
"integer_payload": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 65535
}
}
}
}

String validate:

{
"body_schema": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["string_payload"],
"properties": {
"string_payload": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 32
}
}
}
}

Regex validate:

{
"body_schema": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["regex_payload"],
"properties": {
"regex_payload": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 32,
"pattern": "[[^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$]]"
}
}
}
}

Array validate:

{
"body_schema": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["array_payload"],
"properties": {
"array_payload": {
"type": "array",
"minItems": 1,
"items": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 200,
"maximum": 599
},
"uniqueItems": true,
"default": [200, 302]
}
}
}
}

Multi-field combination verification:

{
"body_schema": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["boolean_payload", "array_payload", "regex_payload"],
"properties": {
"boolean_payload": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"array_payload": {
"type": "array",
"minItems": 1,
"items": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 200,
"maximum": 599
},
"uniqueItems": true,
"default": [200, 302]
},
"regex_payload": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 32,
"pattern": "[[^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$]]"
}
}
}
}

Custom rejected message:

{
"uri": "/get",
"plugins": {
"request-validation": {
"body_schema": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["required_payload"],
"properties": {
"required_payload": {"type": "string"},
"boolean_payload": {"type": "boolean"}
},
"rejected_msg": "customize reject message"
}
}
},
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"127.0.0.1:8080": 1
}
}
}