const sanitizer = require('sanitizer'); // Verifies a single property is well formed const verifyProp = async (prop, expected) => { if (!expected.optional && !prop) throw {code: 400, message: expected.name + ' not specified.'}; else if (!prop) return; if (expected.type) { if (expected.type === 'date' && isNaN(new Date(prop))) throw {code: 400, message: `${expected.name} malformed.`}; else if (expected.type === 'array' && !(prop instanceof Array)) throw {code: 400, message: `${expected.name} malformed.`}; else if (typeof prop !== expected.type) throw {code: 400, message: `${expected.name} malformed.`}; } if (expected.maxLength && prop.length > expected.maxLength) throw {code: 400, message: `${expected.name} too long.`}; if (expected.sanitize && sanitizer.sanitize(prop) !== prop) throw {code: 400, message: `${expected.name} contains invalid characters.`}; if (expected.restrict && prop.replace(expected.restrict, '') !== prop) throw {code: 400, message: `${expected.name} contains invalid characters.`}; }; // Verifies the entire request body is well formed // expectedProps follows the format: // [{name: 'myList', instance: 'Array'}, {name: 'myVar', type: 'string', optional: true}, etc.] const verifyBody = (body, expectedProps) => Promise.all(expectedProps.map(expected => verifyProp(body[expected.name], expected))); const bodyVerifier = expectedProps => (req, res, next) => { verifyBody(req.body, expectedProps) .then(() => next()) .catch(err => res.status(err.code).json({message: err.message})); }; exports.verifyBody = verifyBody; exports.bodyVerifier = bodyVerifier;