JSON Type

Modern type system for JSON. JSON Type is way a new way to specify JSON schema, it is an alternative and improvement over JSON Schema and JSON Type Definition.

Features of the library:

• JIT compilation for schema validator.
• JIT compilation for JSON (text) serializer.
• JIT compilation for CBOR, MessagePack, and JSON (binary) serializers.
• JIT compilation for safe serialization size estimation.
• Schema export and import.
• Const types.
• Union type discriminator is specified using the JSON Expression language.
• Some discriminators are automatically inferred, when const types are used.
• Custom validation rules can be added using the JSON Expression language.
• Can generate random JSON values that match the schema.

Usage

Type builder for JSON-like data structures:

import {t} from '@jsonjoy.com/json-type';

t.String(); // { kind: 'str' }
t.String({const: 'add'}); // { kind: 'str', const: 'add' }

const type = t.Object([
  t.Field(
    'collection',
    t.Object([
      t.Field('id', t.String({format: 'ascii', noJsonEscape: true})),
      t.Field('ts', t.num, {format: 'u64'}),
      t.Field('cid', t.String({format: 'ascii', noJsonEscape: true})),
      t.Field('prid', t.String({format: 'ascii', noJsonEscape: true})),
      t.Field('slug', t.String({format: 'ascii', noJsonEscape: true})),
      t.Field('name', t.str, {isOptional: true}),
      t.Field('src', t.str, {isOptional: true}),
      t.Field('doc', t.str, {isOptional: true}),
      t.Field('authz', t.str, {isOptional: true}),
      t.Field('active', t.bool),
    ]),
  ),
  t.Field(
    'block',
    t.Object([
      t.Field('id', t.String({format: 'ascii', noJsonEscape: true})),
      t.Field('ts', t.num, {format: 'u64'}),
      t.Field('cid', t.String({format: 'ascii', noJsonEscape: true})),
      t.Field('slug', t.String({format: 'ascii', noJsonEscape: true})),
    ]),
  ),
]);