Custom validators

It is also possible to register custom validators. See the example code.

package main

import (
  "net/http"
  "time"

  "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
  "github.com/gin-gonic/gin/binding"
  "github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
)

// Booking contains binded and validated data.
type Booking struct {
  CheckIn  time.Time `form:"check_in" binding:"required,bookabledate" time_format:"2006-01-02"`
  CheckOut time.Time `form:"check_out" binding:"required,gtfield=CheckIn,bookabledate" time_format:"2006-01-02"`
}

var bookableDate validator.Func = func(fl validator.FieldLevel) bool {
  date, ok := fl.Field().Interface().(time.Time)
  if ok {
    today := time.Now()
    if today.After(date) {
      return false
    }
  }
  return true
}

func main() {
  route := gin.Default()

  if v, ok := binding.Validator.Engine().(*validator.Validate); ok {
    v.RegisterValidation("bookabledate", bookableDate)
  }

  route.GET("/bookable", getBookable)
  route.Run(":8085")
}

func getBookable(c *gin.Context) {
  var b Booking
  if err := c.ShouldBindWith(&b, binding.Query); err == nil {
    c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"message": "Booking dates are valid!"})
  } else {
    c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
  }
}

$ curl "localhost:8085/bookable?check_in=2118-04-16&check_out=2118-04-17"
{"message":"Booking dates are valid!"}

$ curl "localhost:8085/bookable?check_in=2118-03-10&check_out=2118-03-09"
{"error":"Key: 'Booking.CheckOut' Error:Field validation for 'CheckOut' failed on the 'gtfield' tag"}

Struct level validations can also be registered this way. See the struct-lvl-validation example to learn more.