request-validation.md

title	keywords	description
request-validation	APISIX API Gateway Request Validation	This document describes the information about the Apache APISIX request-validation Plugin, you can use it to validate the requests before forwarding them to an Upstream service.

Description

The request-validation Plugin can be used to validate the requests before forwarding them to an Upstream service. This Plugin uses JSON Schema for validation and can be used to validate the headers and body of the request.

Attributes

Name	Type	Required	Default	Valid values	Description
header_schema	object	False			Schema for the request header data.
body_schema	object	False			Schema for the request body data.
rejected_code	integer	False	400	[200,...,599]	Status code to show when the request is rejected.
rejected_msg	string	False			Message to show when the request is rejected.

:::note

At least one of header_schema or body_schema should be filled in.

:::

Enabling the Plugin

You can configure the Plugin on a specific Route as shown below:

curl http://127.0.0.1:9180/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
        }
    }
}'

The examples below shows how you can configure this Plugin for different validation scenarios:

Enum validation

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

Boolean validation

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

Number or Integer validation

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

String validation

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

Regular expression validation

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

Array validation

{
    "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]
            }
        }
    }
}

Combined validation

{
    "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 rejection 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
    }
  }
}

Example usage

Once you have configured the Plugin, it will only allow requests that are valid based on the configuration to reach the Upstream service. If not, the requests are rejected with a 400 or a custom status code you configured.

A valid request for the above configuration could look like this:

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

Disable Plugin

To disable the request-validation Plugin, you can delete the corresponding JSON configuration from the Plugin configuration. APISIX will automatically reload and you do not have to restart for this to take effect.

curl http://127.0.0.1:9180/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
        }
    }
}'