## Struct level validations Validations can also be registered at the `struct` level when field level validations don't make much sense. This can also be used to solve cross-field validation elegantly. Additionally, it can be combined with tag validations. Struct Level validations run after the structs tag validations. ### Example requests ```shell # Validation errors are generated for struct tags as well as at the struct level $ curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8085/user \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{}' | jq { "error": "Key: 'User.Email' Error:Field validation for 'Email' failed on the 'required' tag\nKey: 'User.FirstName' Error:Field validation for 'FirstName' failed on the 'fnameorlname' tag\nKey: 'User.LastName' Error:Field validation for 'LastName' failed on the 'fnameorlname' tag", "message": "User validation failed!" } # Validation fails at the struct level because neither first name nor last name are present $ curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8085/user \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{"email": "george@vandaley.com"}' | jq { "error": "Key: 'User.FirstName' Error:Field validation for 'FirstName' failed on the 'fnameorlname' tag\nKey: 'User.LastName' Error:Field validation for 'LastName' failed on the 'fnameorlname' tag", "message": "User validation failed!" } # No validation errors when either first name or last name is present $ curl -X POST http://localhost:8085/user \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{"fname": "George", "email": "george@vandaley.com"}' {"message":"User validation successful."} $ curl -X POST http://localhost:8085/user \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{"lname": "Contanza", "email": "george@vandaley.com"}' {"message":"User validation successful."} $ curl -X POST http://localhost:8085/user \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -d '{"fname": "George", "lname": "Costanza", "email": "george@vandaley.com"}' {"message":"User validation successful."} ``` ### Useful links - Validator docs - https://godoc.org/gopkg.in/go-playground/validator.v8#Validate.RegisterStructValidation - Struct level example - https://github.com/go-playground/validator/blob/v8.18.2/examples/struct-level/struct_level.go - Validator release notes - https://github.com/go-playground/validator/releases/tag/v8.7