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JSON Schema / tsoa keyword annotations ​

Under the hood, OpenAPI heavily relies on JSON Schema Draft 00 for all the data model specifications. JSON Schema Draft 00 defines data types that are not implemented in TypeScript. A great example are integers. If we want to communicate that a number must be an integer, tsoa will specify this in the OAS and validate incoming requests against that.

WARNING

As always, $ref restrictions apply

In general, the JSDoc notation is very similar each time:

@<keyword> <argument>* <rejectionMessage>?

Examples:

typescript
interface CustomerDto {
    /**
     * @isInt we would kindly ask you to provide a number here
     * @minimum 18 minimum age is 18
     */
    age: number;
    /**
     * @minItems 1 at least 1 category is required
     */
    tags: string[];
    /**
     * @pattern ^(.+)@(.+)$ please provide correct email
     */
    email: string;
}

TIP

For parameters, use the @<keyword> <paramName> <argument>* <rejectionMessage>? syntax in your JSDoc (similar to descriptions or examples)

List of supported keywords (with arguments) ​

Click here for the list of keywords supported by OpenAPI 3

Generic ​

  • @default
  • @format

DANGER

Formats will generally not be validated, except for format: date(time), which will automatically be generated for TS type Date.

Date ​

  • @isDateTime <errMsg> for setting custom error messages
  • @isDate <errMsg> for setting custom error messages
  • @minDate <errMsg>
  • @maxDate <errMsg>

Numeric ​

  • @isInt <errMsg> tsoa special since TS does not know integer as a type
  • @isFloat <errMsg> tsoa special since TS does not know float as a type
  • @isLong <errMsg>
  • @isDouble <errMsg>
  • @minimum <number> <errMsg>
  • @maximum <number> <errMsg>

String ​

  • @isString <errMsg> for setting custom error messages
  • @minLength <number> <errMsg>
  • @maxLength <number> <errMsg>
  • @pattern <regex> <errMsg>

Array ​

  • isArray <errMsg> for setting custom error messages
  • minItems <number> <errMsg>
  • maxItems <number> <errMsg>
  • uniqueItems <errMsg>

Boolean ​

  • isBoolean <errMsg> for setting custom error messages