jsonschema with django example

JSONSchema is Common data format definition library, – Clear, human- and machine-readable data format definition

• Use JSONSchema for input validation
  – Strong validation, then avoid internal errors
  – Return useful error message if a client sends invalid format data
  – Clean up logic code by separating validation code
  – Validation code also can be reduced

Understanding JSON Schema pdf

Requirements

• Python 2.7+
• Django 1.9+
• jsonschema 2.5+

The below are two brief example of how to using jsonschema integrate with django: 'middleware' or 'parsers' they are alternative.

• way 1: middleware.py is an example shows how to use django middleware to validate json with jsonschema.
              """ add following to Django settings """
              MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES += (
                 ....
                'webapi.middleware.JsonMiddleware',
              )

• way 2: parsers.py using speical parser to vaildate json with jsonschema
              """ add following to Django settings """
              REST_FRAMEWORK = {
                'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': (
                 'xxx.xxx.JSONSchemaParser',
                 )
              }