========== Validators ========== .. module:: django.core.validators :synopsis: Validation utilities and base classes Writing validators ================== A validator is a callable that takes a value and raises a :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` if it doesn't meet some criteria. Validators can be useful for re-using validation logic between different types of fields. For example, here's a validator that only allows even numbers:: from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError def validate_even(value): if value % 2 != 0: raise ValidationError(u'%s is not an even number' % value) You can add this to a model field via the field's :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.validators` argument:: from django.db import models class MyModel(models.Model): even_field = models.IntegerField(validators=[validate_even]) Because values are converted to Python before validators are run, you can even use the same validator with forms:: from django import forms class MyForm(forms.Form): even_field = forms.IntegerField(validators=[validate_even]) How validators are run ====================== See the :doc:`form validation ` for more information on how validators are run in forms, and :ref:`Validating objects ` for how they're run in models. Note that validators will not be run automatically when you save a model, but if you are using a :class:`~django.forms.ModelForm`, it will run your validators on any fields that are included in your form. See the :doc:`ModelForm documentation ` for information on how model validation interacts with forms. Built-in validators =================== The :mod:`django.core.validators` module contains a collection of callable validators for use with model and form fields. They're used internally but are available for use with your own fields, too. They can be used in addition to, or in lieu of custom ``field.clean()`` methods. ``RegexValidator`` ------------------ .. class:: RegexValidator([regex=None, message=None, code=None]) :param regex: If not ``None``, overrides :attr:`regex`. Can be a regular expression string or a pre-compiled regular expression. :param message: If not ``None``, overrides :attr:`.message`. :param code: If not ``None``, overrides :attr:`code`. .. attribute:: regex The regular expression pattern to search for the provided ``value``, or a pre-compiled regular expression. Raises a :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` with :attr:`message` and :attr:`code` if no match is found. By default, matches any string (including an empty string). .. attribute:: message The error message used by :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` if validation fails. Defaults to ``"Enter a valid value"``. .. attribute:: code The error code used by :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` if validation fails. Defaults to ``"invalid"``. ``URLValidator`` ---------------- .. class:: URLValidator() A :class:`RegexValidator` that ensures a value looks like a URL, and raises an error code of ``'invalid'`` if it doesn't. ``validate_email`` ------------------ .. data:: validate_email An ``EmailValidator`` instance that ensures a value looks like an email address. ``validate_slug`` ----------------- .. data:: validate_slug A :class:`RegexValidator` instance that ensures a value consists of only letters, numbers, underscores or hyphens. ``validate_ipv4_address`` ------------------------- .. data:: validate_ipv4_address A :class:`RegexValidator` instance that ensures a value looks like an IPv4 address. ``validate_ipv6_address`` ------------------------- .. data:: validate_ipv6_address Uses ``django.utils.ipv6`` to check the validity of an IPv6 address. ``validate_ipv46_address`` -------------------------- .. data:: validate_ipv46_address Uses both ``validate_ipv4_address`` and ``validate_ipv6_address`` to ensure a value is either a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address. ``validate_comma_separated_integer_list`` ----------------------------------------- .. data:: validate_comma_separated_integer_list A :class:`RegexValidator` instance that ensures a value is a comma-separated list of integers. ``MaxValueValidator`` --------------------- .. class:: MaxValueValidator(max_value) Raises a :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` with a code of ``'max_value'`` if ``value`` is greater than ``max_value``. ``MinValueValidator`` --------------------- .. class:: MinValueValidator(min_value) Raises a :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` with a code of ``'min_value'`` if ``value`` is less than ``min_value``. ``MaxLengthValidator`` ---------------------- .. class:: MaxLengthValidator(max_length) Raises a :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` with a code of ``'max_length'`` if the length of ``value`` is greater than ``max_length``. ``MinLengthValidator`` ---------------------- .. class:: MinLengthValidator(min_length) Raises a :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` with a code of ``'min_length'`` if the length of ``value`` is less than ``min_length``.