Merge pull request #70 from Aditya-18849/feature/request-validation

feat: implement Joi request validation middleware for auth routes (#50) (Apertre3.0)

Author: akshay0611

backend/.gitignore

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 # Dependencies
 node_modules/
-package-lock.json
 
 # Logs
 *.log

backend/middleware/validateRequest.js

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+const validateRequest = (schema) => {
+  return (req, res, next) => {
+    // Check the body against the schema
+    // abortEarly: false = return ALL errors, not just the first one
+    const { error } = schema.validate(req.body, { abortEarly: false });
+
+    if (error) {
+      // Extract just the message strings from the error details
+      const errorMessages = error.details.map((detail) => detail.message);
+      
+      return res.status(400).json({
+        success: false,
+        message: "Validation Error",
+        errors: errorMessages
+      });
+    }
+
+    // If valid, let the request pass to the controller
+    next();
+  };
+};
+
+export default validateRequest;