Adding request and response validation to your Express REST API

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  1. express-openapi-validator

    🦋 Auto-validates api requests, responses, and securities using ExpressJS and an OpenAPI 3.1.x or 3.0.x specification

    The express-openapi-validator package addresses this issue by validating requests and responses based on a provided OpenAPI spec. Having our responses validated in addition to just the requests will be a good idea as that will ensure the API code always responds in the expected schema.

  2. Civic Auth

    Auth in Less Than 5 Minutes. Civic Auth comes with multiple SSO options, optional embedded wallets, and user management — all implemented with just a few lines of code. Start building today.

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  3. swagger-jsdoc

    Generates swagger/openapi specification based on jsDoc comments and YAML files.

    The swagger-jsdoc package enables us to do this. It looks for JSDoc comments in code (annotated with an @openapi tag) to generate the OpenAPI specification.

  4. JSDoc

    An API documentation generator for JavaScript.

    The swagger-jsdoc package enables us to do this. It looks for JSDoc comments in code (annotated with an @openapi tag) to generate the OpenAPI specification.

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