Helpers for document validation in sync function

Hello,

as far as I understood, the sync function is the right place for validating incoming documents. I find myself writing a lot of helpers like these:

  function allowFields(fields) {
    fields.push('_id');
    fields.push('_rev');
    fields.push('type');
    fields.push('_revisions');

    for (var key in doc) {
      if (fields.indexOf(key) == -1) {
        forbidden('field ' + key + ' not allowed');
      }
    }
  }

  function checkTypes(dict, soft) {
    function ass(cond) {
      if (!cond) {
        forbidden('Wrong type for ' + key);
      }
    }

    for (var key in dict) {
      var parts = key.split('.');
      var val = doc;
      for (var idx in parts) {
        var part = parts[idx];
        if (!(part in val)) {
          if (!soft) {
            forbidden('missing field', key);
          }
        }
        val = val[part];
      }
      var type = dict[key];
      //var val = doc[key];

      switch(type) {
        case 'string':
            ass(typeof val === 'string');
            break;
        case 'date':
            ass(typeof val === 'number');
            //ass(!isNaN(Date.parse(val)));
            break;
      }
    }
  }

Therefore, I have two questions:

  1. Does a large sync function impact write performance (i.e. is it parsed every time a write occurs)? If not, could I paste a javascript library for validation into my sync function? Do you know a library that is well suited for doing this?
  2. Are there plans to integrate some validation functionality into couchbase sync gateway (typescript or json syntax could be used, for example)?

does nobody know whether a large sync function impacts performance, i.e. whether it is parsed on every write request?

@foobar123

Currently the sync function is parsed on every document update.

There is a community PR that parses the sync function just once, the PR is slated for review after the release of Sync Gateway 1.3.