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# mongoose-i18n-error

mongoose-i18n-error is a lightweight module for node.js/express.js to create beautiful mongoose i18n validation error messages.
It is built on top of the awesome [i18n-node](https://github.com/mashpie/i18n-node) translation module.

I never liked the mongoose/mongo error messages caused by mongoose validation or duplicate keys. So I decided to write a simple express middleware module to create consistent error messages with i18n support.

```js
{
username: {
type: 'required',
message: 'is required'',
value: undefined
},
email: {
type: 'regexp',
message: 'is no valid email',
value: 'johndoe.de'
}
}
```
## Usage
```
npm install mongoose-i18n-error
```
Configure your app to support i18n:
```js
var i18n = require('i18n');
i18n.configure({
locales: ['en', 'de'],
directory: './locales'
});
app.use(i18n.init);
```
Then, simply add the module as an [express error handler middleware](http://expressjs.com/en/guide/error-handling.html):
```js
var i18nMongooseError = new (require('mongoose-i18n-error'))();
app.use(i18nMongooseError.handler(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(422).json(err);
}));
```
## Options
By default, the plugin will prefix the error messages in your locales files with 'error.':
```
"error.required": "is required",
"error.minlength": "needs a minimum length of %s",
"error.user.password.regexp": "is no valid email",
"error.cast": "is not valid"
```
You can change the prefix by passing the prefix attribute as options:
```js
var i18nMongooseError = new (require('mongoose-i18n-error'))({
prefix: 'err.'
});
```
## Custom validators
In your custom mongoose validators your error message should now apply to the key in your locales files.
```
var Schema = new mongoose.Schema({
name: {
type: String,
validate: {
validator: function(v) {
return /^[A-Z]*$/i.test(v);
},
message: 'user.name.alpha' // or simply 'alpha'
}
}
});
```
# Tests
To run the tests you need a local MongoDB instance available. Run with:
```
npm test
```
# Issues
Please use the GitHub issue tracker to raise any problems or feature requests.
If you would like to submit a pull request with any changes you make, please feel free!

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