Prisma Class Validator Generator

Automatically generate typescript models of your database with class validator validations ready, from your Prisma Schema. Updates every time npx prisma generate runs.

Table of Contents

- Supported Prisma Versions
- Installation
- Usage
- Additional Options

Installation

``bash
npm install prisma-generator-class-validator
`

Usage

1- Add the generator to your Prisma schema

`prisma
generator class_validator {
provider = "prisma-generator-class-validator"
}
`

3- Running npx prisma generate for the following schema.prisma

`prisma
model User {
id Int @id @default(autoincrement())
email String @unique
name String?
posts Post[]
}

model Post {
id Int @id @default(autoincrement())
createdAt DateTime @default(now())
updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
title String
content String?
published Boolean @default(false)
viewCount Int @default(0)
author User? @relation(fields: [authorId], references: [id])
authorId Int?
rating Float
}
`

will generate classes as follows:

User:

`ts
import { IsInt, IsDefined, IsString, IsOptional } from 'class-validator';
import { Post } from './';

export class User {
@IsDefined()
@IsInt()
id!: number;

@IsDefined()
@IsString()
email!: string;

@IsOptional()
@IsString()
name?: string | null;

@IsDefined()
posts!: Post[];
}
`

Additional Options

| Option |  Description | Type |  Default |
| -------- | ----------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------- |
| output | Output directory for the generated models | string | ./generated |

Use additional options in the schema.prisma

`prisma
generator class_validator {
provider = "prisma-generator-class-validator"
output = "./generated-models"
}
``