nest_custom_validation.ts

app.module.ts

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { AppController } from './app.controller';
import { AppService } from './app.service';
import { UsersModule } from './users/users.module';
import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
import { typeOrmConfig } from './configs/db';
import { IsUniqueConstraint } from './utils/validators';

@Module({
  imports: [
    TypeOrmModule.forRoot(typeOrmConfig),
    UsersModule
  ],
  controllers: [AppController],
  providers: [
    AppService, IsUniqueConstraint],
})
export class AppModule {}

main.ts

import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';
import { ValidationPipe } from '@nestjs/common';
import { useContainer } from 'class-validator';

async function bootstrap() {
  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);

  // app use global to automaticly validate requests
  app.useGlobalPipes(new ValidationPipe());

  // wrap AppModule with UseContainer
  useContainer(app.select(AppModule), {fallbackOnErrors: true});

  await app.listen(3000);
}
bootstrap();

users.dto.ts

import { IsEmail, IsNotEmpty, MinLength, Validate } from "class-validator";
import { isUnique } from "src/utils/validators";


export class UserCreateDto {
    @IsNotEmpty()
    @isUnique({tableName: 'users', column: 'username'})
    username: string;
    
    @IsNotEmpty()
    @IsEmail()
    @isUnique({tableName: 'users', column: 'email'})
    email: string;

    @IsNotEmpty()
    @MinLength(3)
    password: 'string';

    @IsNotEmpty()
    first_name: 'string';

    @IsNotEmpty()
    last_name: 'string';
}

users.entity.ts

import { BaseCustomEntity } from "src/utils/entity";
import { Column, Entity } from "typeorm"


@Entity('users')
export class User extends BaseCustomEntity {
    @Column()
    username: string;

    @Column({
        unique: true
    })
    email: string;

    @Column()
    first_name: string;

    @Column()
    password: string;

    @Column()
    last_name: string;

    @Column({ default: true })
    is_active: boolean;
}

validators.ts

import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common";
import { ValidationArguments, ValidationOptions, ValidatorConstraint, ValidatorConstraintInterface, registerDecorator } from "class-validator";
import { EntityManager } from "typeorm";

// decorator options interface
export type IsUniqeInterface = {
    tableName: string,
    column: string
}

@ValidatorConstraint({name: 'IsUniqueConstraint', async: true})
@Injectable()
export class IsUniqueConstraint implements ValidatorConstraintInterface {
    constructor(private readonly entityManager: EntityManager) {}
    async validate(
        value: any,
        args?: ValidationArguments
        ): Promise<boolean> {
            // catch options from decorator
            const {tableName, column}: IsUniqeInterface = args.constraints[0]

            // database query check data is exists
            const dataExist = await this.entityManager.getRepository(tableName)
                .createQueryBuilder(tableName)
                .where({[column]: value})
                .getExists()
            
            return !dataExist
    }

    defaultMessage(validationArguments?: ValidationArguments): string {
        // return custom field message
        const field: string = validationArguments.property
        return `${field} is already exist`
    }
}


// decorator function
export function isUnique(options: IsUniqeInterface, validationOptions?: ValidationOptions) {
    return function (object: any, propertyName: string) {
        registerDecorator({
            name: 'isUnique',
            target: object.constructor,
            propertyName: propertyName,
            options: validationOptions,
            constraints: [options],
            validator: IsUniqueConstraint,
        })
    }
}

users.dto.ts

@isUnique({tableName: 'users', column: 'username'})

// the above line is causing EntityMetadataNotFoundError: No metadata for "users" was found

any idea why is it being caused

here's my github code: https://github.com/abhishek1141781/boundcode

users.dto.ts

@isUnique({tableName: 'users', column: 'username'})

// the above line is causing EntityMetadataNotFoundError: No metadata for "users" was found

any idea why is it being caused

here's my github code: https://github.com/abhishek1141781/boundcode

Hi @abhishek1141781

@isUnique({tableName: 'users', column: 'username'})

that line is a decorator function with table name and field name as parameter so you should adjust it with your database tabel and field to validating your data

This is now resolved, thanks @413x1 . In the database the name of the table is 'user' and not 'users'. Silly mistake really. Thanks