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Package form Decodes url.Values into struct values and Encodes struct values into url.Values.

It has the following features:

  • Supports map of almost all types.
  • Supports both Numbered and Normal arrays eg. "Array[0]" and just "Array" with multiple values passed.
  • Array honours the specified index. eg. if "Array[2]" is the only Array value passed down, it will be put at index 2; if array isn't big enough it will be expanded.
  • Only creates objects as necessary eg. if no array or map values are passed down, the array and map are left as their default values in the struct.
  • Allows for Custom Type registration.
  • Handles time.Time using RFC3339 time format by default, but can easily be changed by registering a Custom Type, see below.

Common Questions

  • Does it support encoding.TextUnmarshaler? No because TextUnmarshaler only accepts []byte but posted values can have multiple values, so is not suitable.

Supported Types ( out of the box )

  • string
  • bool
  • int, int8, int16, int32, int64
  • uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64
  • float32, float64
  • struct and anonymous struct
  • interface{}
  • time.Time - by default using RFC3339
  • a pointer to one of the above types
  • slice, array
  • map
  • custom types can override any of the above types
  • many other types may be supported inherently (eg. bson.ObjectId is type ObjectId string, which will get populated by the string type

NOTE: map, struct and slice nesting are ad infinitum.

Installation

Use go get.

go get github.com/go-playground/form

Then import the form package into your own code.

import "github.com/go-playground/form"

Usage

  • Use symbol . for separating fields/structs. (eg. structfield.field)
  • Use [index or key] for access to index of a slice/array or key for map. (eg. arrayfield[0], mapfield[keyvalue])
<form method="POST">
  <input type="text" name="Name" value="joeybloggs"/>
  <input type="text" name="Age" value="3"/>
  <input type="text" name="Gender" value="Male"/>
  <input type="text" name="Address[0].Name" value="26 Here Blvd."/>
  <input type="text" name="Address[0].Phone" value="9(999)999-9999"/>
  <input type="text" name="Address[1].Name" value="26 There Blvd."/>
  <input type="text" name="Address[1].Phone" value="1(111)111-1111"/>
  <input type="text" name="active" value="true"/>
  <input type="text" name="MapExample[key]" value="value"/>
  <input type="text" name="NestedMap[key][key]" value="value"/>
  <input type="text" name="NestedArray[0][0]" value="value"/>
  <input type="submit"/>
</form>

Examples

Decoding

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/url"

	"github.com/go-playground/form"
)

// Address contains address information
type Address struct {
	Name  string
	Phone string
}

// User contains user information
type User struct {
	Name        string
	Age         uint8
	Gender      string
	Address     []Address
	Active      bool `form:"active"`
	MapExample  map[string]string
	NestedMap   map[string]map[string]string
	NestedArray [][]string
}

// use a single instance of Decoder, it caches struct info
var decoder *form.Decoder

func main() {
	decoder = form.NewDecoder()

	// this simulates the results of http.Request's ParseForm() function
	values := parseForm()

	var user User

	// must pass a pointer
	err := decoder.Decode(&user, values)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", user)
}

// this simulates the results of http.Request's ParseForm() function
func parseForm() url.Values {
	return url.Values{
		"Name":                []string{"joeybloggs"},
		"Age":                 []string{"3"},
		"Gender":              []string{"Male"},
		"Address[0].Name":     []string{"26 Here Blvd."},
		"Address[0].Phone":    []string{"9(999)999-9999"},
		"Address[1].Name":     []string{"26 There Blvd."},
		"Address[1].Phone":    []string{"1(111)111-1111"},
		"active":              []string{"true"},
		"MapExample[key]":     []string{"value"},
		"NestedMap[key][key]": []string{"value"},
		"NestedArray[0][0]":   []string{"value"},
	}
}

Encoding

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/go-playground/form"
)

// Address contains address information
type Address struct {
	Name  string
	Phone string
}

// User contains user information
type User struct {
	Name        string
	Age         uint8
	Gender      string
	Address     []Address
	Active      bool `form:"active"`
	MapExample  map[string]string
	NestedMap   map[string]map[string]string
	NestedArray [][]string
}

// use a single instance of Encoder, it caches struct info
var encoder *form.Encoder

func main() {
	encoder = form.NewEncoder()

	user := User{
		Name:   "joeybloggs",
		Age:    3,
		Gender: "Male",
		Address: []Address{
			{Name: "26 Here Blvd.", Phone: "9(999)999-9999"},
			{Name: "26 There Blvd.", Phone: "1(111)111-1111"},
		},
		Active:      true,
		MapExample:  map[string]string{"key": "value"},
		NestedMap:   map[string]map[string]string{"key": {"key": "value"}},
		NestedArray: [][]string{{"value"}},
	}

	// must pass a pointer
	values, err := encoder.Encode(&user)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", values)
}

Registering Custom Types

Decoder

decoder.RegisterCustomTypeFunc(func(vals []string) (interface{}, error) {
		return time.Parse("2006-01-02", vals[0])
	}, time.Time{})

Encoder

encoder.RegisterCustomTypeFunc(func(x interface{}) ([]string, error) {
		return []string{x.(time.Time).Format("2006-01-02")}, nil
	}, time.Time{})

Ignoring Fields

you can tell form to ignore fields using - in the tag

type MyStruct struct {
    Field string `form:"-"`
}

Notes

To maximize compatibility with other systems the Encoder attempts to avoid using array indexes in url.Values if at all possible.

eg.

// A struct field of
Field []string{"1", "2", "3"}

// will be output a url.Value as
"Field": []string{"1", "2", "3"}

and not
"Field[0]": []string{"1"}
"Field[1]": []string{"2"}
"Field[2]": []string{"3"}

// however there are times where it is unavoidable, like with pointers
i := int(1)
Field []*string{nil, nil, &i}

// to avoid index 1 and 2 must use index
"Field[2]": []string{"1"}

Benchmarks

Run on MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 using Go version go1.6.2 darwin/amd64

NOTE: the 1 allocation and B/op in the first 4 decodes is actually the struct allocating when passing it in, so primitives are actually zero allocation.

go test -bench=. -benchmem=true

PASS
BenchmarkSimpleUserDecodeStruct-8                                 	 5000000	       299 ns/op	      64 B/op	       1 allocs/op
BenchmarkSimpleUserDecodeStructParallel-8                         	20000000	       106 ns/op	      64 B/op	       1 allocs/op
BenchmarkSimpleUserEncodeStruct-8                                 	 2000000	       825 ns/op	     466 B/op	       7 allocs/op
BenchmarkSimpleUserEncodeStructParallel-8                         	 5000000	       301 ns/op	     466 B/op	       7 allocs/op
BenchmarkPrimitivesDecodeStructAllPrimitivesTypes-8               	 2000000	       901 ns/op	      96 B/op	       1 allocs/op
BenchmarkPrimitivesDecodeStructAllPrimitivesTypesParallel-8       	 5000000	       283 ns/op	      96 B/op	       1 allocs/op
BenchmarkPrimitivesEncodeStructAllPrimitivesTypes-8               	  300000	      4302 ns/op	    2912 B/op	      32 allocs/op
BenchmarkPrimitivesEncodeStructAllPrimitivesTypesParallel-8       	 1000000	      1542 ns/op	    2913 B/op	      32 allocs/op
BenchmarkComplexArrayDecodeStructAllTypes-8                       	  100000	     18125 ns/op	    2730 B/op	     135 allocs/op
BenchmarkComplexArrayDecodeStructAllTypesParallel-8               	  300000	      6178 ns/op	    2734 B/op	     135 allocs/op
BenchmarkComplexArrayEncodeStructAllTypes-8                       	  100000	     17738 ns/op	    7190 B/op	     154 allocs/op
BenchmarkComplexArrayEncodeStructAllTypesParallel-8               	  300000	      5360 ns/op	    7192 B/op	     154 allocs/op
BenchmarkComplexMapDecodeStructAllTypes-8                         	   50000	     28476 ns/op	    7567 B/op	     163 allocs/op
BenchmarkComplexMapDecodeStructAllTypesParallel-8                 	  200000	      9849 ns/op	    7604 B/op	     163 allocs/op
BenchmarkComplexMapEncodeStructAllTypes-8                         	  100000	     18424 ns/op	    7097 B/op	     177 allocs/op
BenchmarkComplexMapEncodeStructAllTypesParallel-8                 	  300000	      5852 ns/op	    7096 B/op	     177 allocs/op
BenchmarkDecodeNestedStruct-8                                     	  200000	      5199 ns/op	    1040 B/op	      31 allocs/op
BenchmarkDecodeNestedStructParallel-8                             	 1000000	      1713 ns/op	    1040 B/op	      31 allocs/op
BenchmarkEncodeNestedStruct-8                                     	  500000	      3025 ns/op	     848 B/op	      26 allocs/op
BenchmarkEncodeNestedStructParallel-8                             	 1000000	      1096 ns/op	     848 B/op	      26 allocs/op

Competitor benchmarks can be found here

Complimentary Software

Here is a list of software that compliments using this library post decoding.

  • Validator - Go Struct and Field validation, including Cross Field, Cross Struct, Map, Slice and Array diving.
  • Conform - Trims, sanitizes & scrubs data based on struct tags.

Package Versioning

I'm jumping on the vendoring bandwagon, you should vendor this package as I will not be creating different version with gopkg.in like allot of my other libraries.

Why? because my time is spread pretty thin maintaining all of the libraries I have + LIFE, it is so freeing not to worry about it and will help me keep pouring out bigger and better things for you the community.

License

Distributed under MIT License, please see license file in code for more details.

Documentation

Overview

Package form Decodes url.Values into struct values and Encodes struct values into url.Values.

It has the following features:

  • Primitives types cause zero allocations.
  • Supports map of almost all types.
  • Supports both Numbered and Normal arrays eg. "Array[0]" and just "Array" with multiple values passed.
  • Array honours the specified index. eg. if "Array[2]" is the only Array value passed down, it will be put at index 2; if array isn't big enough it will be expanded.
  • Only creates objects as necessary eg. if no `array` or `map` values are passed down, the `array` and `map` are left as their default values in the struct.
  • Allows for Custom Type registration.
  • Handles time.Time using RFC3339 time format by default, but can easily be changed by registering a Custom Type, see below.

Common Questions

Questions 

Does it support encoding.TextUnmarshaler?
No because TextUnmarshaler only accepts []byte but posted values can have
multiple values, so is not suitable.

Supported Types

out of the box supported types

  • string

  • bool

  • int, int8, int16, int32, int64

  • uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64

  • float32, float64

  • struct and anonymous struct

  • interface{}

  • time.Time` - by default using RFC3339

  • a `pointer` to one of the above types

  • slice, array

  • map

  • `custom types` can override any of the above types

  • many other types may be supported inherently (eg. bson.ObjectId is type ObjectId string, which will get populated by the string type

    **NOTE**: map, struct and slice nesting are ad infinitum.

Usage

symbols

  • Use symbol `.` for separating fields/structs. (eg. `structfield.field`)
  • Use `[index or key]` for access to index of a slice/array or key for map. (eg. `arrayfield[0]`, `mapfield[keyvalue]`)

html 

<form method="POST">
    <input type="text" name="Name" value="joeybloggs"/>
    <input type="text" name="Age" value="3"/>
    <input type="text" name="Gender" value="Male"/>
    <input type="text" name="Address[0].Name" value="26 Here Blvd."/>
    <input type="text" name="Address[0].Phone" value="9(999)999-9999"/>
    <input type="text" name="Address[1].Name" value="26 There Blvd."/>
    <input type="text" name="Address[1].Phone" value="1(111)111-1111"/>
    <input type="text" name="active" value="true"/>
    <input type="text" name="MapExample[key]" value="value"/>
    <input type="text" name="NestedMap[key][key]" value="value"/>
    <input type="text" name="NestedArray[0][0]" value="value"/>
    <input type="submit"/>
</form>

Example

example decoding the above HTML 

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "net/url"

    "github.com/go-playground/form"
)

// Address contains address information
type Address struct {
    Name  string
    Phone string
}

// User contains user information
type User struct {
    Name        string
    Age         uint8
    Gender      string
    Address     []Address
    Active      bool `form:"active"`
    MapExample  map[string]string
    NestedMap   map[string]map[string]string
    NestedArray [][]string
}

// use a single instance of Decoder, it caches struct info
var decoder *form.Decoder

func main() {
    decoder = form.NewDecoder()

    // this simulates the results of http.Request's ParseForm() function
    values := parseForm()

    var user User

    // must pass a pointer
    err := decoder.Decode(&user, values)
    if err != nil {
        log.Panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Printf("%#v\n", user)
}

// this simulates the results of http.Request's ParseForm() function
func parseForm() url.Values {
    return url.Values{
        "Name":                []string{"joeybloggs"},
        "Age":                 []string{"3"},
        "Gender":              []string{"Male"},
        "Address[0].Name":     []string{"26 Here Blvd."},
        "Address[0].Phone":    []string{"9(999)999-9999"},
        "Address[1].Name":     []string{"26 There Blvd."},
        "Address[1].Phone":    []string{"1(111)111-1111"},
        "active":              []string{"true"},
        "MapExample[key]":     []string{"value"},
        "NestedMap[key][key]": []string{"value"},
        "NestedArray[0][0]":   []string{"value"},
    }
}

example encoding 

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "github.com/go-playground/form"
)

// Address contains address information
type Address struct {
    Name  string
    Phone string
}

// User contains user information
type User struct {
    Name        string
    Age         uint8
    Gender      string
    Address     []Address
    Active      bool `form:"active"`
    MapExample  map[string]string
    NestedMap   map[string]map[string]string
    NestedArray [][]string
}

// use a single instance of Encoder, it caches struct info
var encoder *form.Encoder

func main() {
    encoder = form.NewEncoder()

    user := User{
        Name:   "joeybloggs",
        Age:    3,
        Gender: "Male",
        Address: []Address{
            {Name: "26 Here Blvd.", Phone: "9(999)999-9999"},
            {Name: "26 There Blvd.", Phone: "1(111)111-1111"},
        },
        Active:      true,
        MapExample:  map[string]string{"key": "value"},
        NestedMap:   map[string]map[string]string{"key": {"key": "value"}},
        NestedArray: [][]string{{"value"}},
    }

    // must pass a pointer
    values, err := encoder.Encode(&user)
    if err != nil {
        log.Panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Printf("%#v\n", values)
}

Registering Custom Types

Decoder 

decoder.RegisterCustomTypeFunc(func(vals []string) (interface{}, error) {
        return time.Parse("2006-01-02", vals[0])
    }, time.Time{})

Encoder 

encoder.RegisterCustomTypeFunc(func(x interface{}) ([]string, error) {
        return []string{x.(time.Time).Format("2006-01-02")}, nil
    }, time.Time{})

Ignoring Fields

you can tell form to ignore fields using `-` in the tag 

type MyStruct struct {
    Field string `form:"-"`
}

Notes

To maximize compatibility with other systems the Encoder attempts to avoid using array indexes in url.Values if at all possible. 

eg.

// A struct field of
Field []string{"1", "2", "3"}

// will be output a url.Value as
"Field": []string{"1", "2", "3"}

and not
"Field[0]": []string{"1"}
"Field[1]": []string{"2"}
"Field[2]": []string{"3"}

// however there are times where it is unavoidable, like with pointers
i := int(1)
Field []*string{nil, nil, &i}

// to avoid index 1 and 2 must use index
"Field[2]": []string{"1"}

Index

Constants

This section is empty.

Variables

This section is empty.

Functions

func ExtractType added in v1.2.0 

func ExtractType(current reflect.Value) (reflect.Value, reflect.Kind)

ExtractType gets the actual underlying type of field value. it is exposed for use within you Custom Functions

Types

type DecodeCustomTypeFunc added in v1.3.0 

type DecodeCustomTypeFunc func([]string) (interface{}, error)

DecodeCustomTypeFunc allows for registering/overriding types to be parsed.

type DecodeErrors 

type DecodeErrors map[string]error

DecodeErrors is a map of errors encountered during form decoding

func (DecodeErrors) Error 

func (d DecodeErrors) Error() string

type Decoder 

type Decoder struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Decoder is the main decode instance

func NewDecoder 

func NewDecoder() *Decoder

NewDecoder creates a new decoder instance with sane defaults

func (*Decoder) Decode 

func (d *Decoder) Decode(v interface{}, values url.Values) (err error)

Decode decodes the given values and sets the corresponding struct values

func (*Decoder) RegisterCustomTypeFunc 

func (d *Decoder) RegisterCustomTypeFunc(fn DecodeCustomTypeFunc, types ...interface{})

RegisterCustomTypeFunc registers a CustomTypeFunc against a number of types NOTE: this method is not thread-safe it is intended that these all be registered prior to any parsing

func (*Decoder) SetMaxArraySize added in v1.5.0 

func (d *Decoder) SetMaxArraySize(size uint)

SetMaxArraySize sets maximum array size that can be created. This limit is for the array indexing this library supports to avoid potential DOS or man-in-the-middle attacks using an unusually high number. DEFAULT: 10000

func (*Decoder) SetTagName 

func (d *Decoder) SetTagName(tagName string)

SetTagName sets the given tag name to be used by the decoder. Default is "form"

type EncodeCustomTypeFunc added in v1.4.0 

type EncodeCustomTypeFunc func(x interface{}) ([]string, error)

EncodeCustomTypeFunc allows for registering/overriding types to be parsed.

type EncodeErrors added in v1.4.0 

type EncodeErrors map[string]error

EncodeErrors is a map of errors encountered during form encoding

func (EncodeErrors) Error added in v1.4.0 

func (e EncodeErrors) Error() string

type Encoder added in v1.4.0 

type Encoder struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Encoder is the main encode instance

func NewEncoder added in v1.4.0 

func NewEncoder() *Encoder

NewEncoder creates a new encoder instance with sane defaults

func (*Encoder) Encode added in v1.4.0 

func (e *Encoder) Encode(v interface{}) (url.Values, error)

Encode encodes the given values and sets the corresponding struct values

func (*Encoder) RegisterCustomTypeFunc added in v1.4.0 

func (e *Encoder) RegisterCustomTypeFunc(fn EncodeCustomTypeFunc, types ...interface{})

RegisterCustomTypeFunc registers a CustomTypeFunc against a number of types NOTE: this method is not thread-safe it is intended that these all be registered prior to any parsing

func (*Encoder) SetTagName added in v1.4.0 

func (e *Encoder) SetTagName(tagName string)

SetTagName sets the given tag name to be used by the decoder. Default is "form"

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