我在设计一个RESTful API并想知道验证错误消息的最佳格式是什么。REST API中的验证错误响应
例如,我的帐户创建端点接受一个JSON对象:
user: {
first_name: string,
last_name: string,
address: {
street: string,
city: string,
zip_code: string
}
}
我的反应将是按以下格式:
{
code: 400, // HTTP code
message: "Validation failed", // general message
type: "validation_failed", // there are other types of errors as well
errors: WHAT_DO_I_SHOW_HERE
}
我有验证错误消息有多种选择:
格式1
errors: {
last_name: "First name is required",
address: {
zip_code: "ZIP code is invalid"
}
}
或变平的误差在格式2
errors: {
last_name: "First name is required",
"address.city": "City is required",
"address.zip_code": "ZIP code is invalid"
}
,或者使用一个阵列,其中每个元素可以具有字段名,错误代码,错误消息,嵌套错误等
errors: [
{
field: "first_name",
message: "First name is required",
},
{
field: "address",
errors: [
{
field: "zip_code",
message: "ZIP code is invalid"
}
]
}
]
或
errors: [
{
field: "first_name",
message: "First name is required",
},
{
field: "address.zip_code",
message: "ZIP code is invalid"
}
]
显然阵列格式是更灵活,因为字段名称是可选的,因此它可以容纳与多个FIEL的组合的误差ds(例如,时间间隔的结束时间必须在开始时间之后)。但我的问题是,API用户会更容易使用哪一个?