Prisma Zod Generator
Automatically generate Zod schemas from your Prisma Schema, and use them to validate your API endpoints or any other use you have. Updates every time npx prisma generate runs.
Table of Contents
Supported Prisma Versions
Prisma 4
- 0.3.0 and higher
Prisma 2/3
- 0.2.0 and lower
Installation
Using npm:
npm install @conte-ltd/prisma-zod-generatorUsing yarn:
yarn add @conte-ltd/prisma-zod-generatorUsage
1- Star this repo 😉
2- Add the generator to your Prisma schema
generator zod {
provider = "prisma-zod-generator"
}3- Enable strict mode in tsconfig as it is required by Zod, and considered a Typescript best practice
{
"compilerOptions": {
"strict": true
}
}4- Running npx prisma generate for the following schema.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?
likes BigInt
}will generate the following files
5- Use generated schemas somewhere in your API logic, like middleware or decorator
import { PostCreateOneSchema } from './src/generated/schemas';
app.post('/blog', async (req, res, next) => {
const { body } = req;
await PostCreateOneSchema.parse(body);
});Additional Options
| Option | Description | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
output |
Output directory for the generated zod schemas | string |
./generated/schemas |
Use additional options in the schema.prisma
generator zod {
provider = "prisma-zod-generator"
output = "./generated-zod-schemas"
}