Looking for the exact opposite? Check out zod-to-json-schema

A runtime package and CLI tool to convert JSON schema (draft 4+) objects or files into Zod schemas in the form of JavaScript code.

Before v2 it used prettier for formatting and json-refs to resolve schemas. To replicate the previous behaviour, please use their respective CLI tools.

Since v2 the CLI supports piped JSON.

Just paste your JSON schemas here!

npm i -g json-schema-to-zod

json-schema-to-zod -i mySchema.json -o mySchema.ts

npm i -g json-schema-to-zod json-refs prettier

json-refs resolve mySchema.json | json-schema-to-zod | prettier --parser typescript > mySchema.ts

import { jsonSchemaToZod } from "json-schema-to-zod";

const myObject = {
  type: "object",
  properties: {
    hello: {
      type: "string",
    },
  },
};

const module = jsonSchemaToZod(myObject, { module: "esm" });

const cjs = jsonSchemaToZod(myObject, { module: "cjs", name: "mySchema" });

const schema = jsonSchemaToZod(myObject);

import { z } from "zod";

export default z.object({ hello: z.string().optional() });

const { z } = require("zod");

module.exports = { mySchema: z.object({ hello: z.string().optional() }) };

z.object({ hello: z.string().optional() });

import { z } from "zod"
import { resolveRefs } from "json-refs"
import { format } from "prettier"
import jsonSchemaToZod from "json-schema-to-zod"

async function example(jsonSchema: any) {
  const { resolved }= await resolveRefs(jsonSchema)
  const code = jsonSchemaToZod(resolved)
  const formatted = await format(code, { parser: "typescript" })

  return formatted
}

You can pass a function to the overrideParser option, which represents a function that receives the current schema node and the reference object, and should return a string when it wants to replace a default output. If the default output should be used for the node just return void.

The output of this package is not meant to be used at runtime. JSON Schema and Zod does not overlap 100% and the scope of the parsers are purposefully limited in order to help the author avoid a permanent state of chaotic insanity. As this may cause some details of the original schema to be lost in translation, it is instead recommended to use tools such as Ajv to validate your runtime values directly against the original JSON Schema.

That said, it's possible in most cases to use eval. Here's an example that you shouldn't use:

const zodSchema = eval(jsonSchemaToZod({ type: "string" }, { module: "cjs" }));

zodSchema.safeParse("Please just use Ajv instead");