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Nestjs validation pipes

Skill dkmqflx/nestjs-best-practices-plugin/plugins/nestjs-best-practices/skills/nestjs-validation-pipes

NestJS validation and pipes best practices. Use when validating or transforming request input in NestJS — DTO validation, ValidationPipe, class-validator/class-transformer, or custom pipes. Triggers on ValidationPipe, @IsString/@IsEmail, ParseIntPipe, whitelist, or transform.From its SKILL.md

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NestJS Validation & Pipes

Pipes run before route handlers to validate and transform incoming request data. Combined with class-validator and class-transformer, they keep DTOs the single source of truth for input shape and constraints.

When to Apply

  • Validating request bodies, query params, or route params in a NestJS app.
  • Configuring ValidationPipe (globally or per-route).
  • Annotating DTOs with class-validator decorators.
  • Coercing param types with built-in parse pipes (ParseIntPipe, ParseUUIDPipe, ...).
  • Writing a reusable custom pipe via PipeTransform.

Rules

  • global-validation-pipe - Register ValidationPipe once in main.ts so every endpoint is validated.
  • whitelist-strip-unknown - Use whitelist + forbidNonWhitelisted to strip or reject unexpected properties.
  • transform-payloads - Enable transform: true to auto-instantiate DTO classes and coerce primitive types.
  • dto-classes-not-interfaces - Define DTOs as classes; interfaces are erased at runtime and carry no metadata.
  • class-validator-decorators - Annotate every DTO field with class-validator decorators.
  • nested-object-validation - Use @ValidateNested + @Type to validate nested DTOs and arrays.
  • built-in-parse-pipes - Use ParseIntPipe/ParseUUIDPipe/ParseBoolPipe to coerce and validate params.
  • custom-pipe-implementation - Implement PipeTransform for reusable custom validation or transformation.

How to Use

Read the relevant file under rules/ for the topic at hand. Each rule states why it matters and shows an incorrect vs. correct example. Apply them when writing or reviewing NestJS input-handling code.

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