question: omit values

Hi, Im build a nestjs API and I’m using class-validator.

I’m having little issues, but to be honest, I dont have much experience with class-validator.

I have 2 api operations POST and PATCH. When admin creates a new bot, all attributes should be validated by api. When admin updates something, the data should be updated partially.

Below, you can see my class:

@Exclude()
export class BotDto {

    @IsString()
    @Length(2, 50)
    @Expose()
    readonly name: string;

    @IsString()
    @IsEmail()
    @Expose()
    readonly email: string;

    @IsString()
    @Matches(/^\d{17}$/)
    // @IsBotSteamIdAlreadyExist()
    @Expose()
    readonly steamid: string;

    @IsString()
    @Length(8, 32)
    @Expose()
    readonly steampass: string;

    @IsString()
    @IsBase64()
    @Expose()
    readonly sharedSecret: string;

    @IsString()
    @IsBase64()
    @Expose()
    readonly identitySecret: string;
}

I’m trying to use @IsOptional({groups: ['patch']}) but isn’t working.

How can I omit some validations?

[gvonhagel]

This is still a problem.

[ruscon]

I think the best way is to set always: true by default or create a global validator configuration where you can change the default behavior for this flag