Nodejs - Joi Check if string is in a given list

Question

I'm using Joi package for server side Validation.
I want to check if a given string is in a given list or if it is not in a given list.(define black list or white list for values)
sth like an "in" or "notIn" function. How can I do that?

var schema = Joi.object().keys({
    firstname: Joi.string().in(['a','b']),
    lastname : Joi.string().notIn(['c','d']),
});

Answer 1

You are looking for the valid and invalid functions.
v16: https://hapi.dev/module/joi/api/?v=16.1.8#anyvalidvalues---aliases-equal
v17: https://hapi.dev/module/joi/api/?v=17.1.1#anyvalidvalues---aliases-equal

As of Joi v16 valid and invalid no longer accepts arrays, they take a variable number of arguments.

Your code becomes

var schema = Joi.object().keys({
    firstname: Joi.string().valid(...['a','b']),
    lastname: Joi.string().invalid(...['c','d']),
});

Can also just pass in as .valid('a', 'b') if not getting the values from an array (-:

Answer 2

How about:

var schema = Joi.object().keys({
    firstname: Joi.string().valid(['a','b']),
    lastname : Joi.string().invalid(['c','d']),
});

There are also aliases: .allow and .only

and .disallow and .not

Answer 3

Update from 10 Oct 2022 Now valid function requires Object

Joi.string().valid({ ...values_array }),

Answer 4

This works in [2023]:

var schema = Joi.object({
    status: Joi.string().valid("pending", "in-review", "resolved")
});