nanomongo.field

class nanomongo.field.Field(*args, **kwargs)

Instances of this class is used to define field types and automatically create validators:

field_name = Field(str, default='cheeseburger')
foo = Field(datetime, auto_update=True)
bar = Field(list, required=False)

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Field kwargs are checked for correctness and field validator is set, along with other attributes such as required and auto_update

Keyword Arguments:  

• default: default field value, must pass type check, can be a callable
• required: if True field must exist and not be None (default: True)
• auto_update: set value to datetime.utcnow() before inserts/saves; only valid for datetime fields (default: False)

classmethod check_kwargs(kwargs, data_type)

Check keyword arguments & their values given to Field constructor such as default, required …

generate_validator(t, **kwargs)

Generates and returns validator function (value_to_check, field_name=''). field_name kwarg is optional, used for better error reporting.