Validation ​

The AnimeThemes API uses form requests to validate query parameters.

Parameter Validation ​

Form Requests define a set of rules for parameter fields and values.

If the parameter field-value pair passes every rule, the pair is considered valid.

# Integer values are valid for the Anime Year Filter
/anime?filter[year]=2000

If the parameter field-value pair fails any rule, the pair is considered invalid.

# String values are not valid for the Anime Year Filter
/anime?filter[year]=current

Response ​

If every field-value pair is valid, the request will be executed normally.

/anime?filter[year]=2000&filter[season]=winter

// Status Code: 200 OK
{
    anime: [
        {
            ...
            year: 2000,
            season: "Winter",
            ...
        },
        ...
    ],
    ...
}

If any field-value pair is invalid, the request will return a list of validation errors.

/anime?filter[year]=current&filter[season]=autumn

// Status Code: 422 Unprocessable Entity
{
	message: "The selected filter.season is invalid. (and 1 more error)",
	errors: {
		filter.season: [
			"The selected filter.season is invalid."
		],
		filter.year: [
			"The filter.year must be an integer."
		]
	}
}