drizzle-zod

drizzle-zod is a plugin for Drizzle ORM that allows you to generate Zod schemas from Drizzle ORM schemas.

Install the dependencies

npm

yarn

pnpm

bun

npm i drizzle-zod

yarn add drizzle-zod

pnpm add drizzle-zod

bun add drizzle-zod

IMPORTANT

This documentation is for [email protected] and higher

You must also have Drizzle ORM v0.36.0 or greater and Zod v3.0.0 or greater installed.

Select schema

Defines the shape of data queried from the database - can be used to validate API responses.

import { pgTable, text, integer } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core';
import { createSelectSchema } from 'drizzle-zod';

const users = pgTable('users', {
  id: integer().generatedAlwaysAsIdentity().primaryKey(),
  name: text().notNull(),
  age: integer().notNull()
});

const userSelectSchema = createSelectSchema(users);

const rows = await db.select({ id: users.id, name: users.name }).from(users).limit(1);
const parsed: { id: number; name: string; age: number } = userSelectSchema.parse(rows[0]); // Error: `age` is not returned in the above query

const rows = await db.select().from(users).limit(1);
const parsed: { id: number; name: string; age: number } = userSelectSchema.parse(rows[0]); // Will parse successfully

Views and enums are also supported.

import { pgEnum } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core';
import { createSelectSchema } from 'drizzle-zod';

const roles = pgEnum('roles', ['admin', 'basic']);
const rolesSchema = createSelectSchema(roles);
const parsed: 'admin' | 'basic' = rolesSchema.parse(...);

const usersView = pgView('users_view').as((qb) => qb.select().from(users).where(gt(users.age, 18)));
const usersViewSchema = createSelectSchema(usersView);
const parsed: { id: number; name: string; age: number } = usersViewSchema.parse(...);

Insert schema

Defines the shape of data to be inserted into the database - can be used to validate API requests.

import { pgTable, text, integer } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core';
import { createInsertSchema } from 'drizzle-zod';

const users = pgTable('users', {
  id: integer().generatedAlwaysAsIdentity().primaryKey(),
  name: text().notNull(),
  age: integer().notNull()
});

const userInsertSchema = createInsertSchema(users);

const user = { name: 'John' };
const parsed: { name: string, age: number } = userInsertSchema.parse(user); // Error: `age` is not defined

const user = { name: 'Jane', age: 30 };
const parsed: { name: string, age: number } = userInsertSchema.parse(user); // Will parse successfully
await db.insert(users).values(parsed);

Update schema

Defines the shape of data to be updated in the database - can be used to validate API requests.

import { pgTable, text, integer } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core';
import { createUpdateSchema } from 'drizzle-zod';

const users = pgTable('users', {
  id: integer().generatedAlwaysAsIdentity().primaryKey(),
  name: text().notNull(),
  age: integer().notNull()
});

const userUpdateSchema = createUpdateSchema(users);

const user = { id: 5, name: 'John' };
const parsed: { name?: string | undefined, age?: number | undefined } = userUpdateSchema.parse(user); // Error: `id` is a generated column, it can't be updated

const user = { age: 35 };
const parsed: { name?: string | undefined, age?: number | undefined } = userUpdateSchema.parse(user); // Will parse successfully
await db.update(users).set(parsed).where(eq(users.name, 'Jane'));

Each create schema function accepts an additional optional parameter that you can used to extend, modify or completely overwite a field’s schema. Defining a callback function will extend or modify while providing a Zod schema will overwrite it.

import { pgTable, text, integer, json } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core';
import { createSelectSchema } from 'drizzle-zod';
import { z } from 'zod';

const users = pgTable('users', {
  id: integer().generatedAlwaysAsIdentity().primaryKey(),
  name: text().notNull(),
  bio: text(),
  preferences: json()
});

const userSelectSchema = createSelectSchema(users, {
  name: (schema) => schema.max(20), // Extends schema
  bio: (schema) => schema.max(1000), // Extends schema before becoming nullable/optional
  preferences: z.object({ theme: z.string() }) // Overwrites the field, including its nullability
});

const parsed: {
  id: number;
  name: string,
  bio?: string | undefined;
  preferences: {
    theme: string;
  };
} = userSelectSchema.parse(...);

Factory functions

For more advanced use cases, you can use the createSchemaFactory function.

Use case: Using an extended Zod instance

import { pgTable, text, integer } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core';
import { createSchemaFactory } from 'drizzle-zod';
import { z } from '@hono/zod-openapi'; // Extended Zod instance

const users = pgTable('users', {
  id: integer().generatedAlwaysAsIdentity().primaryKey(),
  name: text().notNull(),
  age: integer().notNull()
});

const { createInsertSchema } = createSchemaFactory({ zodInstance: z });

const userInsertSchema = createInsertSchema(users, {
  // We can now use the extended instance
  name: (schema) => schema.openapi({ example: 'John' })
});

Data type reference

pg.boolean();

mysql.boolean();

sqlite.integer({ mode: 'boolean' });

// Schema
z.boolean();

pg.date({ mode: 'date' });
pg.timestamp({ mode: 'date' });

mysql.date({ mode: 'date' });
mysql.datetime({ mode: 'date' });
mysql.timestamp({ mode: 'date' });

sqlite.integer({ mode: 'timestamp' });
sqlite.integer({ mode: 'timestamp_ms' });

// Schema
z.date();

pg.date({ mode: 'string' });
pg.timestamp({ mode: 'string' });
pg.cidr();
pg.inet();
pg.interval();
pg.macaddr();
pg.macaddr8();
pg.numeric();
pg.text();
pg.sparsevec();
pg.time();

mysql.binary();
mysql.date({ mode: 'string' });
mysql.datetime({ mode: 'string' });
mysql.decimal();
mysql.time();
mysql.timestamp({ mode: 'string' });
mysql.varbinary();

sqlite.numeric();
sqlite.text({ mode: 'text' });

// Schema
z.string();

pg.bit({ dimensions: ... });

// Schema
z.string().regex(/^[01]+$/).max(dimensions);

pg.uuid();

// Schema
z.string().uuid();

pg.char({ length: ... });

mysql.char({ length: ... });

// Schema
z.string().length(length);

pg.varchar({ length: ... });

mysql.varchar({ length: ... });

sqlite.text({ mode: 'text', length: ... });

// Schema
z.string().max(length);

mysql.tinytext();

// Schema
z.string().max(255); // unsigned 8-bit integer limit

mysql.text();

// Schema
z.string().max(65_535); // unsigned 16-bit integer limit

mysql.mediumtext();

// Schema
z.string().max(16_777_215); // unsigned 24-bit integer limit

mysql.longtext();

// Schema
z.string().max(4_294_967_295); // unsigned 32-bit integer limit

pg.text({ enum: ... });
pg.char({ enum: ... });
pg.varchar({ enum: ... });

mysql.tinytext({ enum: ... });
mysql.mediumtext({ enum: ... });
mysql.text({ enum: ... });
mysql.longtext({ enum: ... });
mysql.char({ enum: ... });
mysql.varchar({ enum: ... });
mysql.mysqlEnum(..., ...);

sqlite.text({ mode: 'text', enum: ... });

// Schema
z.enum(enum);

mysql.tinyint();

// Schema
z.number().min(-128).max(127).int(); // 8-bit integer lower and upper limit

mysql.tinyint({ unsigned: true });

// Schema
z.number().min(0).max(255).int(); // unsigned 8-bit integer lower and upper limit

pg.smallint();
pg.smallserial();

mysql.smallint();

// Schema
z.number().min(-32_768).max(32_767).int(); // 16-bit integer lower and upper limit

mysql.smallint({ unsigned: true });

// Schema
z.number().min(0).max(65_535).int(); // unsigned 16-bit integer lower and upper limit

pg.real();

mysql.float();

// Schema
z.number().min(-8_388_608).max(8_388_607); // 24-bit integer lower and upper limit

mysql.mediumint();

// Schema
z.number().min(-8_388_608).max(8_388_607).int(); // 24-bit integer lower and upper limit

mysql.float({ unsigned: true });

// Schema
z.number().min(0).max(16_777_215); // unsigned 24-bit integer lower and upper limit

mysql.mediumint({ unsigned: true });

// Schema
z.number().min(0).max(16_777_215).int(); // unsigned 24-bit integer lower and upper limit

pg.integer();
pg.serial();

mysql.int();

// Schema
z.number().min(-2_147_483_648).max(2_147_483_647).int(); // 32-bit integer lower and upper limit

mysql.int({ unsigned: true });

// Schema
z.number().min(0).max(4_294_967_295).int(); // unsgined 32-bit integer lower and upper limit

pg.doublePrecision();

mysql.double();
mysql.real();

sqlite.real();

// Schema
z.number().min(-140_737_488_355_328).max(140_737_488_355_327); // 48-bit integer lower and upper limit

mysql.double({ unsigned: true });

// Schema
z.number().min(0).max(281_474_976_710_655); // unsigned 48-bit integer lower and upper limit

pg.bigint({ mode: 'number' });
pg.bigserial({ mode: 'number' });

mysql.bigint({ mode: 'number' });
mysql.bigserial({ mode: 'number' });

sqlite.integer({ mode: 'number' });

// Schema
z.number().min(-9_007_199_254_740_991).max(9_007_199_254_740_991).int(); // Javascript min. and max. safe integers

mysql.serial();

// Schema
z.number().min(0).max(9_007_199_254_740_991).int(); // Javascript max. safe integer

pg.bigint({ mode: 'bigint' });
pg.bigserial({ mode: 'bigint' });

mysql.bigint({ mode: 'bigint' });

sqlite.blob({ mode: 'bigint' });

// Schema
z.bigint().min(-9_223_372_036_854_775_808n).max(9_223_372_036_854_775_807n); // 64-bit integer lower and upper limit

mysql.bigint({ mode: 'bigint', unsigned: true });

// Schema
z.bigint().min(0).max(18_446_744_073_709_551_615n); // unsigned 64-bit integer lower and upper limit

mysql.year();

// Schema
z.number().min(1_901).max(2_155).int();

pg.geometry({ type: 'point', mode: 'tuple' });
pg.point({ mode: 'tuple' });

// Schema
z.tuple([z.number(), z.number()]);

pg.geometry({ type: 'point', mode: 'xy' });
pg.point({ mode: 'xy' });

// Schema
z.object({ x: z.number(), y: z.number() });

pg.halfvec({ dimensions: ... });
pg.vector({ dimensions: ... });

// Schema
z.array(z.number()).length(dimensions);

pg.line({ mode: 'abc' });

// Schema
z.object({ a: z.number(), b: z.number(), c: z.number() });

pg.line({ mode: 'tuple' });

// Schema
z.tuple([z.number(), z.number(), z.number()]);

pg.json();
pg.jsonb();

mysql.json();

sqlite.blob({ mode: 'json' });
sqlite.text({ mode: 'json' });

// Schema
const self = z.lazy(() => z.union([z.union([z.string(), z.number(), z.boolean(), z.null()]), z.array(self), z.record(self)]));

sqlite.blob({ mode: 'buffer' });

// Schema
z.custom<Buffer>((v) => v instanceof Buffer);

pg.dataType().array(...);

// Schema
z.array(baseDataTypeSchema).length(size);