- Introduced Zod DTOs for request validation across multiple controllers, replacing inline validation with structured classes for improved maintainability and clarity. - Updated ESLint configuration to enforce a rule against importing Zod directly in BFF controllers, promoting the use of shared domain schemas for request validation. - Removed the SecureErrorMapperService to streamline the security module, as its functionality was deemed unnecessary. - Enhanced various controllers to utilize the new DTOs, ensuring consistent validation and response handling across the application.
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BFF Validation Standard (2025): DTOs + Global Pipe (Zod)
This repository follows the “big org standard” for NestJS request validation:
- Schemas live in the shared domain layer (
@customer-portal/domain) - Controllers use DTOs built from those schemas
- Validation runs globally via a single app-wide pipe
Standard Pattern
1) Define the schema in @customer-portal/domain
Put request/param/query schemas in the relevant domain module’s schema.ts.
Example (conceptual):
// packages/domain/<domain>/schema.ts
import { z } from "zod";
export const exampleRequestSchema = z.object({
name: z.string().min(1),
});
2) Create a DTO in the controller using createZodDto(schema)
import { createZodDto } from "nestjs-zod";
import { exampleRequestSchema } from "@customer-portal/domain/<domain>";
class ExampleRequestDto extends createZodDto(exampleRequestSchema) {}
Then use ExampleRequestDto in @Body(), @Param(), or @Query().
3) Rely on the global ZodValidationPipe
The BFF registers ZodValidationPipe globally via APP_PIPE in apps/bff/src/app.module.ts.
That means controllers should not import zod or define ad-hoc Zod schemas inline for request validation.
Boundary Validation (Integrations / Mapping)
In addition to request DTO validation, we validate at integration boundaries:
- Provider raw → domain: validate raw payloads and the mapped domain model using domain schemas.
- BFF → Portal: use the same domain contracts for stable payload shapes where possible.
Governance / Linting
We enforce this pattern via ESLint:
- Controllers are expected to import schemas from
@customer-portal/domain - Controllers should not import
zoddirectly (to prevent drifting schema definitions into the controller layer)