definma-api/src/routes/validate/id.ts

import Joi from '@hapi/joi';

export default class IdValidate {
  private static id = Joi.string().pattern(new RegExp('[0-9a-f]{24}')).length(24);

  static get () {  // return joi validation
    return this.id;
  }

  static valid (id) {  // validate id
    return this.id.validate(id).error === undefined;
  }

  static parameter () {  // :id url parameter
    return ':id([0-9a-f]{24})';
  }

  static stringify (data) {  // convert all ObjectID objects to plain strings
    Object.keys(data).forEach(key => {
      if (data[key] !== null && data[key].hasOwnProperty('_bsontype') && data[key]._bsontype === 'ObjectID') {  // stringify id
        data[key] = data[key].toString();
      }
      else if (typeof data[key] === 'object' && data[key] !== null) {  // deeper into recursion
        data[key] = this.stringify(data[key]);
      }
    });
    return data;
  }
}