Input validation

A step of the Cloud application tree on Gradus, in the Security area: Secrets, auth, TLS, input.

Validate and sanitise every request body, query and header against a schema before any handler sees it.

Usually comes after: Secrets management.

Leads to: Dependency & image scanning.

Prompt for your AI assistant

Add schema-based validation for all request inputs (body, query, path and headers) at the edge of this application, returning consistent 400 responses for invalid input.

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