redis-om-python/docs/validation.md
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# Validation
Redis OM uses [Pydantic][pydantic-url] behind the scenes to validate data at runtime, based on the model's type annotations.
## Basic Type Validation
Validation works for basic type annotations like `str`. Thus, given the following model:
```python
class Customer(HashModel):
first_name: str
last_name: str
email: EmailStr
join_date: datetime.date
age: int
bio: Optional[str]
```
... Redis OM will ensure that `first_name` is always a string.
But every Redis OM model is also a Pydantic model, so you can use existing Pydantic validators like `EmailStr`, `Pattern`, and many more for complex validation!
## Complex Validation
Let's see what happens if we try to create a `Customer` object with an invalid email address.
```python
# We'll get a validation error if we try to use an invalid email address!
Customer(
first_name="Andrew",
last_name="Brookins",
email="Not an email address!",
join_date=datetime.date.today(),
age=38,
bio="Python developer, works at Redis, Inc."
)
```
This code generates the following error:
```
Traceback:
pydantic.error_wrappers.ValidationError: 1 validation error for Customer
email
value is not a valid email address (type=value_error.email)
```
We'll also get a validation error if we change a field on a model instance to an invalid value and then try to save it:
```python
andrew = Customer(
first_name="Andrew",
last_name="Brookins",
email="andrew.brookins@example.com",
join_date=datetime.date.today(),
age=38,
bio="Python developer, works at Redis, Inc."
)
andrew.email = "Not valid"
andrew.save()
```
Once again, we get the valiation error:
```
Traceback:
pydantic.error_wrappers.ValidationError: 1 validation error for Customer
email
value is not a valid email address (type=value_error.email)
```
[pydantic-url]: https://github.com/samuelcolvin/pydantic