---
id: 6a0dcc730cb92a616f86f0c3
title: "Challenge 299: Schema Validator Part 5"
challengeType: 29
dashedName: challenge-299
---

# --description--

Given an object (JavaScript) or dictionary (Python), determine if it matches the following schema:

```json
Roles = "user" | "creator" | "moderator" | "staff" | "admin"

{
  username: string,
  posts: number,
  verified: boolean,
  role: Roles,
  supporter?: boolean,
  badges: string[]
}
```

- The pipe (`|`) symbol means "or". `role` must be one of the listed `Roles` values.
- The question mark (`?`) after `supporter` means that the field is optional, but is the specified type if it exists.
- The brackets `[]` after `string` means that `badges` should be an array of strings (or empty).
- Extra keys are allowed

# --hints--

`is_valid_schema({"username": "gill", "posts": 12, "verified": False, "role": "creator", "supporter": False, "badges": ["early-adopter", "popular"]})` should return `True`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertIs(is_valid_schema({"username": "gill", "posts": 12, "verified": False, "role": "creator", "supporter": False, "badges": ["early-adopter", "popular"]}), True)`)
}})
```

`is_valid_schema({"username": "tonya", "posts": 299, "verified": True, "role": "moderator", "supporter": True, "badges": ["streak-master", "veteran"], "followers": 1233})` should return `True`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertIs(is_valid_schema({"username": "tonya", "posts": 299, "verified": True, "role": "moderator", "supporter": True, "badges": ["streak-master", "veteran"], "followers": 1233}), True)`)
}})
```

`is_valid_schema({"username": "zara", "posts": 0, "verified": False, "role": "user", "supporter": False, "badges": []})` should return `True`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertIs(is_valid_schema({"username": "zara", "posts": 0, "verified": False, "role": "user", "supporter": False, "badges": []}), True)`)
}})
```

`is_valid_schema({"username": "nicole", "posts": 65, "verified": True, "role": "admin", "supporter": False, "badges": ["first-post", 18]})` should return `False`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertIs(is_valid_schema({"username": "nicole", "posts": 65, "verified": True, "role": "admin", "supporter": False, "badges": ["first-post", 18]}), False)`)
}})
```

`is_valid_schema({"username": "tim", "posts": 25, "verified": True, "role": "staff", "supporter": False})` should return `False`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertIs(is_valid_schema({"username": "tim", "posts": 25, "verified": True, "role": "staff", "supporter": False}), False)`)
}})
```

`is_valid_schema({"username": "charlie", "posts": 0, "verified": False, "role": "user", "supporter": "no", "badges": ["first-post", "anniversary"]})` should return `False`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertIs(is_valid_schema({"username": "charlie", "posts": 0, "verified": False, "role": "user", "supporter": "no", "badges": ["first-post", "anniversary"]}), False)`)
}})
```

`is_valid_schema({"username": "wanda", "posts": 15, "verified": True, "role": "friend", "supporter": True, "badges": ["popular"]})` should return `False`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertIs(is_valid_schema({"username": "wanda", "posts": 15, "verified": True, "role": "friend", "supporter": True, "badges": ["popular"]}), False)`)
}})
```

`is_valid_schema({"username": "guy", "posts": 5, "verified": "false", "role": "staff", "supporter": True, "badges": ["helper"]})` should return `False`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertIs(is_valid_schema({"username": "guy", "posts": 5, "verified": "false", "role": "staff", "supporter": True, "badges": ["helper"]}), False)`)
}})
```

`is_valid_schema({"username": "carrie", "verified": True, "role": "moderator", "supporter": True, "badges": ["helper", "sharer"]})` should return `False`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertIs(is_valid_schema({"username": "carrie", "verified": True, "role": "moderator", "supporter": True, "badges": ["helper", "sharer"]}), False)`)
}})
```

`is_valid_schema({"username": True, "posts": 75, "verified": True, "role": "creator", "supporter": True, "badges": ["veteran"]})` should return `False`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertIs(is_valid_schema({"username": True, "posts": 75, "verified": True, "role": "creator", "supporter": True, "badges": ["veteran"]}), False)`)
}})
```

# --seed--

## --seed-contents--

```py
def is_valid_schema(obj):

    return obj
```

# --solutions--

```py
def is_valid_schema(obj):
    roles = ["user", "creator", "moderator", "staff", "admin"]
    return (
        isinstance(obj.get("username"), str) and
        isinstance(obj.get("posts"), int) and not isinstance(obj.get("posts"), bool) and
        isinstance(obj.get("verified"), bool) and
        obj.get("role") in roles and
        ("supporter" not in obj or isinstance(obj["supporter"], bool)) and
        isinstance(obj.get("badges"), list) and all(isinstance(b, str) for b in obj["badges"])
    )
```