try to validate

pkg/validator/main.go

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+package validator
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema"
+)
+
+// ValidFormat is a type for quickly forcing
+// new formats on the gojsonschema loader
+type ValidFormat struct{}
+func (f ValidFormat) IsFormat(input interface{}) bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func init () {
+	gojsonschema.FormatCheckers.Add("int64", ValidFormat{})
+	gojsonschema.FormatCheckers.Add("byte", ValidFormat{})
+	gojsonschema.FormatCheckers.Add("int32", ValidFormat{})
+	gojsonschema.FormatCheckers.Add("int-or-string", ValidFormat{})
+}
+
+func Validate(resource interface{}, rawSchema []byte) error {
+	schemaLoader := gojsonschema.NewBytesLoader(rawSchema)
+	schema, err := gojsonschema.NewSchema(schemaLoader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	documentLoader := gojsonschema.NewGoLoader(resource)
+	results, err := schema.Validate(documentLoader)
+	if err != nil {
+		// This error can only happen if the Object to validate is poorly formed. There's no hope of saving this one
+		return  fmt.Errorf("problem validating schema. Check JSON formatting: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if !results.Valid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("resource does not conform to schema")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+