import { ReadonlyContext } from './context';
export interface Request {
    [k: string]: any;
    body?: any;
    cookies?: Record<string, any>;
    headers?: Record<string, any>;
    params?: Record<string, any>;
    query?: Record<string, any>;
}
export declare type Middleware = (req: Request, res: any, next: (err?: any) => void) => void;
export declare type Location = 'body' | 'cookies' | 'headers' | 'params' | 'query';
/**
 * Metadata about a validated field.
 */
export declare type Meta = {
    /**
     * The express request from which the field was validated
     */
    req: Request;
    /**
     * Which of the request objects the field was picked from
     */
    location: Location;
    /**
     * The full path of the field within the request object.
     *
     * @example
     * const meta = { req, location: 'body', path: 'foo.bar' }; // req.body.foo.bar
     */
    path: string;
};
/**
 * A function which may
 * - return falsy values, a promise that rejects or throw to indicate that a field is invalid;
 * - return truthy values or a promise that resolves to indicate that a field is valid.
 *
 * @param input the field value
 * @param meta metadata about the field being validated
 */
export declare type CustomValidator = (input: any, meta: Meta) => any;
export declare type StandardValidator = (input: string, ...options: any[]) => boolean;
export declare type CustomSanitizer = (input: any, meta: Meta) => any;
export declare type StandardSanitizer = (input: string, ...options: any[]) => any;
/**
 * A function which returns an error message based on a field's value.
 *
 * @param input the field value
 * @param meta metadata about the field that was validated
 */
export declare type DynamicMessageCreator = (value: any, meta: Meta) => any;
export interface FieldInstance {
    path: string;
    originalPath: string;
    location: Location;
    value: any;
    originalValue: any;
}
export declare type ValidationError = {
    param: '_error';
    /**
     * The error message
     */
    msg: any;
    /**
     * The list of underlying validation errors returned by validation chains in `oneOf()`
     */
    nestedErrors: ValidationError[];
    location?: undefined;
    value?: undefined;
} | {
    /**
     * The location within the request where this field is
     */
    location: Location;
    /**
     * The name of the field which has a validation error
     */
    param: string;
    /**
     * The value of the field
     */
    value: any;
    /**
     * The error message
     */
    msg: any;
    nestedErrors?: unknown[];
};
export declare const contextsKey = "express-validator#contexts";
export interface InternalRequest extends Request {
    [contextsKey]?: ReadonlyContext[];
}
export declare class ValidationHalt extends Error {
}