元数据和注册表

将模式与一些额外的元数据关联起来通常很有用，用于文档、代码生成、AI 结构化输出、表单验证和其他目的。

¥It's often useful to associate a schema with some additional metadata for documentation, code generation, AI structured outputs, form validation, and other purposes.

注册表

¥Registries

Zod 中的元数据通过注册表处理。注册表是模式的集合，每个模式都与一些强类型元数据相关联。要创建一个简单的注册表：

¥Metadata in Zod is handled via registries. Registries are collections of schemas, each associated with some strongly-typed metadata. To create a simple registry:

import { z } from "zod/v4";
 
const myRegistry = z.registry<{ description: string }>();

要在此注册表中注册、查找和删除模式：

¥To register, lookup, and remove schemas from this registry:

const mySchema = z.string();
 
myRegistry.add(mySchema, { description: "A cool schema!"});
myRegistry.has(mySchema); // => true
myRegistry.get(mySchema); // => { description: "A cool schema!" }
myRegistry.remove(mySchema);

TypeScript 强制每个架构的元数据与注册表的元数据类型匹配。

¥TypeScript enforces that the metadata for each schema matches the registry's metadata type.

myRegistry.add(mySchema, { description: "A cool schema!" }); // ✅
myRegistry.add(mySchema, { description: 123 }); // ❌

.register()

Schema 提供了 .register() 方法，以便更方便地将其添加到注册表。

¥Schemas provide a .register() method to more conveniently add it to a registry.

const mySchema = z.string();
 
mySchema.register(myRegistry, { description: "A cool schema!" });
// => mySchema

这允许你在模式中定义元数据 "inline"。

¥This lets you define metadata "inline" in your schemas.

const mySchema = z.object({
  name: z.string().register(myRegistry, { description: "The user's name" }),
  age: z.number().register(myRegistry, { description: "The user's age" }),
})

const myRegistry = z.registry();
 
myRegistry.add(z.string());
myRegistry.add(z.number());

元数据

¥Metadata

z.globalRegistry

为了方便起见，Zod 提供了一个全局注册表 (z.globalRegistry)，可用于存储用于生成 JSON Schema 或其他用途的元数据。它接受以下元数据：

¥For convenience, Zod provides a global registry (z.globalRegistry) that can be used to store metadata for JSON Schema generation or other purposes. It accepts the following metadata:

export interface GlobalMeta {
  id?: string;
  title?: string;
  description?: string;
  examples?: T[]; // T is the output type of the schema you are registering
  [k: string]: unknown; // accepts other properties too
}

要在 z.globalRegistry 中为模式注册一些元数据：

¥To register some metadata in z.globalRegistry for a schema:

import { z } from "zod/v4";
 
const emailSchema = z.email().register(z.globalRegistry, { 
  id: "email_address",
  title: "Email address",
  description: "Your email address",
  examples: ["first.last@example.com"]
});

.meta()

为了更方便的方法，请使用 .meta() 方法在 z.globalRegistry 中注册一个架构。

¥For a more convenient approach, use the .meta() method to register a schema in z.globalRegistry.

const emailSchema = z.email().meta({ 
  id: "email_address",
  title: "Email address",
  description: "Please enter a valid email address",
});

调用不带参数的 .meta() 将检索架构的元数据。

¥Calling .meta() without an argument will retrieve the metadata for a schema.

emailSchema.meta();
// => { id: "email_address", title: "Email address", ... }

元数据与特定的模式实例关联。这一点很重要，尤其是因为 Zod 方法是不可变的 - 它们总是返回一个新实例。

¥Metadata is associated with a specific schema instance. This is important to keep in mind, especially since Zod methods are immutable—they always return a new instance.

const A = z.string().meta({ description: "A cool string" });
A.meta(); // => { hello: "true" }
 
const B = A.refine(_ => true);
B.meta(); // => undefined

.describe()

.describe() 方法是在 z.globalRegistry 中仅使用 description 字段注册架构的简写。

¥The .describe() method is a shorthand for registering a schema in z.globalRegistry with just a description field.

const emailSchema = z.email();
emailSchema.describe("An email address");
 
// equivalent to
emailSchema.meta({ description: "An email address" });

自定义注册表

¥Custom registries

你已经看到了一个自定义注册表的简单示例：

¥You've already seen a simple example of a custom registry:

import { z } from "zod/v4";
 
const myRegistry = z.registry<{ description: string };>();

让我们看一些更高级的模式。

¥Let's look at some more advanced patterns.

引用推断类型

¥Referencing inferred types

元数据类型引用模式的推断类型通常很有价值。例如，你可能希望 examples 字段包含模式输出的示例。

¥It's often valuable for the metadata type to reference the inferred type of a schema. For instance, you may want an examples field to contain examples of the schema's output.

import { z } from "zod/v4";
 
type MyMeta = { examples: z.$output[] };
const myRegistry = z.registry<MyMeta>();
 
myRegistry.add(z.string(), { examples: ["hello", "world"] });
myRegistry.add(z.number(), { examples: [1, 2, 3] });

特殊符号 z.$output 是对 schema 推断的输出类型（z.infer<typeof schema>）的引用。同样，你可以使用 z.$input 引用输入类型。

¥The special symbol z.$output is a reference to the schemas inferred output type (z.infer<typeof schema>). Similarly you can use z.$input to reference the input type.

限制模式类型

¥Constraining schema types

将第二个泛型传递给 z.registry()，以限制可以添加到注册表的模式类型。此注册表仅接受字符串模式。

¥Pass a second generic to z.registry() to constrain the schema types that can be added to a registry. This registry only accepts string schemas.

import { z } from "zod/v4";
 
const myRegistry = z.registry<{ description: string }, z.ZodString>();
 
myRegistry.add(z.string(), { description: "A number" }); // ✅
myRegistry.add(z.number(), { description: "A number" }); // ❌ 
//             ^ 'ZodNumber' is not assignable to parameter of type 'ZodString'