# Get property name in custom validator

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-property-name-in-custom-validator/4940>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [16 November 2018 23:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-property-name-in-custom-validator/4940 "2018-11-16T23:02:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [16 November 2018 23:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-property-name-in-custom-validator/4940/2 "2018-11-16T23:32:10Z")

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You've already dug into the code to see it isn't passed in... not much to add on that.

The other approach is to pass it in yourself ...

```auto
myProperty1: {value:'', validate:function(v) { return myValidationFunction.call(this,"myProperty1",v) }},
myProperty2: {value:'', validate:function(v) { return myValidationFunction.call(this,"myProperty2",v) }},

```

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