diff --git a/check_valid.go b/check_valid.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d900714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_valid.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package commons
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/ianlancetaylor/jsonschema"
+	"github.com/ianlancetaylor/jsonschema/draft7"
+)
+
+func Validate(schema string, dataAny any) error {
+	data := StructToMapRecursive(dataAny)
+
+	var v any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(schema), &v); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed to decode json %#v", err)
+
+		return err
+	}
+
+	vldtor, err := jsonschema.SchemaFromJSON(draft7.SchemaID, nil, v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// validate
+	valid := vldtor.Validate(data)
+
+	if valid != nil {
+		return valid
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/check_valid_test.go b/check_valid_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7489a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_valid_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package commons
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const sampleSchema = `
+{
+	"type": "object",
+	"properties": {
+		"id": {
+			"type": "string"
+		},
+		"name": {
+			"type": "string"
+		},
+		"age": {
+			"type": "number"
+		}
+	},
+	"required": ["id", "name"]
+}
+`
+
+func TestRequiredName (t *testing.T) {
+	data := map[string]any {
+		"id": "myid",
+		"age": 100,
+	}
+
+	if err := Validate(sampleSchema, data); err == nil || err.Error() != `required/name: missing required field "name"` {
+		t.Fatalf("Should throw `%s` but got %s", "required/name: missing required field \"name\"", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPassingValidate (t *testing.T) {
+	data := map[string]any {
+		"id": "myid",
+		"name": "Hey",
+		"age": 100,
+	}
+
+	if err := Validate(sampleSchema, data); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Should have not thrown an error")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 03cd6ba..cdc2352 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module git.gsuntres.com/general/commons
 
 go 1.25.0
 
-require go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2 v2.5.0
+require (
+	github.com/ianlancetaylor/jsonschema v0.0.0-20251021232724-46ecbf32a0a5
+	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2 v2.5.0
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 65a6c8c..7c17640 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/ianlancetaylor/jsonschema v0.0.0-20251021232724-46ecbf32a0a5 h1:x2QxKV4w/sBEwwUUmBH/8cFjeOBZqwaB5dz5rcuFspU=
+github.com/ianlancetaylor/jsonschema v0.0.0-20251021232724-46ecbf32a0a5/go.mod h1:KtN3dTgXsLnC5GJBRNmOPd/HUInNcQ84lUCrKJPrvDc=
 go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2 v2.5.0 h1:yXUhImUjjAInNcpTcAlPHiT7bIXhshCTL3jVBkF3xaE=
 go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:yOI9kBsufol30iFsl1slpdq1I0eHPzybRWdyYUs8K/0=
diff --git a/struct.go b/struct.go
index 3378d27..8420822 100644
--- a/struct.go
+++ b/struct.go
@@ -4,10 +4,50 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
-	// "encoding/json"
-
+	
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2/bson"
 )
+
+// StructToMapRecursive given a struct or a primitive will return the equivalent
+// map[string]any of the struct or the primitive as is.
+func StructToMapRecursive(obj any) any {
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(obj)
+
+	// Handle pointers by getting the underlying element
+	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		if v.IsNil() { return nil }
+		v = v.Elem()
+	}
+
+	switch v.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		result := make(map[string]any)
+		t := v.Type()
+		for i := 0; i < v.NumField(); i++ {
+			field := t.Field(i)
+			// Skip unexported fields (private fields)
+			if field.PkgPath != "" { continue }
+
+			// Recurse into the field's value
+			result[field.Name] = StructToMapRecursive(v.Field(i).Interface())
+		}
+
+		return result
+
+	case reflect.Slice, reflect.Array:
+		result := make([]any, v.Len())
+		for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
+			result[i] = StructToMapRecursive(v.Index(i).Interface())
+		}
+
+		return result
+
+	default:
+		// Return basic types (int, string, etc.) as is
+		return obj
+	}
+}
+
 // MapToStruct will convert a map[string]any to a struct.
 func MapToStruct(m map[string]any, o any) error {
 	b, err := bson.Marshal(m)
diff --git a/struct_test.go b/struct_test.go
index 79124b4..f145485 100644
--- a/struct_test.go
+++ b/struct_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,42 @@ import (
   "testing"
 )
 
+func TestStructToMapRecursive(t *testing.T) {
+  type O struct {
+    Name string
+    Age int
+    Active bool
+  }
+
+  o := &O{
+    Name: "Nick",
+    Age: 15,
+    Active: true,
+  }
+
+  mAny := StructToMapRecursive(o)
+
+  switch mAny.(type) {
+  case map[string]any:
+      m := mAny.(map[string]any)
+      if v, ok := m["Name"]; !ok || v != "Nick" {
+        t.Fatalf("Unexpected map %v", v)
+      }
+
+      if v, ok := m["Age"]; !ok || v != 15 {
+        t.Fatalf("Unexpected map %v", v)
+      }
+
+      if v, ok := m["Active"]; !ok || v != true {
+        t.Fatalf("Unexpected map %v", v)
+      }
+    default:
+      t.Fatal("is not map")
+  }
+
+
+}
+
 func TestMapToStruct(t *testing.T) {
   o := map[string]any {
     "name": "name1",