diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 98b43464..318aa273 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ language: go
 go:
   - 1.3
   - tip
+
+script:
+  - go test github.com/gin-gonic/gin/binding
diff --git a/binding/binding.go b/binding/binding.go
index 61a57b14..ec8ae7bc 100644
--- a/binding/binding.go
+++ b/binding/binding.go
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@ package binding
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/xml"
-	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -154,56 +152,3 @@ func ensureNotPointer(obj interface{}) {
 		panic("Pointers are not accepted as binding models")
 	}
 }
-
-func Validate(obj interface{}) error {
-	typ := reflect.TypeOf(obj)
-	val := reflect.ValueOf(obj)
-
-	if typ.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-		typ = typ.Elem()
-		val = val.Elem()
-	}
-
-	switch typ.Kind() {
-	case reflect.Struct:
-		for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
-			field := typ.Field(i)
-
-			// Allow ignored fields in the struct
-			if field.Tag.Get("form") == "-" {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			fieldValue := val.Field(i).Interface()
-			zero := reflect.Zero(field.Type).Interface()
-
-			if strings.Index(field.Tag.Get("binding"), "required") > -1 {
-				fieldType := field.Type.Kind()
-				if fieldType == reflect.Struct {
-					err := Validate(fieldValue)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-				} else if reflect.DeepEqual(zero, fieldValue) {
-					return errors.New("Required " + field.Name)
-				} else if fieldType == reflect.Slice && field.Type.Elem().Kind() == reflect.Struct {
-					err := Validate(fieldValue)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	case reflect.Slice:
-		for i := 0; i < val.Len(); i++ {
-			fieldValue := val.Index(i).Interface()
-			err := Validate(fieldValue)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	default:
-		return nil
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/binding/validate.go b/binding/validate.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48dcf87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binding/validate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+package binding
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func Validate(obj interface{}) error {
+
+	typ := reflect.TypeOf(obj)
+	value := reflect.ValueOf(obj)
+
+	// Check to ensure we are getting a valid
+	// pointer for manipulation.
+	if typ.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		typ = typ.Elem()
+		value = value.Elem()
+	}
+
+	// Kill process if obj did not pass in a scruct.
+	// This happens when a pointer passed in.
+	if value.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
+
+		field := typ.Field(i)
+		fieldValue := value.Field(i).Interface()
+		zero := reflect.Zero(field.Type).Interface()
+
+		// Validate nested and embedded structs (if pointer, only do so if not nil)
+		if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct ||
+			(field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && !reflect.DeepEqual(zero, fieldValue)) {
+			if err := Validate(fieldValue); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		if field.Tag.Get("validate") != "" || field.Tag.Get("binding") != "" {
+			// Break validate field into array
+			array := strings.Split(field.Tag.Get("validate"), "|")
+
+			// Legacy Support for binding.
+			if array[0] == "" {
+				array = strings.Split(field.Tag.Get("binding"), "|")
+			}
+
+			// Do the hard work of checking all assertions
+			for setting := range array {
+
+				match := array[setting]
+
+				//Check that value was passed in and is not required.
+				if match != "required" && null(fieldValue) == true {
+					return nil
+				}
+
+				switch {
+				case "required" == match:
+					if err := required(field, fieldValue, zero); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				case "email" == match:
+					if err := regex(`regex:^[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$`, fieldValue); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				case strings.HasPrefix(match, "min:"):
+					if err := min(match, fieldValue); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				case strings.HasPrefix(match, "max:"):
+					if err := max(match, fieldValue); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				case strings.HasPrefix(match, "in:"):
+					if err := in(match, fieldValue); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				case strings.HasPrefix(match, "regex:"):
+					if err := regex(match, fieldValue); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				case strings.HasPrefix(match, "length:"):
+					if err := length(match, fieldValue); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				case strings.HasPrefix(match, "length_between:"):
+					if err := length_between(match, fieldValue); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				default:
+					panic("The field " + match + " is not a valid validation check.")
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Ensure that the value being passed in is not of type nil.
+func null(value interface{}) bool {
+	if reflect.ValueOf(value).IsNil() {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// Check that the following function features
+// the required field. May need to check for
+// more special cases like since passing in null
+// is the same as 0 for int type checking.
+func required(field reflect.StructField, value, zero interface{}) error {
+
+	if reflect.DeepEqual(zero, value) {
+		if _, ok := value.(int); !ok {
+			return errors.New("The required field " + field.Name + " was not submitted.")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Check that the passed in field is a valid email
+// Need to improve error logging for this method
+// Currently only supports strings, ints
+func in(field string, value interface{}) error {
+
+	if data, ok := value.(*string); ok {
+		if len(*data) == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		valid := strings.Split(field[3:], ",")
+
+		for option := range valid {
+			if valid[option] == *data {
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		return errors.New("The value passed in for IN could not be converted to a string.")
+	}
+
+	return errors.New("In did not match any of the expected values.")
+}
+
+func min(field string, value interface{}) error {
+
+	if data, ok := value.(*int); ok {
+
+		min := field[strings.Index(field, ":")+1:]
+
+		if minNum, ok := strconv.ParseInt(min, 0, 64); ok == nil {
+
+			if int64(*data) >= minNum {
+				return nil
+			} else {
+				return errors.New("The data you passed in was smaller then the allowed minimum.")
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	return errors.New("The value passed in for MIN could not be converted to an int.")
+}
+
+func max(field string, value interface{}) error {
+
+	if data, ok := value.(*int); ok {
+
+		max := field[strings.Index(field, ":")+1:]
+
+		if maxNum, ok := strconv.ParseInt(max, 0, 64); ok == nil {
+			if int64(*data) <= maxNum {
+				return nil
+			} else {
+				return errors.New("The data you passed in was larger than the maximum.")
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	return errors.New("The value passed in for MAX could not be converted to an int.")
+}
+
+// Regex handles the general regex call and also handles
+// the regex email.
+func regex(field string, value interface{}) error {
+
+	reg := field[strings.Index(field, ":")+1:]
+
+	if data, ok := value.(*string); ok {
+		if len(*data) == 0 {
+			return nil
+		} else if err := match_regex(reg, []byte(*data)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else if data, ok := value.(*int); ok {
+		if err := match_regex(reg, []byte(strconv.Itoa(*data))); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		return errors.New("The value passed in for REGEX could not be converted to a string or int.")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Helper function for regex.
+func match_regex(reg string, data []byte) error {
+
+	if match, err := regexp.Match(reg, []byte(data)); err == nil && match {
+		return nil
+	} else {
+		return errors.New("Your regex did not match or was not valid.")
+	}
+}
+
+// Check passed in json length string is exact value passed in.
+// Also checks if passed in values is between two different ones.
+func length(field string, value interface{}) error {
+
+	length := field[strings.Index(field, ":")+1:]
+
+	if data, ok := value.(*string); ok {
+		if intdata, intok := strconv.Atoi(length); intok == nil {
+			if len(*data) == intdata {
+				return nil
+			} else {
+				return errors.New("The data passed in was not equal to the expected length.")
+			}
+		} else {
+			return errors.New("The value passed in for LENGTH could not be converted to an int.")
+		}
+	} else {
+		return errors.New("The value passed in for LENGTH could not be converted to a string.")
+	}
+}
+
+// Check if the strings length is between high,low.
+func length_between(field string, value interface{}) error {
+
+	length := field[strings.Index(field, ":")+1:]
+	vals := strings.Split(length, ",")
+
+	if len(vals) == 2 {
+
+		if data, ok := value.(*string); ok {
+
+			if lowerbound, lowok := strconv.Atoi(vals[0]); lowok == nil {
+
+				if upperbound, upok := strconv.Atoi(vals[1]); upok == nil {
+
+					if lowerbound <= len(*data) && upperbound >= len(*data) {
+						return nil
+					} else {
+						return errors.New("The value passed in for LENGTH BETWEEN was not in bounds.")
+					}
+
+				} else {
+					return errors.New("The value passed in for LENGTH BETWEEN could not be converted to an int.")
+				}
+
+			} else {
+				return errors.New("The value passed in for LENGTH BETWEEN could not be converted to an int.")
+			}
+
+		} else {
+			return errors.New("The value passed in for LENGTH BETWEEN could not be converted to a string.")
+		}
+	} else {
+		return errors.New("LENGTH BETWEEN requires exactly two paramaters.")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/binding/validate_test.go b/binding/validate_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..565ab9b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binding/validate_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,430 @@
+package binding
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Make string into io.ReadCloser
+// this is just for convinience
+func jsonFactory(s string) io.ReadCloser {
+	return ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(s))
+}
+
+// Ensure all required fields are matching
+func TestRequired(t *testing.T) {
+
+	// // Test if STRING required is valid
+	var testString struct {
+		Test *string `json:"something" validate:"required" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"something": "hello"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testString); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testString2 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"something" validate:"required" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testString2); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Required string, empty JSON object should return error but did not.")
+	}
+
+	// Test if INT require is valid
+	var testInt struct {
+		Test *int `json:"something" validate:"required" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"something": 2}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testInt); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	// Test if BOOL required is valid
+	var testBool struct {
+		Test *bool `json:"something" validate:"required" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"something": true}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testBool); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testBool2 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"something" validate:"required" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testBool2); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Required bool, empty JSON object should return error but did not.")
+	}
+
+	// Test if ARRAY required is valid
+	var testArray struct {
+		Test *[]string `json:"something" validate:"required" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"something": ["test", "data"]}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testArray); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	// Test is OBJECT required is valid
+	type testObjectTP struct {
+		Name string `json:"name" validate:"required" `
+	}
+
+	var testObject struct {
+		Test testObjectTP `json:"something" validate:"required" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"something": {"name": "test"}}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testObject); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEmail(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testValEmail struct {
+		Test *string `json:"email" validate:"email" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"email": "michaeljs@gmail.com"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValEmail); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValEmail2 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"email" validate:"email" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"email": "michaeljs@gail.edu"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValEmail2); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValEmail3 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"email" validate:"email" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"email": "michaeljs.edu"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValEmail3); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Email test failed, michaeljs.edu passed as a valid email.")
+	}
+
+	// This should not return an error since email is not required.
+	var testValEmail4 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"email" validate:"email" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"jeff": "really"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValEmail4); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+}
+
+// Ensure In is matching properly
+// Supporting string and int currently
+func TestIn(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testValIn struct {
+		Test *string `json:"special" validate:"in:admin,user,other" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"special": "admin"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValIn); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValIn2 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"special" validate:"in:1,3,2" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"special": "3"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValIn2); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValIn3 struct {
+		Test *int `json:"special" validate:"in:1,3,2" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"special": 6}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValIn3); err == nil {
+		t.Error("6 is not in validate in call, err should not have been nil.")
+	}
+
+	var testValIn4 struct {
+		Test2 *string `json:"what" validate:in:this,that`
+		Test  *string `json:"special" validate:"in:1,3,2" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"special": "3","what": "this"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValIn4); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValIn5 struct {
+		Test2 *string `json:"what" validate:in:this,that`
+		Test  *string `json:"special" validate:"in:1,3,2" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"special": "3"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValIn5); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValIn6 struct {
+		Test2 *string `json:"what" validate:"in:this,that"`
+		Test3 *string `json:"what1" validate:"in:this,then"`
+		Test4 *string `json:"what2" validate:"in:this,that"`
+		Test5 *string `json:"what3" validate:"in:this,that"`
+		Test  *string `json:"special" validate:"in:1,3,2"`
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"sa": 34, "what":"this", "what1":"then", "what2":"this"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValIn6); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}
+
+// Check if the entered JSON is a data matching the one in a string.
+func TestMin(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testValMin struct {
+		Test *int `json:"digit" validate:"min:23" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": 24}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValMin); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValMin2 struct {
+		Test *int `json:"digit" validate:"min:20" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": 19}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValMin2); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Min was 20 digit of 19 should not have validated properly.")
+	}
+
+	var testValMin3 struct {
+		Test *int `json:"digit" validate:"min:20" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"jeff":"greg"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValMin3); err != nil {
+		t.Error("Nothing was entered but min was not required. No error should be thrown.")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMax(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testValMin struct {
+		Test *int `json:"digit" validate:"max:23" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": 23}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValMin); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValMin2 struct {
+		Test *int `json:"digit" validate:"max:20" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": 21}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValMin2); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Max was 20 digit of 21 should not have validated properly.")
+	}
+
+	var testValMin3 struct {
+		Test *int `json:"digit" validate:"max:20" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"jeff":"greg"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValMin3); err != nil {
+		t.Error("Nothing was entered but max was not required. No error should be thrown.")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRegex(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testValDigit struct {
+		Test *int `json:"digit" validate:"regex:\\d+" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": 23}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValDigit); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValDigit2 struct {
+		Test *int `json:"digit" validate:"regex:\\d+" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": 2dsa3}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValDigit2); err == nil {
+		t.Error("\\d+ regex should not match the string 2dsa3.")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMultiple(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testValMulti struct {
+		Test *int `json:"digit" validate:"regex:\\d+|required|max:23" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": 23}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValMulti); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValMulti2 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"digit" validate:"email|required|regex:\\d+" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": "m@g.com"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValMulti2); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Should have returned error but did not.")
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestPointers(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testValMulti struct {
+		Test *string `json:"digit" validate:"in:3,4,5" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"invalid": "23"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValMulti); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValMulti2 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"digit" validate:"in:3,4,5" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": "23"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValMulti2); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Value was passed in but did not match in:3,4,5 error should have been returned.")
+	}
+
+	var testValMulti3 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"digit" validate:"in:3,4,5" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": "4"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValMulti3); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestLength(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testValLength struct {
+		Test *string `json:"username" validate:"length:5" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"username": "aaaaa"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValLength); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValLength2 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"username" validate:"length:4" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"username": "aaa"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValLength2); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Value was passed in but did not match length of 4 error should have been returned.")
+	}
+
+	var testValLength3 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"username" validate:"length:23" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": "4"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValLength3); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestLengthBetween(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testValLength struct {
+		Test *string `json:"username" validate:"length_between:5,10" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"username": "aaaaaa"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValLength); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var testValLength2 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"username" validate:"length_between:4,5" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"username": "aaa"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValLength2); err == nil {
+		t.Error("Value was passed in but was not inbetween 4,5 should have returned error.")
+	}
+
+	var testValLength3 struct {
+		Test *string `json:"username" validate:"length_between:2,3" `
+	}
+
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/", jsonFactory(`{"digit": "4"}`))
+
+	if err := JSON.Bind(req, &testValLength3); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+}