def uniform_validator(validator):
    """ unify validator

    Args:
        validator (dict): validator maybe in two formats:

            format1: this is kept for compatiblity with the previous versions.
                {"check": "status_code", "comparator": "eq", "expect": 201}
                {"check": "$resp_body_success", "comparator": "eq", "expect": True}
            format2: recommended new version, {comparator: [check_item, expected_value]}
                {'eq': ['status_code', 201]}
                {'eq': ['$resp_body_success', True]}

    Returns
        dict: validator info

            {
                "check": "status_code",
                "expect": 201,
                "comparator": "equals"
            }

    """
    if not isinstance(validator, dict):
        raise exceptions.ParamsError("invalid validator: {}".format(validator))

    if "check" in validator and "expect" in validator:
        # format1
        check_item = validator["check"]
        expect_value = validator["expect"]
        comparator = validator.get("comparator", "eq")

    elif len(validator) == 1:
        # format2
        comparator = list(validator.keys())[0]
        compare_values = validator[comparator]

        if not isinstance(compare_values, list) or len(compare_values) != 2:
            raise exceptions.ParamsError("invalid validator: {}".format(validator))

        check_item, expect_value = compare_values

    else:
        raise exceptions.ParamsError("invalid validator: {}".format(validator))

    # uniform comparator, e.g. lt => less_than, eq => equals
    comparator = get_uniform_comparator(comparator)

    return {
        "check": check_item,
        "expect": expect_value,
        "comparator": comparator
    }
unify validator

    Args:
        validator (dict): validator maybe in two formats:

            format1: this is kept for compatiblity with the previous versions.
                {"check": "status_code", "comparator": "eq", "expect": 201}
                {"check": "$resp_body_success", "comparator": "eq", "expect": True}
            format2: recommended new version, {comparator: [check_item, expected_value]}
                {'eq': ['status_code', 201]}
                {'eq': ['$resp_body_success', True]}

    Returns
        dict: validator info

            {
                "check": "status_code",
                "expect": 201,
                "comparator": "equals"
            }