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ZQ-PSK01
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5 years ago

No error in swagger-parser when $ref to nothing

I encountered a problem in swagger-parser where a $ref to an object that does not exist at all did not throw an error - is this a bug, a configuration error, or do I need to run validation with something else first?

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  • GraceKarina's avatar
    GraceKarina
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    5 years ago

    Hi, I tested this with the following spec:

    openapi: 3.0.0
    info:
      version: 1.0.0
      title: Issue 1190
      license:
        name: Apache-2.0
        url: 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html'
    paths:
      /example:
        get:
          operationId: example
          responses:
            '200':
              description: successful operation
              content:
                'application/json':
                  schema:
                    $ref: "#/components/schemas/XomeObj"
    components:
      schemas:
        SomeObj1:
          type: object
          properties:
            lorem:
              type: array
              minItems: 1
              additionalProperties: false
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  firstName:
                    type: string
                  lastName:
                    type: string  

     And parser threw a warning:

    - attribute paths.'/example'(get).responses.200.content.'application/json'.schema.#/components/schemas/XomeObj is missing

    Please try updating to the latest parser version.

    And let us know if this fixes the issue, or if the case happening to you is different.