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ppazos
New Contributor
6 years ago

Problems adding two examples for a response

Hi, I have an endpoint that can return a response based on two different schemas, which I have on the response with oneOf.

 

I'm trying to add examples of those two payloads to the response of that endpoint, but when I add the second example, I get an error in the YAML.

 

Couldn't find an example for this and not sure if that is possible. IMO is a pretty common use case.

 

This is what I'm trying:

 

responses:
        '200':
          description: lots of good stuff here..
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/A'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/B'
              example: # also tried with "examples"
                first example:
                  value: ...
                anoter example:
                  value: ...
  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    6 years ago

    "example" (singular) expects a single inline example, so this definition

    example:
      - ex1
     ....
  - ex2
      .....

    means that the example value is literally

      - ex1
     ....
  - ex2
      .....

     

    The syntax with multiple "examples" would look like this:

          responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json: 
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/A'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/B'
              examples:
                cat:
                  summary: An example of a cat
                  value:
                    name: Fluffy
                    petType: Cat
                    color: White
                    gender: male
                    breed: Persian
                dog:
                  summary: An example of a dog with a cat's name
                  value:
                    name: Puma
                    petType: Dog
                    color: Black
                    gender: female
                    breed: Mixed

     

    • ppazos's avatar
      ppazos
      New Contributor
      6 years ago

      In fact with "example" and specifying a list, the yaml validates.

       

      example:
  - ex1
     ....
  - ex2
      .....

      With "examples" that doesn't validate. In the first item of th list I get "should be an object".

      Can you share a valid code with more than one example for the response?

      Thanks.

       

       

       

      • HKosova's avatar
        HKosova
        SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
        6 years ago

        "example" (singular) expects a single inline example, so this definition

        example:
          - ex1
     ....
  - ex2
      .....

        means that the example value is literally

          - ex1
     ....
  - ex2
      .....

         

        The syntax with multiple "examples" would look like this:

              responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json: 
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/A'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/B'
              examples:
                cat:
                  summary: An example of a cat
                  value:
                    name: Fluffy
                    petType: Cat
                    color: White
                    gender: male
                    breed: Persian
                dog:
                  summary: An example of a dog with a cat's name
                  value:
                    name: Puma
                    petType: Dog
                    color: Black
                    gender: female
                    breed: Mixed