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jeremyfiel
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4 years ago

API Design: XML response returns a nested array

I'm having difficulty writing a definition for an XML response object which includes two strings and an array of integers in the same parent element.

 

```yml

Element:
type: array
description: returns a list of report ID's
required:
- result
- title
- dogs
properties:
result:
description: Server Response
type: string
name:
description: blah
type: string
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/name'
title:
description: Report ID
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/title'
xml:
wrapped: true

```

```xml

<element>

      <name>jeremy</name>

      <title>designer</title>

      <dogs>tito</dogs>

      <dogs>burrito</dogs>

      <dogs>cheeto</dogs>

</element>

```

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

    Hi Jeremy,

    Your example

     

    <element>
  <name>jeremy</name>
  <title>designer</title>
  <dogs>tito</dogs>
  <dogs>burrito</dogs>
  <dogs>cheeto</dogs>
</element>

     

    can be defined as follows:

     

    components:
  schemas:
    element:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          example: jeremy
        title:
          type: string
          example: designer
        dogs:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          xml:
            wrapped: false
          example:
            - tito
            - burrito
            - cheeto

     

    See also Representing XML.