json-schema-deref-sync

Dereference JSON pointers in a JSON schemas with their true resolved values. Basically a lighter, synchronous version of json-schema-deref but omits web references.

Installation

npm install json-schema-deref-sync

Overview

Let's say you have the following JSON Schema:

{
  "description": "Just some JSON schema.",
  "title": "Basic Widget",
  "type": "object",
  "definitions": {
    "id": {
      "description": "unique identifier",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "readOnly": true
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/id"
    },
    "bar": {
      "$ref": "bar.json"
    }
  }
}

Sometimes you just want that schema to be fully expanded, with $ref's being their (true) resolved values:

{
  "description": "Just some JSON schema.",
  "title": "Basic Widget",
  "type": "object",
  "definitions": {
    "id": {
      "description": "unique identifier",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "readOnly": true
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "description": "unique identifier",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "bar": {
      "description": "bar property",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  }
}

This utility lets you do that:

var deref = require('json-schema-deref-sync');
var myschema = require('schema.json');

var fullSchema = deref(myschema);

API Reference

deref(schema, options) ⇒ Object | Error

Derefs $ref's in JSON Schema to actual resolved values. Supports local, and file refs.

Kind: global function
Returns: Object | Error - the deref schema oran instance of Error if error.

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | schema | Object | The JSON schema | | options | Object | options | | options.baseFolder | String | the base folder to get relative path files from. Default is process.cwd() | | options.failOnMissing | Boolean | By default missing / unresolved refs will be left as is with their ref value intact. If set to true we will error out on first missing ref that we cannot resolve. Default: false. | | options.mergeAdditionalProperties | Boolean | By default properties in a object with $ref will be removed in the output. If set to true they will be added/overwrite the output. This will use lodash's merge function. Default: false. | | options.removeIds | Boolean | By default $id fields will get copied when dereferencing. If set to true they will be removed. Merged properties will not get removed. Default: false. | | options.loaders | Object | A hash mapping reference types (e.g., 'file') to loader functions. |