ref-resolver

A python API to resolve $ref pointers in json-schemas and inline them. Supports relative file paths in $ref.

Example code invocation

import json
from ref_resolver import RefResolver
# grab python dict from json schema files
json_obj = json.load(open('/path/to/your/example-schema.json'))
# call to API resolve method
RefResolver(json_obj['id']).resolve(json_obj)
# dict is now inlined with all $ref removed

Example inlining

Example from the hubble telescope tutorial - https://spacetelescope.github.io/understanding-json-schema/structuring.html#structuring

test_schema.json

{
      "required": [
        "shipping_address"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "shipping_address": {
          "$ref": "ref_schema.json#/definitions/address"
        },
        "billing_address": {
          "$ref": "ref_schema.json#/definitions/address"
        }
      },
      "type": "object",
      "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
      "id": "test_schema.json"
 }

ref_schema.json

{
  "id" : "ref_schema.json",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",

  "definitions": {
    "address": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "street_address": { "type": "string" },
        "city":           { "type": "string" },
        "state":          { "type": "string" },
        "code" : {"$ref": "#/definitions/code"}
      },
      "required": ["street_address", "city", "state"]
    },
      "code" : {
      "type" : "string"
      }
  },

  "type": "object",
  "properties" : {}

}

Post-inlining:

test_schema.json

{
    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
    "required": [
        "shipping_address"
    ],
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "billing_address": {
            "required": [
                "street_address",
                "city",
                "state"
            ],
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
                "city": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "state": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "code": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "street_address": {
                    "type": "string"
                }
            }
        },
        "shipping_address": {
            "required": [
                "street_address",
                "city",
                "state"
            ],
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
                "city": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "state": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "code": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "street_address": {
                    "type": "string"
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "id": "test_schema.json"
}