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I have to convert below example to json schema, My input can have employee details in an object or an array of objects. What could be the json schema.
{
"id": "adadad123",
"employee": [
{
"empid": 123,
"name": "asdas"
},
{
"empid": 323,
"name": "asds"
}
],
"employee": {
"empid": 323,
"name": "asds"
}
}

Answer 1

As per Jason's comments:
Yes, it is possible to say that a property may contain a single element or an array.
There are multiple ways, but the oneOf keyword would be my recommendation.
The given JSON example is invalid as the same property is included twice.
Assuming those are two separate example instances:
{
"id": "adadad123",
"employee": [
{
"empid": 123,
"name": "asdas"
},
{
"empid": 323,
"name": "asds"
}
]
}
{
"id": "adadad123",
"employee": {
"empid": 323,
"name": "asds"
}
}
Both of these could be described with a basic JSON Schema utilizing the oneOf keyword (not using anyOf since it cannot possibly be a single object AND an array at the same time).
It could look like this then:
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string" },
"employee": {
"oneOf": [
{ "$ref": "#/definitions/Employee" },
{
"type": "array",
"items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/Employee" }
}
]
}
},
"definitions": {
"Employee": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"empId": { "type": "number" },
"name": { "type": "string" }
}
}
}
}