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How oasdiff compares endpoints

Oasdiff compares matching endpoints to each other.
By default, the matching algorithm ignores path parameter names.
For example, the following endpoints will be compared to each other because they differ only by a path parameter name:

  • GET /pet/{id}
  • GET /pet/{petId}

This capability allows oasdiff to compare matching endpoints even if their path parameters were renamed.

Duplicate Endpoints

Because oasdiff compares matching endpoints to each other, it expects a single instance of each endpoint to appear in each of the compared specs (or collections in Composed Mode).

In some cases, your specs may contain duplicate matching endpoints which will cause oasdiff to return an error, for example:

✗ oasdiff diff data/duplicate_endpoints/base.yaml data/duplicate_endpoints/revision.yaml
Error: diff failed with duplicate endpoint (GET /pet/{petId3}) found in data/duplicate_endpoints/base.yaml and data/duplicate_endpoints/base.yaml. You may add the x-since-date extension to specify order

There are two ways to overcome this:

  1. Include path parameter names in the endpoint matching algorithm with the --include-path-params flag
  2. Use x-since-date

Duplicate Endpoints and x-since-date

If duplicate matching endpoints are found in either of the compared specs (or collections in Composed Mode), then oasdiff uses the endpoint with the most recent x-since-date value.

  • The x-since-date extension can be set at the Path or Operation level.
  • x-since-date extensions set on the Operation level override the value set on Path level.
  • If an endpoint doesn't have the x-since-date extension, its value is set to the default: "2000-01-01".
  • Duplicate endpoints with the same x-since-date value will trigger an error.
  • The format of the x-since-date is the RFC3339 full-date format.

Example of the x-since-date usage:

/api/test:
 get:
  x-since-date: "2023-01-11"