fix: correctly handle default values of deepObject query params (#557)

- especially optional deepObject parameters with required fields

Co-authored-by: ownagedj <>

src/middlewares/parsers/req.parameter.mutator.ts

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export class RequestParameterMutator {
           this.parseJsonAndMutateRequest(req, parameter.in, name);
           this.handleFormExplode(req, name, <SchemaObject>schema, parameter);
         } else if (style === 'deepObject') {
-          this.handleDeepObject(req, queryString, name);
+          this.handleDeepObject(req, queryString, name, schema);
         } else {
           this.parseJsonAndMutateRequest(req, parameter.in, name);
         }
@@ -103,9 +103,33 @@ export class RequestParameterMutator {
     });
   }
 
-  private handleDeepObject(req: Request, qs: string, name: string): void {
+  private handleDeepObject(req: Request, qs: string, name: string, schema: SchemaObject): void {
+    const getDefaultSchemaValue = () => {
+      let defaultValue;
+
+      if (schema.default !== undefined) {
+        defaultValue = schema.default
+      } else {
+        ['allOf', 'oneOf', 'anyOf'].forEach((key) => {
+          if (schema[key]) {
+            schema[key].forEach((s) => {
+              if (s.$ref) {
+                const compiledSchema = this.ajv.getSchema(s.$ref);
+                // as any -> https://stackoverflow.com/a/23553128
+                defaultValue = defaultValue === undefined ? (compiledSchema.schema as any).default : defaultValue;
+              } else {
+                defaultValue = defaultValue === undefined ? s.default : defaultValue;
+              }
+            });
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
+      return defaultValue;
+    };
+
     if (!req.query?.[name]) {
-      req.query[name] = {};
+      req.query[name] = getDefaultSchemaValue();
     }
     this.parseJsonAndMutateRequest(req, 'query', name);
     // TODO handle url encoded?

test/resources/serialized-deep-object.objects.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+openapi: "3.0.2"
+info:
+  version: 1.0.0
+  title: Request Query Serialization
+  description: Request Query Serialization Test
+
+servers:
+  - url: /v1/
+
+paths:
+  /deep_object:
+    x-vendorExtension1: accounts
+    get:
+      x-vendorExtension2: accounts
+      summary: "retrieve a deep object"
+      operationId: getDeepObject
+      parameters:
+        - in: query
+          style: deepObject
+          name: settings
+          schema:
+            type: object
+            required:
+              - state
+            properties:
+              tag_ids:
+                type: array
+                items:
+                  type: integer
+                  minimum: 0
+                minItems: 1
+              state:
+                type: string
+                enum: ["default", "validated", "pending"]
+                default: "default"
+                description: "Filter the tags by their validity. The default value ('default') stands for no filtering."
+              greeting:
+                type: string
+                default: "hello"
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: the object
+
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Deep:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        tag_ids:
+          type: array
+          items:
+            type: integer
+            minimum: 0
+          minItems: 1
+        state:
+          type: string
+          enum: ["default", "validated", "pending"]
+          default: "default"
+          description: "Filter the tags by their validity. The default value ('default') stands for no filtering."
+        greeting:
+          type: string
+          default: "hello"

test/resources/serialized.objects.defaults.yaml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ components:
           default: 25
           type: integer
       type: object
+      default: {}
     Sorting:
       properties:
         field:
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ components:
             - DESC
           type: string
       type: object
+      default: {}
 info:
   description: API
   title: API

test/serialized-deep-object.objects.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as express from 'express';
+import * as request from 'supertest';
+import * as packageJson from '../package.json';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { createApp } from './common/app';
+
+describe(packageJson.name, () => {
+  let app = null;
+
+  before(async () => {
+    // Set up the express app
+    const apiSpec = path.join('test', 'resources', 'serialized-deep-object.objects.yaml');
+    app = await createApp({ apiSpec }, 3005, (app) =>
+      app.use(
+        `${app.basePath}`,
+        express
+          .Router()
+          .get(`/deep_object`, (req, res) => res.json(req.query))
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+
+  after(() => {
+    app.server.close();
+  });
+
+  it('should explode deepObject query params', async () =>
+    request(app)
+      .get(`${app.basePath}/deep_object?settings[state]=default`)
+      .expect(200)
+      .then((r) => {
+        const expected = {
+          settings: {
+            greeting: 'hello',
+            state: 'default'
+          }
+        };
+        expect(r.body).to.deep.equals(expected);
+      }));
+
+  it('should explode deepObject query params (optional query param)', async () =>
+    request(app)
+      .get(`${app.basePath}/deep_object`)
+      .expect(200)
+      .then((r) => {
+        const expected = {};
+        expect(r.body).to.deep.equals(expected);
+      }));
+});