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Using Serde Attributes

One of the main aims of this library is compatibility with Serde. Any generated schema should match how serde_json would serialize/deserialize to/from JSON. To support this, Schemars will check for any #[serde(...)] attributes on types that derive JsonSchema, and adjust the generated schema accordingly.

The list of supported #[serde] attributes are documented here.

use schemars::{schema_for, JsonSchema};
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", deny_unknown_fields)]
pub struct MyStruct {
    #[serde(rename = "myNumber")]
    pub my_int: i32,
    pub my_bool: bool,
    #[serde(default)]
    pub my_nullable_enum: Option<MyEnum>,
}

#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
#[serde(untagged)]
pub enum MyEnum {
    StringNewType(String),
    StructVariant { floats: Vec<f32> },
}

fn main() {
    let schema = schema_for!(MyStruct);
    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&schema).unwrap());
}

Click to see the output JSON schema...

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "MyStruct",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "myBool": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "myNullableEnum": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/MyEnum"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null
    },
    "myNumber": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int32"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": [
    "myNumber",
    "myBool"
  ],
  "$defs": {
    "MyEnum": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "floats": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "number",
                "format": "float"
              }
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "floats"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}