feat(repository-json-schema): add an option to make properties optional

examples/todo-list/src/controllers/todo-list-todo.controller.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ export class TodoListTodoController {
     @requestBody({
       content: {
         'application/json': {
-          schema: getModelSchemaRef(Todo, {exclude: ['id']}),
+          schema: getModelSchemaRef(Todo, {
+            exclude: ['id'],
+            optional: ['todoListId'],
+          }),
         },
       },
     })

packages/repository-json-schema/package.json

@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@
     "@loopback/context": "^1.20.2",
     "@loopback/metadata": "^1.2.5",
     "@loopback/repository": "^1.8.2",
-    "@types/json-schema": "^7.0.3"
+    "@types/json-schema": "^7.0.3",
+    "debug": "^4.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@loopback/build": "^2.0.3",
     "@loopback/eslint-config": "^2.0.0",
     "@loopback/testlab": "^1.6.3",
+    "@types/debug": "^4.1.4",
     "@types/node": "^10.14.12",
     "ajv": "^6.10.2"
   },

packages/repository-json-schema/src/__tests__/integration/build-schema.integration.ts

@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ describe('build-schema', () => {
         );
       });
 
-      it('doesn\'t exclude properties when the option "exclude" is set to exclude no properties', () => {
+      it(`doesn't exclude properties when the option "exclude" is set to exclude no properties`, () => {
         const originalSchema = getJsonSchema(Product);
         expect(originalSchema.properties).to.deepEqual({
           id: {type: 'number'},
@@ -1001,5 +1001,79 @@ describe('build-schema', () => {
         expect(excludeNothingSchema.title).to.equal('Product');
       });
     });
+
+    context('optional properties when option "optional" is set', () => {
+      @model()
+      class Product extends Entity {
+        @property({id: true, required: true})
+        id: number;
+
+        @property({required: true})
+        name: string;
+
+        @property()
+        description: string;
+      }
+
+      it('makes one property optional when the option "optional" includes one property', () => {
+        const originalSchema = getJsonSchema(Product);
+        expect(originalSchema.required).to.deepEqual(['id', 'name']);
+        expect(originalSchema.title).to.equal('Product');
+
+        const optionalIdSchema = getJsonSchema(Product, {optional: ['id']});
+        expect(optionalIdSchema.required).to.deepEqual(['name']);
+        expect(optionalIdSchema.title).to.equal('ProductOptional[id]');
+      });
+
+      it('makes multiple properties optional when the option "optional" includes multiple properties', () => {
+        const originalSchema = getJsonSchema(Product);
+        expect(originalSchema.required).to.deepEqual(['id', 'name']);
+        expect(originalSchema.title).to.equal('Product');
+
+        const optionalIdAndNameSchema = getJsonSchema(Product, {
+          optional: ['id', 'name'],
+        });
+        expect(optionalIdAndNameSchema.required).to.equal(undefined);
+        expect(optionalIdAndNameSchema.title).to.equal(
+          'ProductOptional[id,name]',
+        );
+      });
+
+      it(`doesn't make properties optional when the option "optional" includes no properties`, () => {
+        const originalSchema = getJsonSchema(Product);
+        expect(originalSchema.required).to.deepEqual(['id', 'name']);
+        expect(originalSchema.title).to.equal('Product');
+
+        const optionalNothingSchema = getJsonSchema(Product, {optional: []});
+        expect(optionalNothingSchema.required).to.deepEqual(['id', 'name']);
+        expect(optionalNothingSchema.title).to.equal('Product');
+      });
+
+      it('overrides "partial" option when "optional" options is set', () => {
+        const originalSchema = getJsonSchema(Product);
+        expect(originalSchema.required).to.deepEqual(['id', 'name']);
+        expect(originalSchema.title).to.equal('Product');
+
+        const optionalNameSchema = getJsonSchema(Product, {
+          partial: true,
+          optional: ['name'],
+        });
+        expect(optionalNameSchema.required).to.deepEqual(['id']);
+        expect(optionalNameSchema.title).to.equal('ProductOptional[name]');
+      });
+
+      it('uses "partial" option, if provided, when "optional" options is set but empty', () => {
+        const originalSchema = getJsonSchema(Product);
+        expect(originalSchema.required).to.deepEqual(['id', 'name']);
+        expect(originalSchema.title).to.equal('Product');
+
+        const optionalNameSchema = getJsonSchema(Product, {
+          partial: true,
+          optional: [],
+        });
+        expect(optionalNameSchema.required).to.equal(undefined);
+        expect(optionalNameSchema.title).to.equal('ProductPartial');
+      });
+    });
   });
 });

packages/repository-json-schema/src/__tests__/unit/build-schema.unit.ts

@@ -246,14 +246,47 @@ describe('build-schema', () => {
       expect(key).to.equal('modelPartialWithRelations');
     });
 
-    it('returns concatenated option names otherwise', () => {
+    it('returns "optional[id,_rev]" when "optional" is set with two items', () => {
+      const key = buildModelCacheKey({optional: ['id', '_rev']});
+      expect(key).to.equal('modelOptional[id,_rev]');
+    });
+
+    it('does not include "optional" in concatenated option names if it is empty', () => {
+      const key = buildModelCacheKey({
+        partial: true,
+        optional: [],
+        includeRelations: true,
+      });
+      expect(key).to.equal('modelPartialWithRelations');
+    });
+
+    it('does not include "partial" in option names if "optional" is not empty', () => {
+      const key = buildModelCacheKey({
+        partial: true,
+        optional: ['name'],
+      });
+      expect(key).to.equal('modelOptional[name]');
+    });
+
+    it('includes "partial" in option names if "optional" is empty', () => {
+      const key = buildModelCacheKey({
+        partial: true,
+        optional: [],
+      });
+      expect(key).to.equal('modelPartial');
+    });
+
+    it('returns concatenated option names except "partial" otherwise', () => {
       const key = buildModelCacheKey({
         // important: object keys are defined in reverse order
         partial: true,
         exclude: ['id', '_rev'],
+        optional: ['name'],
         includeRelations: true,
       });
-      expect(key).to.equal('modelPartialExcluding[id,_rev]WithRelations');
+      expect(key).to.equal(
+        'modelOptional[name]Excluding[id,_rev]WithRelations',
+      );
     });
   });
 });

packages/repository-json-schema/src/build-schema.ts

@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ import {
   RelationMetadata,
   resolveType,
 } from '@loopback/repository';
+import * as debugFactory from 'debug';
 import {JSONSchema6 as JSONSchema} from 'json-schema';
 import {JSON_SCHEMA_KEY, MODEL_TYPE_KEYS} from './keys';
+const debug = debugFactory('loopback:repository-json-schema:build-schema');
 
 export interface JsonSchemaOptions<T extends object> {
   /**
@@ -33,6 +35,11 @@ export interface JsonSchemaOptions<T extends object> {
    */
   exclude?: (keyof T)[];
 
+  /**
+   * List of model properties to mark as optional.
+   */
+  optional?: (keyof T)[];
+
   /**
    * @internal
    */
@@ -264,7 +271,9 @@ export function getNavigationalPropertyForRelation(
 
 function getTitleSuffix<T extends object>(options: JsonSchemaOptions<T> = {}) {
   let suffix = '';
-  if (options.partial) {
+  if (options.optional && options.optional.length) {
+    suffix += 'Optional[' + options.optional + ']';
+  } else if (options.partial) {
     suffix += 'Partial';
   }
   if (options.exclude && options.exclude.length) {
@@ -291,6 +300,15 @@ export function modelToJsonSchema<T extends object>(
 ): JSONSchema {
   const options = {...jsonSchemaOptions};
   options.visited = options.visited || {};
+  options.optional = options.optional || [];
+  const partial = options.partial && !options.optional.length;
+
+  if (options.partial && !partial) {
+    debug('Overriding "partial" option with "optional" option');
+    delete options.partial;
+  }
+
+  debug('JSON schema options: %o', options);
 
   const meta: ModelDefinition | {} = ModelMetadataHelper.getModelMetadata(ctor);
 
@@ -328,7 +346,9 @@ export function modelToJsonSchema<T extends object>(
     result.properties[p] = metaToJsonProperty(metaProperty);
 
     // handling 'required' metadata
-    if (metaProperty.required && !options.partial) {
+    const optional = options.optional.includes(p as keyof T);
+
+    if (metaProperty.required && !(partial || optional)) {
       result.required = result.required || [];
       result.required.push(p);
     }