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  • 1.  How one needs to validate API request against TMF schema

    TM Forum Member
    Posted Jun 08, 2021 10:22
    Hi,

    I have one question.
    If I am implementing any of the APIs e.g. Trouble Ticket Create API.  
    So do I need to validate against TMF schema for Create API.
    Should I be keeping those schema definitions in my application and extend those for extra attributes.
    I am facing challenge in one peculiar case where  depending upon the  'RelateEntity' of a trouble ticket, there could be different set of attributes coming in.
    How does one should validate it.
    Or we should be good doing only business validation rather than schema validation?

    thanks in advance

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    Anagha Gokhale
    BMC Software, Inc.
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  • 2.  RE: How one needs to validate API request against TMF schema

    TM Forum Member
    Posted Jun 08, 2021 10:29
    Hi Anagha
    To the best of my knowledge, the Open API initiative does not make any assumptions about implementation, specifically we don't give guidance regarding how to validate. So it's up to you in your specific implementation. It might depend on how much you trust your consumers, as against the latency performance penalty for schema validation.
    Hope it helps

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    Jonathan Goldberg
    Amdocs Management Limited
    Any opinions and statements made by me on this forum are purely personal, and do not necessarily reflect the position of the TM Forum or my employer.
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  • 3.  RE: How one needs to validate API request against TMF schema

    TM Forum Member
    Posted Jun 09, 2021 01:54
    Edited by Anagha Gokhale Jun 09, 2021 02:36
    Hi Jonathan,

    Thanks for your quick reply. It certainly helps.
    One more question is, CTK toolkit for API conformance should succeed if application is not doing schema validation. Would that be a correct assumption?

    thanks
    Anagha

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    Anagha Gokhale
    BMC Software, Inc.
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  • 4.  RE: How one needs to validate API request against TMF schema

    TM Forum Member
    Posted Jun 09, 2021 02:07
    Hi Anagha
    I guess that by CTM you mean the Conformance Test Kit (CTK) that accompanies each Open API.
    I don't know if the CTK does schema validation, best for @Henrique Rodrigues (the TMF technical focal for CTKs) to address this.​

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    Jonathan Goldberg
    Amdocs Management Limited
    Any opinions and statements made by me on this forum are purely personal, and do not necessarily reflect the position of the TM Forum or my employer.
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