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Feature Request: Give an error hint if wrong attribute case is used

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rails, ruby
Domain
api, backend

Research direction

Start by locating the handling for a "param not allowed" error and the configuration for attribute casing. Check how camelCased, snake_cased, and kebab-cased attributes are processed, then verify that a mismatched case produces a helpful hint without changing valid JSON:API behavior.

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Description

Type: Enhancement

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  • The feature I'm asking for is compliant with the JSON:API spec.

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Features:

If I set my attribute casing to be say camelCased, but the request comes in with attributes that are snake_cased or kebab-cased, when we throw a "param not allowed" can we instead check if the cases just mismatch and instead throw an error indicating that you may have been using the wrong case. This is something that happens occasionally especially with new engineers getting on a project, but would instantly save a bunch of frustration here and there when these bugs happen.

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