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"uri" format not supported

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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
api

Research direction

Start with openapi-core's format validation path and the handling of the OpenAPI schema shown in the report, using the uri example from the issue. Confirm that validation no longer fails for the provided URL when uri is supported or treated as unknown, and add or update coverage for this behavior.

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Description

I have an OpenAPI Schema that I'm generating from a Django (a python web framework) using a library called drf-spectacular. Fields that contain a URL are generated as a "type: string" with "format: uri" by this library. When validating with openapi-core I get this error:

Failed validating 'format' in schema['properties']['owner']:
    {'format': 'uri', 'nullable': False, 'readOnly': True, 'type': 'string'}

On instance['owner']:
    'https://whatever/blah/'
Format checker for 'uri' format not found

Though uri is not defined as a built-in format in the OpenAPI spec, according to the specs format can contain other values, and unrecognized formats should not be validated.

So I think openapi-core should either support the uri format or ignore it, but not fail validation.

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