how to validate mongodb_id field with JSON schema?

[Hooman Korasani]

if you have worked with Mongodb you know of the key field that is defined as an objectid()

I have problems validating that field. This is how my schema looks like:

schema = {
          "type" : "object",
          "properties" : {
                            "user_id" : {
                                         "type": "object",
                                         "properties": {
                                                        "$oid" : { "type": "string" }
                                                        }
                            },                         
                            "notes" : {"type" : "string"},                                                
                          },
          "required": ["user_id"]
          }

This is the error message I am getting:

jsonschema.exceptions.ValidationError

ValidationError: ObjectId('51b5fbaa38178440fcc5859a') is not of type 'object' Failed validating 'type' in schema['properties']['user_id']: {'properties': {'$oid': {'type': 'string'}}, 'type': 'object'} On instance['user_id']: ObjectId('51b5fbaa38178440fcc5859a')

Any suggestions?

Many Thanks,
Hooman

[Julian Berman]

Object in JSON Schema refers to a JSON object (which corresponds to a Python dict) not a Python object.

ObjectIDs aren't dicts, so they won't pass that. Right now there isn't a way to make assertions about types other than the ones that are valid JSON. I'd recommend just removing that type check.

Cheers
Julian

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