Status of json-schema-reader

[jgornick]

Hi! Was going down the path of figuring out the best way to parse JSON schemas (written in YAML) with references. We started with js-yaml, then looked at the swagger-parser to see what was going on there. We found that it was using the json-schema-ref-parser, then ran across this project.

Is the intent here to be a "replacement" for json-schema-ref-parser?

Thanks!

[philsturgeon]

This will at some point be the replacement, but work stalled due to life getting in the way of the main maintainer. The goal of this one is to be a lot more in line with JSON Schema, handling $ref siblings and $id properly, etc.

Stoplight is helping to maintain https://github.com/APIDevTools/json-schema-ref-parser and when we start working on $id support and other things this package set out to solve, we'll likely pick it back up to avoid reinventing the wheel.

So for now, use json-schema-ref-parser, and this will replace it some time. Or you can give this a go and see how far you get,as this is Free Open Source, and PRs are always welcome. :D

[philsturgeon]

That didn't happen. Stoplight are using their own thing, and APIDevTools/json-schema-ref-parser is tundling along with a new maintainer but not seeing active development.

There's no one single package I know of that I'd confidently point to as replacing either this one or that one, so... best of luck with your endevours and keep an eye on openapi.tools for a new one.