_WrappedReferencingError: Unresolvable: happens unpredictable for file paths

[vkuehn]

As refresolver is deprecated I tried to work around it by iterating a base scheme for all nested ref links.
In our case usually some relative path to another schema like

"properties": { "address": { "$ref": "../address/json_schema.json#/definitions/address" } },

here the very basic code which actually works fine for very small cases.

def find_refs(json_obj):
    refs = []
    if isinstance(json_obj, dict):
        if '$ref' in json_obj:
            ref = str(json_obj['$ref'])
            if not ref.startswith('#'):
                refs.append(json_obj['$ref'])
        # Recursively check all dictionary values
        for key, value in json_obj.items():
            refs.extend(find_refs(value))
    elif isinstance(json_obj, list):
        for item in json_obj:
            refs.extend(find_refs(item))
    return refs

with open(schema_path) as fp:
    base = json.load(fp)
    base_resource = DRAFT7.create_resource(base)

draft7_resources = [('/', base_resource)]

refs = find_refs(base)
refs = set(refs)
 
for ref in refs:
    if '#' in ref:
        ref = str(ref.split('#')[0])
    path = pathlib.Path(ref)
    if not path.exists() and ref.startswith('..'):
        path = pathlib.Path(ref.replace('..', '.'))
    with open(path.__str__()) as fp:
        referenced = json.load(fp)
        draft7_resources.append(('/',DRAFT7.create_resource(referenced)))


registry = Registry().with_resources(draft7_resources)
validator = Draft7Validator(base, registry=registry)

and than this

result = validator.is_valid(data)

fails sometimes with _WrappedReferencingError: Unresolvable

the docs only mention direct links to http based jsonschemas.

there are quite some issues open around that question

What would be the correct way to handle nested file references in json schemas before validation ?

[Julian]

Hi there, I don't believe there are any open issues related to this type of question specifically. Resolving to files should work fine as long as your references are actually valid JSON Schema. There's docs and examples here. If you're having issues please include a full reproducer.