Support specifying a base URI explicitly to the CLI

[koteez]

Hi,

I have a json schema that depends on other files that are located in the same directory. Running the CLI I got an issue because the resolver is trying to load the file from the same URI as my main script. As I am working locally I didn't have a server serving the schemas and thus the resolution fails.

{
 "ArrayA":{
    "type": "array",
     "items": {
	  "$ref": "common.json#/definitions/ObjectB"
      }
   }
} 

Using file: require to put the absolute path which is a non-sense inside the schema definition.
What could be intesting to do is having a parameter to the CLI so that we can override the base_uri with $PWD value which will work.

Thanks & regards

K

[sirosen]

I believe -- I'm not totally certain -- that the local file resolution behavior used in check-jsonschema would fit this.
When a local schemafile is used, it sets the resolver to use a base-ref pointed at the filename.

I'm aware this issue is pretty old, but I'd love to hear from the OP if this works.

I am the author of check-jsonschema and we are currently discussing making it the official CLI for jsonschema. For details, you can follow #910. If check-jsonschema has a behavior which you believe should be changed to handle your use-case, please open an issue!

[sirosen]

We're going to move forward and begin calling check-jsonschema the official CLI. I'm therefore closing this as a wontfix. I believe that the behavior in check-jsonschema is sufficient. If not, I'm happy to take a bug report on that repo.