Swagger API has incorrect documentation for /api/circuits/provider-accounts/ and api/circuits/provider-networks

[aaroneg]

Deployment Type

Self-hosted

NetBox Version

v4.0.6

Python Version

3.10

Steps to Reproduce

View the swagger API docs located at https://$hostname/api/schema/swagger-ui/#/circuits/circuits_provider_accounts_create and you will see that the schema for ProviderAccountRequest does not mention any need to specify which provider the account is mapped to, but this field is in fact required.

Expected Behavior

The documentation should show all fields, especially required fields.

Observed Behavior

The required field 'provider' is missing from the documentation.

[aaroneg]

Looks like it also affects /api/circuits/provider-networks/

[jeffgdotorg]

Thank you for reporting this problem in NetBox. I was able to reproduce it in a fresh installation of v4.0.6. I'm moving your issue along to needs owner status.

We're generally aware that there are gaps in our OpenAPI coverage, but currently lack the team capacity to prioritize an effort to address these kinds of problems. If you or another developer with the requisite skills and capacity would like to work it through to a PR, please say so and a maintainer will assign the issue to you.

[aaroneg]

I'm not much of a python programmer but if you can whip up a short explainer and it's simple enough i'm willing to give it a shot.

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Thank you for reporting this problem in NetBox. I was able to reproduce it in a fresh installation of v4.0.6. I'm moving your issue along to needs owner status.

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[jeffgdotorg]

I'm not much of a python programmer but if you can whip up a short explainer and it's simple enough i'm willing to give it a shot.

I want your expectations to be realistic – I can't guarantee approval of a PR, but if you're up for a learning exercise, go for it. Addressing these gaps really needs to be done as part of a holistic effort, using a consistent approach that has yet to be fleshed out.

[arthanson]

This looks potentially like a display issue with spectacular, the field is required in the yaml:

    ProviderAccount:
      type: object
      description: Adds support for custom fields and tags.
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          readOnly: true
        display:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        provider:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Provider'
        name:
          type: string
          default: ''
          maxLength: 100
        account:
          type: string
          title: Account ID
          maxLength: 100
        description:
          type: string
          maxLength: 200
        comments:
          type: string
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NestedTag'
        custom_fields:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: {}
        created:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
          nullable: true
        last_updated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
          nullable: true
      required:
      - account
      - created
      - display
      - id
      - last_updated
      - provider
      - url

[arthanson]

What's happening is the nested=True serializer is getting instantiated first in CircuitSerializer, it looks like Spectacular is caching the fields from this call and using that.

[arthanson]

closing as duplicate of #16670