The contents of the array in the form-data are converted to a single string

[tomyoll]

I'm trying to send a form-data request that describes an array of objects. The problem is that when sending such a request, my server receives an array, the entire content of which is turned into one string.

"requestBody": {
     "content": {
         "multipart/form-data": {
            "schema": {
               "type": "object",
               "properties": {
                   "video[]": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "items": {
                       "type": "object",
                       "properties": {
                          "_id": {
                             "type": "string"
                          }
                       }
                    }
                 }
               }
            },
            "encoding": {
               "video[]": {
                 "contentType": "application/json",
                 "explode": true
               }
            }
         }
     }
 },

What I expect on server: { video: [{ _id: "string" }] }

What I get: { video: [ '{"_id": "string"}' ] }

I use swagger-ui-express 4.4.0

[scottie1984]

suggest raising this directly with https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui

[josip-volarevic]

@tomyoll Any secret knowledge you've obtained in the last few months that you might share with me?

Kinda have the same issue but haven't managed to dig out a solution