https://github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference
json reference for golang
https://github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference
jsonreference
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json reference for golang
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference
- Owner: go-openapi
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2016-04-17T05:32:56.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2026-01-02T21:04:56.000Z (24 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-01-09T11:26:28.148Z (18 days ago)
- Topics: jsonreference
- Language: Go
- Homepage:
- Size: 120 KB
- Stars: 20
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 19
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Security: SECURITY.md
- Notice: NOTICE
- Maintainers: docs/MAINTAINERS.md
- Dco: .github/DCO.md
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---
An implementation of JSON Reference for golang.
## Announcements
* **2025-12-19** : new community chat on discord
* a new discord community channel is available to be notified of changes and support users
* our venerable Slack channel remains open, and will be eventually discontinued on **2026-03-31**
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## Status
API is stable.
## Import this library in your project
```cmd
go get github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference
```
## Dependencies
* https://github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer
## Basic usage
```go
// Creating a new reference
ref, err := jsonreference.New("http://example.com/doc.json#/definitions/Pet")
// Fragment-only reference
fragRef := jsonreference.MustCreateRef("#/definitions/Pet")
// Resolving references
parent, _ := jsonreference.New("http://example.com/base.json")
child, _ := jsonreference.New("#/definitions/Pet")
resolved, _ := parent.Inherits(child)
// Result: "http://example.com/base.json#/definitions/Pet"
```
## Change log
See
## References
* http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-appsawg-json-pointer-07
* http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pbryan-zyp-json-ref-03
## Licensing
This library ships under the [SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0](./LICENSE).
See the license [NOTICE](./NOTICE), which recalls the licensing terms of all the pieces of software
on top of which it has been built.
## Other documentation
* [All-time contributors](./CONTRIBUTORS.md)
* [Contributing guidelines](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
* [Maintainers documentation](docs/MAINTAINERS.md)
* [Code style](docs/STYLE.md)
## Cutting a new release
Maintainers can cut a new release by either:
* running [this workflow](https://github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference/actions/workflows/bump-release.yml)
* or pushing a semver tag
* signed tags are preferred
* The tag message is prepended to release notes
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