Doubts related to using $ref and variables

[GagandeepSharma060]

Hi Specmatic team, thanks for your great work
Had 2 doubts if you can help me get an answer

1. Do we support using variables in the yaml files, and using these variables in multiple places in the same file (here by file i mean a spec)

2. Can we use the $ref functionality inside the value: block of any examples. I can across some use cases when i need to send a request payload, where few keys need to be dynamic, which I need to get from some other file. If yes, can u please share an example. If no, is there ny workaround?

Thanks in advance

[GagandeepSharma060]

One use case for this case can be if i want to pass currentTime in the request payload along with some other static attributes. How can we do that?

[samyakOO7]

Hi @GagandeepSharma060,
Thanks for reaching out. We will get back to you shortly on this.

[GagandeepSharma060]

Hi @samyakOO7 Can u please share any insights on this

[harikrishnan83]

hello @GagandeepSharma060 , thanks for reaching out. Can you please help me with some more details in order to answer this questions.

Do we support using variables in the yaml files, and using these variables in multiple places in the same file (here by file i mean a spec)

We do fully support $ref resolution as per OpenAPI specification. Not sure what you mean by variables in YAML file. Can you please share an example of what you man by a "variable"?

Can we use the $ref functionality inside the value: block of any examples. I can across some use cases when i need to send a request payload, where few keys need to be dynamic, which I need to get from some other file. If yes, can u please share an example. If no, is there ny workaround?

This is an interesting use case. Please give me some time to come back to you with a few options based on our upcoming release.