feat: update error messages

openapi_tester/clients.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
@@ -33,6 +34,111 @@ def request(self, **kwargs) -> Response:  # type: ignore[override]
         self.schema_tester.validate_response(response)
         return response
 
+    # pylint: disable=W0622
+    def post(
+        self,
+        path,
+        data=None,
+        format=None,
+        content_type="application/json",
+        follow=False,
+        **extra,
+    ):
+        if data and content_type == "application/json":
+            data = self._serialize(data)
+        return super().post(
+            path,
+            data=data,
+            format=format,
+            content_type=content_type,
+            follow=follow,
+            **extra,
+        )
+
+    # pylint: disable=W0622
+    def put(
+        self,
+        path,
+        data=None,
+        format=None,
+        content_type="application/json",
+        follow=False,
+        **extra,
+    ):
+        if data and content_type == "application/json":
+            data = self._serialize(data)
+        return super().put(
+            path,
+            data=data,
+            format=format,
+            content_type=content_type,
+            follow=follow,
+            **extra,
+        )
+
+    # pylint: disable=W0622
+    def patch(
+        self,
+        path,
+        data=None,
+        format=None,
+        content_type="application/json",
+        follow=False,
+        **extra,
+    ):
+        if data and content_type == "application/json":
+            data = self._serialize(data)
+        return super().patch(
+            path,
+            data=data,
+            format=format,
+            content_type=content_type,
+            follow=follow,
+            **extra,
+        )
+
+    # pylint: disable=W0622
+    def delete(
+        self,
+        path,
+        data=None,
+        format=None,
+        content_type="application/json",
+        follow=False,
+        **extra,
+    ):
+        if data and content_type == "application/json":
+            data = self._serialize(data)
+        return super().delete(
+            path,
+            data=data,
+            format=format,
+            content_type=content_type,
+            follow=follow,
+            **extra,
+        )
+
+    # pylint: disable=W0622
+    def options(
+        self,
+        path,
+        data=None,
+        format=None,
+        content_type="application/json",
+        follow=False,
+        **extra,
+    ):
+        if data and content_type == "application/json":
+            data = self._serialize(data)
+        return super().options(
+            path,
+            data=data,
+            format=format,
+            content_type=content_type,
+            follow=follow,
+            **extra,
+        )
+
     @staticmethod
     def _is_successful_response(response: Response) -> bool:
         return response.status_code < 400
@@ -41,3 +147,11 @@ def _is_successful_response(response: Response) -> bool:
     def _schema_tester_factory() -> SchemaTester:
         """Factory of default ``SchemaTester`` instances."""
         return SchemaTester()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _serialize(data):
+        try:
+            return json.dumps(data)
+        except (TypeError, OverflowError):
+            # Data is already serialized
+            return data

openapi_tester/config.py

@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ class OpenAPITestConfig:
     case_tester: Optional[Callable[[str], None]] = None
     ignore_case: Optional[List[str]] = None
     validators: Any = None
-    reference: str = "init"
+    reference: str = "root"
     http_message: str = "response"

openapi_tester/constants.py

@@ -36,11 +36,15 @@
 VALIDATE_MINIMUM_NUMBER_OF_PROPERTIES_ERROR = "The number of properties in {data} is fewer than the specified minimum number of properties of {min_length}"
 VALIDATE_MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_PROPERTIES_ERROR = "The number of properties in {data} exceeds the specified maximum number of properties of {max_length}"
 VALIDATE_UNIQUE_ITEMS_ERROR = "The array {data} must contain unique items only"
-VALIDATE_NONE_ERROR = "Received a null value for a non-nullable schema object"
+VALIDATE_NONE_ERROR = "A property received a null value in the {http_message} data, but is a non-nullable object in the schema definition"
 VALIDATE_MISSING_KEY_ERROR = (
-    'The following property is missing in the {http_message} data: "{missing_key}"'
+    "The following property was found in the schema definition, "
+    'but is missing from the {http_message} data: "{missing_key}"'
+)
+VALIDATE_EXCESS_KEY_ERROR = (
+    "The following property was found in the {http_message} data, "
+    'but is missing from the schema definition: "{excess_key}"'
 )
-VALIDATE_EXCESS_KEY_ERROR = 'The following property was found in the {http_message}, but is missing from the schema definition: "{excess_key}"'
 VALIDATE_WRITE_ONLY_RESPONSE_KEY_ERROR = 'The following property was found in the response, but is documented as being "writeOnly": "{write_only_key}"'
 VALIDATE_ONE_OF_ERROR = "Expected data to match one and only one of the oneOf schema types; found {matches} matches"
 VALIDATE_ANY_OF_ERROR = "Expected data to match one or more of the documented anyOf schema types, but found no matches"