Redocly / Redocly/redoc

Request body description is not displayed

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Description

According to the OpenAPI spec, the request body is able to have a description: https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/blob/master/versions/3.0.0.md#requestBodyObject

It doesn't look like this is displayed in ReDoc.

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Research direction

Start by tracing how ReDoc renders an OpenAPI request body and compare that behavior with the Request Body Object description field in the linked OpenAPI specification. Done means a request body's description is displayed in the generated API documentation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
openapi, typescript
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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