A JSON schema for Orthanc

General
1

Hi Everyone!

Do we have a JSON schema that we can use in the Orthanc config file?

Regards,
Yash

2

no, sorry.

Best regards,

Alain

3

Hi Sonaliayash,

A schema for the configuration file would be difficult to create, because plugin-specific (and thus, unknown) data can be stored in the configuration file.

It seems to me that a proper schema would require plugin authors to submit a subschema for their own changes to the configuration file, which would be a quite complex endeavor.

4

Hey Benjamin,

The subschema part makes sense, but don’t you think having such a feature would be great DX?

Thanks

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Don’t get me wrong: I agree that it would be nice!

However, in addition to the actual coding/testing work involved (while there are plenty of more important features in the roadmap/wishlist), doing so would invalidate the existing plugins, which is a bold thing to do! And checking only the “non-plugin” part of the configuration is pretty flaky (what if some plugin actually uses the seemingly invalid field that you’ve just added?)

Maybe there’s an obvious solution that I do not think of.