Array of indeterminate "repeats"?

[ghost]

Hello -

I'm enjoying json_expressions very much so far, but have a simple question (I hope!).

I have the following json for the home page of a store which I need to validate. At present, I am not sure how to specify that I want an array to be allowed to "repeat" 1 or more times. There are presently 12 entries, but there could easily be more or less.

{
title: "Shop Outdoor Gear",
categories: [
{
id: "3707807",
href: "/categories/3707807",
title: "Men's Clothing"
},
{
id: "3677318",
href: "/categories/3677318",
title: "Women's Clothing"
},
{...

Also, my pattern, in a very basic (albeit non-working) form:

            pattern = {
                    title: String,
                    categories: [{
                                    id: Integer,
                                    href: String,
                                    title: String
                            }]
            }

Is there a way in which this can be accomplished? Thank you kindly in advance.

[chancancode]

Thanks for the feedback @matthew-bb! I think this is totally valid. I don't think there's an easy way to do this right now. If you just want match exactly N of these, it should be possible with:

categories: [
  {
    id: Integer,
    href: String,
    title: String
  }
] * 10

(if you use ignore_extra_values, you can kind of do "at least" N, but those extra stuff won't be matched to this template.)

I'll add this to my mental 2.0 features list. Hopefully I'll finally get to work on that soon

[sricc]

+1. This would be a great feature. Thanks for a great gem!

[chancancode]

Closed in favour of #18