From dd02c200f136331a9d2f989caf48b02da982540c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrey Trebler <at@edrilling.no>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:19:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] adds support for using  in requestBody

---
 src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts b/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts
index f67ea00b..b4b41c62 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts
+++ b/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts
@@ -156,7 +156,12 @@ export class RequestValidator {
 
   private buildMiddleware(path, pathSchema, contentType) {
     const parameters = this.parametersToSchema(path, pathSchema.parameters);
-    const requestBody = pathSchema.requestBody;
+    let requestBody = pathSchema.requestBody;
+
+    if (requestBody && requestBody.hasOwnProperty('$ref')) {
+      const id = requestBody.$ref.replace(/^.+\//i, '');
+      requestBody = this._apiDocs.components.requestBodies[id];
+    }
 
     let body = this.requestBodyToSchema(path, contentType, requestBody);
     let requiredAdds = requestBody && requestBody.required ? ['body'] : [];