From 2ab214def0bf2d572e6938279f3e5a5584fdd69e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Fu <kuhe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:07:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] correct location of union deser import

---
 .../codegen/integration/HttpBindingProtocolGenerator.java       | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/integration/HttpBindingProtocolGenerator.java b/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/integration/HttpBindingProtocolGenerator.java
index 3341f9d7ab4..a1a2e9e7cb1 100644
--- a/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/integration/HttpBindingProtocolGenerator.java
+++ b/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/integration/HttpBindingProtocolGenerator.java
@@ -2469,7 +2469,6 @@ private HttpBinding readPayload(
                     + "= __expectObject(await parseBody(output.body, context));");
         } else if (target instanceof UnionShape) {
             // If payload is a Union, then we need to parse the string into JavaScript object.
-            importUnionDeserializer(writer);
             writer.write("const data: Record<string, any> | undefined "
                     + "= await parseBody(output.body, context);");
         } else if (target instanceof StringShape || target instanceof DocumentShape) {
@@ -2485,6 +2484,7 @@ private HttpBinding readPayload(
                 "if (Object.keys(data ?? {}).length) {",
                 "}",
                 () -> {
+                    importUnionDeserializer(writer);
                     writer.write("contents.$L = __expectUnion($L);", binding.getMemberName(), getOutputValue(context,
                         Location.PAYLOAD, "data", binding.getMember(), target));
                 }