generate command yields "error generating the SDK: Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

[DavidBiesack]

Using kiota 0.6.0 on macos (installed via the Releases download here on GitHub):

curl -q https://gist.githubusercontent.com/DavidBiesack/cf30605f50d328aee36c9b5854859684/raw/9ca9d18ffe90128f2209a14b45f32930fdf3f2e5/banking-api-openapi-3.0.yaml > openapi.yaml
kiota generate --openapi openapi.yaml --language TypeScript --namespace-name Apiture.BankingClient --class-name BankingClient --clean-output --output ./gen/sdk/client --log-level Error

I get a cryptic error and the process fails:

crit: Kiota.Builder.KiotaBuilder[0]
      error generating the SDK: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

[darrelmiller]

Thanks for the bug report. Unfortunately, the OpenAPI.NET library that does the parsing for Kiota doesn't support internal $refs to something that is not a component. You would need to point the schema to #/components/schemas/problemResponse to resolve the issue.

I'll open an issue on https://github.com/microsoft/openapi.net to try and get a more clear error reported for that scenario.

[baywet]

alternatively, you can edit out the following to paths as they are the ones bringing the references the OpenAPI.net lib is not able to resolve:

• /accounts/{accountId}/transactions
• /accountBalances

[DavidBiesack]

Thanks @darrelmiller . I'll adjust our tooling to simplify the $ref and keep schema references in #/components/schemas

Can kiota yield a better error message if the lib can't parse/resolve the input?

[baywet]

right now the parsing lib just throws a null reference exception without any additional context. Assuming the OpenAPI.net lib threw something with more information, kiota could provide more actionable feedback to the user. @darrelmiller can you take that aspect into account when you log an issue over there please?

[ghost]

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