Drop support for "None" and "null" as null value

connexion/utils.py

@@ -193,10 +193,7 @@ def is_nullable(param_def):
 
 
 def is_null(value):
-    if hasattr(value, "strip") and value.strip() in ["null", "None"]:
+    if value in [None, ""]:
-        return True
-
-    if value is None:
         return True
 
     return False

connexion/validators/abstract.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from starlette.datastructures import Headers, MutableHeaders
 from starlette.types import Receive, Scope, Send
 
 from connexion.exceptions import BadRequestProblem
-from connexion.utils import is_null
 
 
 class AbstractRequestBodyValidator:
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ class AbstractRequestBodyValidator:
 
         # The body is parsed and validated
         body = await self._parse(stream(), scope=scope)
-        if not (self._nullable and is_null(body)):
+        if not (body is None and self._nullable):
             self._validate(body)
 
         # If MUTABLE_VALIDATION is enabled, include any changes made during validation in the messages to send
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ class AbstractResponseBodyValidator:
             stream = (message.get("body", b"") for message in messages)
             body = self._parse(stream)
 
-            if body is not None and not (self._nullable and is_null(body)):
+            if not (body is None and self._nullable):
                 self._validate(body)
 
             while messages:

connexion/validators/json.py

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from connexion.json_schema import (
     Draft4ResponseValidator,
     format_error_with_path,
 )
-from connexion.utils import is_null
 from connexion.validators import (
     AbstractRequestBodyValidator,
     AbstractResponseBodyValidator,
@@ -50,12 +49,12 @@ class JSONRequestBodyValidator(AbstractRequestBodyValidator):
 
     async def _parse(
         self, stream: t.AsyncGenerator[bytes, None], scope: Scope
-    ) -> t.Union[dict, str]:
+    ) -> t.Any:
         bytes_body = b"".join([message async for message in stream])
         body = bytes_body.decode(self._encoding)
 
-        if self._nullable and is_null(body):
+        if not body:
-            return body
+            return None
 
         try:
             return json.loads(body)
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ class JSONResponseBodyValidator(AbstractResponseBodyValidator):
         body = b"".join(stream).decode(self._encoding)
 
         if not body:
-            return body
+            return None
 
         try:
             return json.loads(body)

tests/api/test_parameters.py

@@ -426,31 +426,22 @@ def test_array_in_path(simple_app):
 
 def test_nullable_parameter(simple_app):
     app_client = simple_app.test_client()
-    resp = app_client.get("/v1.0/nullable-parameters?time_start=null")
+    resp = app_client.get("/v1.0/nullable-parameters", params={"time_start": None})
-    assert resp.json() == "it was None"
-
-    resp = app_client.get("/v1.0/nullable-parameters?time_start=None")
     assert resp.json() == "it was None"
 
     time_start = 1010
     resp = app_client.get(f"/v1.0/nullable-parameters?time_start={time_start}")
     assert resp.json() == time_start
 
-    resp = app_client.post("/v1.0/nullable-parameters", data={"post_param": "None"})
+    resp = app_client.post("/v1.0/nullable-parameters", data={"post_param": None})
-    assert resp.json() == "it was None"
-
-    resp = app_client.post("/v1.0/nullable-parameters", data={"post_param": "null"})
     assert resp.json() == "it was None"
 
     headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
     resp = app_client.put("/v1.0/nullable-parameters", content="null", headers=headers)
     assert resp.json() == "it was None"
 
-    resp = app_client.put("/v1.0/nullable-parameters", content="None", headers=headers)
-    assert resp.json() == "it was None"
-
     resp = app_client.put(
-        "/v1.0/nullable-parameters-noargs", content="None", headers=headers
+        "/v1.0/nullable-parameters-noargs", content="null", headers=headers
     )
     assert resp.json() == "hello"
 

tests/decorators/test_validation.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def test_get_missing_required_parameter():
 
 def test_get_x_nullable_parameter():
     param = {"type": "number", "required": True, "name": "foo", "x-nullable": True}
-    result = ParameterValidator.validate_parameter("formdata", "None", param)
+    result = ParameterValidator.validate_parameter("formdata", None, param)
     assert result is None
 
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_get_nullable_parameter():
         "required": True,
         "name": "foo",
     }
-    result = ParameterValidator.validate_parameter("query", "null", param)
+    result = ParameterValidator.validate_parameter("query", None, param)
     assert result is None