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Closes #159 — support relative URLs in OpenAPI servers[].url for the C++ and Python clients.

OpenAPI 3.0+ (clarified in OpenAPI 3.2.0 §4.5.2.1) permits three URL forms in servers[].url:

Form Example Resolves to
Absolute https://api.example.com/v1 itself
Server-relative /v1 spec's scheme://host + /v1
Document-relative ., ./v2, ../v2, v2 resolved against the spec URL's directory via RFC 3986 §5.3

zswag previously supported forms 1 and 2 but not form 3.

Implementation

C++ — new reusable helper in httpcl

  • URIComponents::resolveReference(reference, base) implements RFC 3986 §5.3 with dot-segment removal per §5.2.4.
  • openapi-parser.cpp::parseServer now defers document-relative URLs (stored verbatim in path with empty scheme/host as a signal) instead of throwing.
  • fetchOpenAPIConfig resolves any deferred entry against the spec URL.
  • Empty/absent servers now defaults to "/" per OpenAPI 3.0+ §4.7.5.

Python — inherits via pyzswagcl — no code change. pyzswagcl/py-openapi-client.cpp calls C++ fetchOpenAPIConfig directly, so the fix propagates.

Build fix bundled inhttpcl on macOS arm64 was failing to link the test executable due to missing Security.framework. PUBLIC-linked in httpcl/CMakeLists.txt. Linux/Windows unaffected.

Tests

  • C++ httpcl-test: +23 assertions in 11 new sections (reference resolution helper) — 373 assertions total, all passing.
  • C++ zswagcl-test: +24 assertions in 9 new sections (server URL resolution end-to-end via mock spec fetch) — 357 assertions total, all passing.

Relation to #160 / #158

This is the C++/Python portion of #160, cherry-picked onto main so the fix for #159 can ship independently of the Java client work (#158). #160 has been slimmed down to the Java-side implementation and continues to target jzswag.

fklebert added 4 commits June 12, 2026 12:13
httplib's TLS layer calls SecCertificateCopyData /
SecTrustCopyAnchorCertificates on Apple to load system root CAs. The
httpcl static library inherited those references but didn't propagate
the framework link to consumers; the test executable (and any other
consumer linking httpcl) failed at link time on macOS arm64 with:

  Undefined symbols for architecture arm64:
    "_SecCertificateCopyData", referenced from:
        httplib::tls::load_system_certs(void*) in libhttpcl.a(...)

Adding "-framework Security" "-framework CoreFoundation" to
target_link_libraries (PUBLIC, Apple-only) fixes downstream linkage.
Linux/Windows builds are unaffected.
Adds a reference-resolution helper to httpcl URIComponents that handles
the three URL forms permitted in OpenAPI 3.0+ servers[].url:

  1. Absolute        https://example.com/v1  -> returned as-is
  2. Server-relative /v1                      -> base scheme+host + /v1
  3. Document-relative .  ./v2  ../v2  v2     -> resolved against base
                                                 directory with dot-segment
                                                 removal per RFC 3986 §5.2.4

Implements:
  * URIComponents::resolveReference(reference, base)
  * static removeDotSegments helper (private in uri.cpp)

Tests cover all three reference forms, dot/dot-dot navigation, root
clamping, query-string preservation, port propagation, and the error
case where the base URI lacks scheme/host.

This is general-purpose and used by the next commit to fix issue #159
(relative URLs in OpenAPI servers[].url), but the helper itself is
independent and reusable.
OpenAPI 3.0+ (clarified in 3.2.0 §4.5.2.1) permits three URL forms
in servers[].url. zswagcl previously rejected document-relative
forms because parseServer threw via URIComponents::fromStrRfc3986
on anything not starting with '/'.

parseServer now classifies each URL:
  * '://' present -> absolute, fully parsed now
  * Leading '/'   -> server-relative path-only, fully parsed now
  * Otherwise     -> document-relative, deferred (stored verbatim
                     in .path with empty scheme/host as a signal)

fetchOpenAPIConfig's post-parse step now resolves any server with
empty scheme/host against the spec URL via
URIComponents::resolveReference. The previous behaviour (filling
in spec's scheme/host on path-only servers) is preserved as a
specific case of reference resolution.

An empty/absent `servers` array now defaults to "/" (per OpenAPI
3.0+ §4.7.5) resolved against the spec URL, instead of the
previous behaviour of emplacing an empty URIComponents{}.

Tests in oaclient.cpp cover all three reference forms, multi-server
specs with mixed forms, the implicit-root fallback, and port
propagation. Python (via pyzswagcl) inherits these fixes through
its direct call into fetchOpenAPIConfig.

Closes #159 (C++/Python side; Java handled in the following commit).
The Server URL Base Path section showed servers as a single ✔️ row with
an example using only the historically-supported form (absolute URL with
path prefix). Expand to show all three forms from OpenAPI 3.0+ (clarified
in 3.2.0 §4.5.2.1) with concrete examples, and split the matrix row to
make clear which forms are supported per component.

The 'document-relative' row is marked n/a for OAServer and zswag.gen
since neither consumes servers[].url at runtime — OAServer routes based
on operation paths, zswag.gen emits whatever the user supplies.

Adapted from ff64702 on the relative-server-urls branch (which targets
the restructured jzswag README).
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Package Line Rate Branch Rate Health
libs.httpcl.include.httpcl 81% 50%
libs.httpcl.src 85% 53%
libs.zswagcl.include.zswagcl.private 29% 14%
libs.zswagcl.src 80% 46%
Summary 78% (1686 / 2149) 49% (2036 / 4191)

Minimum allowed line rate is 65%

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