Description

When an OpenAPI schema defines an enum property with nullable: true as a property attribute (rather than including null in the enum values), the generated Python code raises TypeError when deserializing null from the API.

OpenAPI Schema

conditionable_type:
  type: string
  enum:
    - AlertField
  nullable: true

Expected Behavior

Per OpenAPI v3.0.3 spec:

"If nullable is true, then null is allowed as a value regardless of any other constraints."

The generated code should accept None as a valid value.

Actual Behavior

The generated from_dict() method passes None directly to the enum check function, which raises:

TypeError: Unexpected value None. Expected one of {'AlertField'}

Generated Code (v0.28.2)

_conditionable_type = d.pop("conditionable_type", UNSET)
conditionable_type: SomeEnumType | Unset  # Missing `| None`
if isinstance(_conditionable_type, Unset):
    conditionable_type = UNSET
else:
    # Passes None directly to check function - FAILS
    conditionable_type = check_some_enum_type(_conditionable_type)

Expected Generated Code

Should be similar to how nullable string properties are handled:

def _parse_conditionable_type(data: object) -> SomeEnumType | None | Unset:
    if data is None:
        return data
    if isinstance(data, Unset):
        return data
    return check_some_enum_type(data)

conditionable_type = _parse_conditionable_type(d.pop("conditionable_type", UNSET))

Root Cause

The EnumProperty class only checks for null in the enum values list:

unchecked_value_list = [value for value in enum if value is not None]

It does not check for nullable: true as a separate property attribute on the schema.

Related Issues

• Support None / null as enum values #504, fix: Allow None in enum properties #512, fix: Allow None in enum properties [#504, #512]. Thanks @juspence! #516 - Fixed null being in the enum values (enum: [value, null])
• This issue is about nullable: true as a property attribute (enum: [value] + nullable: true)

Both are valid per OpenAPI spec, but only the first case is currently handled.

Reproduction

Minimal OpenAPI spec:

openapi: "3.0.3"
info:
  title: Test
  version: "1.0"
paths: {}
components:
  schemas:
    TestModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        my_enum:
          type: string
          enum:
            - value1
          nullable: true

Generate client, then:

from my_client.models import TestModel
TestModel.from_dict({"my_enum": None})  # Raises TypeError

Version

• openapi-python-client: 0.28.2