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# Complex data types

> Describe APIs with flexible schemas using oneOf, anyOf, and allOf keywords for optional properties, polymorphism, and multiple data formats.

When your API accepts multiple data formats, has conditional fields, or uses inheritance patterns, OpenAPI's schema composition keywords help you document these flexible structures. Using `oneOf`, `anyOf`, and `allOf`, you can describe APIs that handle different input types or combine multiple schemas into comprehensive data models.

## `oneOf`, `anyOf`, `allOf` keywords

For complex data types, OpenAPI provides keywords for combining schemas:

* `allOf`: Combines multiple schemas (like merging objects or extending a base schema). Functions like an `and` operator.
* `anyOf`: Accepts data matching any of the provided schemas. Functions like an `or` operator.
* `oneOf`: Accepts data matching exactly one of the provided schemas. Functions like an `exclusive-or` operator.

> [!WARNING]
>
> Mintlify treats `oneOf` and `anyOf` identically since the practical difference rarely affects using the API.

For detailed specifications of these keywords see the [OpenAPI documentation](https://swagger.io/docs/specification/data-models/oneof-anyof-allof-not/).

> [!NOTE]
>
> The `not` keyword is currently unsupported.

### Combining schemas with `allOf`

When you use `allOf`, Mintlify performs some preprocessing on your OpenAPI document to display complex combinations in a readable way. For example, when you combine two object schemas with `allOf`, Mintlify combines the properties of both into a single object. This becomes especially useful when you use OpenAPI's reusable [components](https://swagger.io/docs/specification/components/).

```yaml theme={null}
org_with_users:
  allOf:
    - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Org'
    - type: object
      properties:
        users:
          type: array
          description: An array containing all users in the organization
# ...
components:
  schemas:
    Org:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the organization
```

**org\_with\_users** `object`

**id** `string`

The ID of the organization

**users** `object[]`

An array containing all users in the organization

### `any` and `undefined` types

Fields typed as `any` or `undefined` render the same way as `oneOf` schemas with a picker that lets users select a concrete shape before sending a request. This allows the API playground to present a meaningful input even when the schema doesn't constrain the value to a single type.

### Providing options with `oneOf` and `anyOf`

When you use `oneOf` or `anyOf`, the options display in a tabbed container. Specify a `title` field in each subschema to give your options names. For example, here's how you might display two different types of delivery addresses:

```yaml theme={null}
delivery_address:
  oneOf:
    - title: StreetAddress
      type: object
      properties:
        address_line_1:
          type: string
          description: The street address of the recipient
        # ...
    - title: POBox
      type: object
      properties:
        box_number:
          type: string
          description: The number of the PO Box
        # ...
```

**delivery\_address** `object`

> [tab] StreetAddress
>
> **address\_line\_1** `string`
>
> The street address of the residence

> [tab] POBox
>
> **box\_number** `string`
>
> The number of the PO Box

## Conditional requirements

In OpenAPI 3.1, you can make a property required only in certain cases with the `if`, `then`, `else`, `dependentRequired`, and `dependentSchemas` keywords. Mintlify reads these keywords and labels each affected field on the endpoint page with a **required** pill followed by its condition.

For example, this schema requires a card number for card payments, an account number for every other payment method, and a company name whenever the request includes a tax ID:

```yaml theme={null}
Payment:
  type: object
  required:
    - method
  properties:
    method:
      type: string
      enum: [card, bank_transfer]
    card_number:
      type: string
    account_number:
      type: string
    tax_id:
      type: string
    company_name:
      type: string
  if:
    properties:
      method:
        const: card
  then:
    required:
      - card_number
  else:
    required:
      - account_number
  dependentRequired:
    tax_id:
      - company_name
```

The endpoint page labels these fields:

* `card_number`: required if `method` = `card`
* `account_number`: required unless `method` = `card`
* `company_name`: required if `tax_id` is set

Mintlify summarizes conditions that test sibling properties for specific values with `const` or `enum`, or for presence with `required`. When a condition is too complex to summarize, the field shows a **conditionally required** pill instead.

> [!TIP]
>
> A property test in `if` also passes when the property is missing. To get a specific label, make the tested property required, either in the object's `required` list or in the `if` schema's `required` list. Otherwise, the field shows the **conditionally required** pill.


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