regex interpretation for a json additional properties

Question

I aim to create a condition for additional properties in JSONschema that handle any schema (all the types such as object|array|Boolean|string|number|null) and if the type is a string then it could be a normal string OR a regular expression as follows: (a|b(\\ \\<[a-z]|(-?\d+)\\,[09]\\> ) that denote the string ( "a|b(<anytype,number>)" ). The following code shows errors of invalid schema:

 { "type" : "object",
 "properties": { "firstname":{"type": "string},"lastname":{"type": "string} },
 "required": ["firstname","lastname"],
 "additionalproperties":{"type":["integer", "number", "null", 
 "boolean","object", "array"],"pattern":^(string|(a|b(\\ \\<[a-z]|(-?\d+)\\)$, 
  [09]\\>)))"}}}

Answer 1

The syntax highlighting starts to show your error. You are missing a quote after string for your firstname property:

firstname":{"type": "string},

You do the same thing after `lastname' as well:

"lastname":{"type": "string}

And your regex is completely missing a starting quote:

"pattern":^(string|(a|b(\\ \\<[a-z]|(-?\d+)\\)$,[09]\\>)))"

You also have an invalid regex as it an extra parenthesis and needs an extra slash before \d+:

^(string|(a|b(\\ \\<[a-z]|(-?\\d+)\\)$,[09]\\>))

And finally also have an extra closing }

{
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "firstname": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "lastname": {
            "type": "string"
        }
    },
    "required": ["firstname", "lastname"],
    "additionalproperties": {
        "type": ["integer", "number", "null",
            "boolean", "object", "array"
        ],
        "pattern": "^(string|(a|b(\\ \\<[a-z]|(-?\\d+)\\)$,[09]\\>))"
    }
}

A lot of this, the regex being the only exception, was easily solvable through basic troubleshooting. The first thing to do is format your code, in this case your JSON string. It is easier to read and then spot errors. Take your time and review your work. You'll go faster but moving slower.