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NAME¶
datamodel-codegen - pydantic code generator from OpenAPI and more
DESCRIPTION¶
usage:¶
- datamodel-codegen [options]
Generate Python data models from schema definitions or structured data
OPTIONS¶
- --additional-imports ADDITIONAL_IMPORTS
- Custom imports for output (delimited list input). For example "datetime.date,datetime.datetime"
- --custom-formatters CUSTOM_FORMATTERS
- List of modules with custom formatter (delimited list input).
- --formatters {black,isort,ruff-check,ruff-format} [{black,isort,ruff-check,ruff-format} ...]
- Formatters for output (default: [black, isort])
- --http-headers HTTP_HEADER [HTTP_HEADER ...]
- Set headers in HTTP requests to the remote host. (example: "Authorization: Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz")
- --http-ignore-tls
- Disable verification of the remote host's TLS certificate
- --http-query-parameters HTTP_QUERY_PARAMETERS [HTTP_QUERY_PARAMETERS ...]
- Set query parameters in HTTP requests to the remote host. (example: "ref=branch")
- --input INPUT
- Input file/directory (default: stdin)
- --input-file-type {auto,openapi,jsonschema,json,yaml,dict,csv,graphql}
- Input file type (default: auto)
- --output OUTPUT
- Output file (default: stdout)
- --output-model-type {pydantic.BaseModel,pydantic_v2.BaseModel,dataclasses.dataclass,typing.TypedDict,msgspec.Struct}
- Output model type (default: pydantic.BaseModel)
- --url URL
- Input file URL. `--input` is ignored when `--url` is used
Typing customization:¶
- --base-class BASE_CLASS
- Base Class (default: pydantic.BaseModel)
- --enum-field-as-literal {all,one}
- Parse enum field as literal. all: all enum field type are Literal. one: field type is Literal when an enum has only one possible value
- --field-constraints
- Use field constraints and not con* annotations
- --set-default-enum-member
- Set enum members as default values for enum field
- --strict-types {str,bytes,int,float,bool} [{str,bytes,int,float,bool} ...]
- Use strict types
- --use-annotated
- Use typing.Annotated for Field(). Also, `--fieldconstraints` option will be enabled.
- --use-generic-container-types
- Use generic container types for type hinting (typing.Sequence, typing.Mapping). If `--use-standardcollections` option is set, then import from collections.abc instead of typing
- --use-non-positive-negative-number-constrained-types
- Use the Non{Positive,Negative}{FloatInt} types instead of the corresponding con* constrained types.
- --use-one-literal-as-default
- Use one literal as default value for one literal field
- --use-standard-collections
- Use standard collections for type hinting (list, dict)
- --use-subclass-enum
- Define Enum class as subclass with field type when enum has type (int, float, bytes, str)
- --use-union-operator
- Use | operator for Union type (PEP 604).
- --use-unique-items-as-set
- define field type as `set` when the field attribute has `uniqueItems`
Field customization:¶
- --capitalise-enum-members, --capitalize-enum-members
- Capitalize field names on enum
- --empty-enum-field-name EMPTY_ENUM_FIELD_NAME
- Set field name when enum value is empty (default: `_`)
- --field-extra-keys FIELD_EXTRA_KEYS [FIELD_EXTRA_KEYS ...]
- Add extra keys to field parameters
- --field-extra-keys-without-x-prefix FIELD_EXTRA_KEYS_WITHOUT_X_PREFIX [FIELD_EXTRA_KEYS_WITHOUT_X_PREFIX ...]
- Add extra keys with `x-` prefix to field parameters. The extra keys are stripped of the `x-` prefix.
- --field-include-all-keys
- Add all keys to field parameters
- --force-optional
- Force optional for required fields
- --no-alias
- Do not add a field alias. E.g., if --snake-case-field is used along with a base class, which has an alias_generator
- --original-field-name-delimiter ORIGINAL_FIELD_NAME_DELIMITER
- Set delimiter to convert to snake case. This option only can be used with --snake-case-field (default: `_` )
- --remove-special-field-name-prefix
- Remove field name prefix if it has a special meaning e.g. underscores
- --snake-case-field
- Change camel-case field name to snake-case
- --special-field-name-prefix SPECIAL_FIELD_NAME_PREFIX
- Set field name prefix when first character can't be used as Python field name (default: `field`)
- --strip-default-none
- Strip default None on fields
- --union-mode {smart,left_to_right}
- Union mode for only pydantic v2 field
- --use-default
- Use default value even if a field is required
- --use-default-kwarg
- Use `default=` instead of a positional argument for Fields that have default values.
- --use-field-description
- Use schema description to populate field docstring
Model customization:¶
- --allow-extra-fields
- Deprecated: Allow passing extra fields. This flag is deprecated. Use `--extra-fields=allow` instead.
- --allow-population-by-field-name
- Allow population by field name
- --class-name CLASS_NAME
- Set class name of root model
- --collapse-root-models
- Models generated with a root-type field will be merged into the models using that root-type model
- --disable-appending-item-suffix
- Disable appending `Item` suffix to model name in an array
- --disable-timestamp
- Disable timestamp on file headers
- --enable-faux-immutability
- Enable faux immutability
- --enable-version-header
- Enable package version on file headers
- --extra-fields {allow,ignore,forbid}
- Set the generated models to allow, forbid, or ignore extra fields.
- --frozen-dataclasses
- Generate frozen dataclasses (dataclass(frozen=True)). Only applies to dataclass output.
- --keep-model-order
- Keep generated models' order
- --keyword-only
- Defined models as keyword only (for example dataclass(kw_only=True)).
- --output-datetime-class {datetime,AwareDatetime,NaiveDatetime}
- Choose Datetime class between AwareDatetime, NaiveDatetime or datetime. Each output model has its default mapping (for example pydantic: datetime, dataclass: str, ...)
- --parent-scoped-naming
- Set name of models defined inline from the parent model
- --reuse-model
- Reuse models on the field when a module has the model with the same content
- --target-python-version {3.9,3.10,3.11,3.12,3.13}
- target python version
- --treat-dot-as-module
- treat dotted module names as modules
- --use-exact-imports
- import exact types instead of modules, for example: "from .foo import Bar" instead of "from . import foo" with "foo.Bar"
- --use-pendulum
- use pendulum instead of datetime
- --use-schema-description
- Use schema description to populate class docstring
- --use-title-as-name
- use titles as class names of models
Template customization:¶
- --aliases ALIASES
- Alias mapping file
- --custom-file-header CUSTOM_FILE_HEADER
- Custom file header
- --custom-file-header-path CUSTOM_FILE_HEADER_PATH
- Custom file header file path
- --custom-formatters-kwargs CUSTOM_FORMATTERS_KWARGS
- A file with kwargs for custom formatters.
- --custom-template-dir CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_DIR
- Custom template directory
- --encoding ENCODING
- The encoding of input and output (default: utf-8)
- --extra-template-data EXTRA_TEMPLATE_DATA
- Extra template data for output models. Input is supposed to be a json/yaml file. For OpenAPI and Jsonschema the keys are the spec path of the object, or the name of the object if you want to apply the template data to multiple objects with the same name. If you are using another input file type (e.g. GraphQL), the key is the name of the object. The value is a dictionary of the template data to add.
- --use-double-quotes
- Model generated with double quotes. Single quotes or your black config skip_string_normalization value will be used without this option.
- --wrap-string-literal
- Wrap string literal by using black `experimentalstring-processing` option (require black 20.8b0 or later)
OpenAPI-only options:¶
- --include-path-parameters
- Include path parameters in generated parameter models in addition to query parameters (Only OpenAPI)
- --openapi-scopes {schemas,paths,tags,parameters} [{schemas,paths,tags,parameters} ...]
- Scopes of OpenAPI model generation (default: schemas)
- --strict-nullable
- Treat default field as a non-nullable field (Only OpenAPI)
- --use-operation-id-as-name
- use operation id of OpenAPI as class names of models
- --validation
- Deprecated: Enable validation (Only OpenAPI). this option is deprecated. it will be removed in future releases
General options:¶
- --debug
- show debug message (require "debug". `$ pip install 'datamodel-code-generator[debug]'`)
- --disable-warnings
- disable warnings
- --no-color
- disable colorized output
- --version
- show version
- -h, --help
- show this help message and exit
August 2025 | datamodel-codegen 0.33.0-1 |