else : Schema

else

Schema

When if is present, and the instance fails to validate against its subschema, then validation succeeds if the instance successfully validates against this keyword’s subschema.

Value This keyword must be set to a valid JSON Schema Hint: Use the jsonschema metaschema command to catch keywords set to invalid values
Kind Applicator
Applies To Any
Base Dialect 2020-12
Changed In None
Introduced In Draft 7
Vocabulary Applicator
Specification https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/json-schema-core.html#section-10.2.2.3
Metaschema https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/meta/applicator
Official Tests draft2020-12/if-then-else.json
Default {}
Annotation None
Affected By
Affects None
Also See

The else keyword restricts instances to validate against the given subschema if the if sibling keyword failed to validate against the instance.

Examples

A schema that constrains numeric instances to be positive when they are odd numbers Schema 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "if": { "multipleOf": 2 },
  "else": { "minimum": 0 }
}
Valid An even number value that is positive is valid Instance 
10
Valid An even number value that is negative is valid Instance 
-2
Valid An odd number value that is positive is valid Instance 
7
Invalid An odd number value that is negative is invalid Instance 
-3
Valid A non-number value is valid Instance 
"Hello World"
A schema that emits a simple annotation when a numeric value is odd Schema 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "if": { "multipleOf": 2 },
  "else": { "title": "The value is an odd number" }
}
Valid An odd number value is valid and emits an annotation Instance 
7
Annotations 
{ "keyword": "/else/title", "instance": "", "value": [ "The value is an odd number" ] }
Valid An even number value is valid but does not emit an annotation Instance 
6