fix(client): emit typed enum for const/enum on parameter schemas

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "openapi-to-rust"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85.0"
 authors = ["James Lal"]

src/analysis.rs

@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ pub struct ParameterInfo {
     pub rust_type: String,
     /// Description from OpenAPI spec
     pub description: Option<String>,
+    /// String enum values when the parameter's inline schema is a string with
+    /// `enum` or `const`. When set, `rust_type` is the synthetic enum type
+    /// name (e.g. `GetItemTheConstant`) and the client generator emits an
+    /// inline enum so the parameter is constrained to the declared values.
+    /// See issue #10 follow-up.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub enum_values: Option<Vec<String>>,
 }
 
 impl Default for DependencyGraph {
@@ -3634,7 +3641,7 @@ impl SchemaAnalyzer {
         if let Some(parameters) = &operation.parameters {
             for param in parameters {
                 let resolved = self.resolve_parameter(param);
-                if let Some(param_info) = self.analyze_parameter(&resolved)? {
+                if let Some(param_info) = self.analyze_parameter(&resolved, operation_id)? {
                     op_info.parameters.push(param_info);
                 }
             }
@@ -3649,7 +3656,7 @@ impl SchemaAnalyzer {
                 .collect();
             for param in path_params {
                 let resolved = self.resolve_parameter(param);
-                if let Some(param_info) = self.analyze_parameter(&resolved)? {
+                if let Some(param_info) = self.analyze_parameter(&resolved, operation_id)? {
                     if !existing_keys
                         .contains(&(param_info.name.clone(), param_info.location.clone()))
                     {
@@ -3740,17 +3747,26 @@ impl SchemaAnalyzer {
         std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(param)
     }
 
-    /// Analyze a parameter
+    /// Analyze a parameter.
+    ///
+    /// `operation_id` is used to generate a unique synthetic enum type name
+    /// when the parameter's inline schema is a string with `enum` or `const`
+    /// (e.g. `GetItemTheConstant`). The client generator emits the enum
+    /// alongside the operation methods. See issue #10 follow-up.
     fn analyze_parameter(
         &self,
         param: &crate::openapi::Parameter,
+        operation_id: &str,
     ) -> Result<Option<ParameterInfo>> {
+        use heck::ToPascalCase;
+
         let name = param.name.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
         let location = param.location.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
         let required = param.required.unwrap_or(false);
 
         let mut rust_type = "String".to_string();
         let mut schema_ref = None;
+        let mut enum_values: Option<Vec<String>> = None;
 
         if let Some(schema) = &param.schema {
             if let Some(ref_str) = schema.reference() {
@@ -3764,6 +3780,20 @@ impl SchemaAnalyzer {
                     _ => "String",
                 }
                 .to_string();
+
+                if matches!(schema_type, crate::openapi::SchemaType::String) {
+                    let details = schema.details();
+                    if details.is_string_enum() {
+                        if let Some(values) = details.string_enum_values() {
+                            if !values.is_empty() {
+                                let op_pascal = operation_id.replace('.', "_").to_pascal_case();
+                                let param_pascal = name.to_pascal_case();
+                                rust_type = format!("{op_pascal}{param_pascal}");
+                                enum_values = Some(values);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -3774,6 +3804,7 @@ impl SchemaAnalyzer {
             schema_ref,
             rust_type,
             description: param.description.clone(),
+            enum_values,
         }))
     }
 }

src/client_generator.rs

@@ -147,11 +147,12 @@
 //! 5. Handles query parameters and request bodies
 //! 6. Configures middleware stack based on generator config
 
-use crate::analysis::{OperationInfo, SchemaAnalysis};
+use crate::analysis::{OperationInfo, ParameterInfo, SchemaAnalysis};
 use crate::generator::CodeGenerator;
 use heck::ToSnakeCase;
 use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
-use quote::quote;
+use quote::{format_ident, quote};
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
 impl CodeGenerator {
     /// Generate the HTTP client struct with middleware support
@@ -374,6 +375,8 @@ impl CodeGenerator {
     /// response with a body schema) BEFORE the `impl HttpClient` block so the
     /// generated method signatures can reference them.
     pub fn generate_operation_methods(&self, analysis: &SchemaAnalysis) -> TokenStream {
+        let param_enums = self.generate_param_enum_types(analysis);
+
         let op_error_enums: Vec<TokenStream> = analysis
             .operations
             .values()
@@ -387,6 +390,8 @@ impl CodeGenerator {
             .collect();
 
         quote! {
+            #param_enums
+
             #(#op_error_enums)*
 
             impl HttpClient {
@@ -395,6 +400,92 @@ impl CodeGenerator {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Emit inline enum types for parameters whose schema is `type: string`
+    /// with `enum` or `const`. The generated enum implements `Display` so it
+    /// drops into the existing `format!`-based path/query templating without
+    /// any special-casing at the call site. See issue #10 follow-up.
+    fn generate_param_enum_types(&self, analysis: &SchemaAnalysis) -> TokenStream {
+        let mut by_name: BTreeMap<String, &ParameterInfo> = BTreeMap::new();
+        for op in analysis.operations.values() {
+            for param in &op.parameters {
+                if param.enum_values.is_some() {
+                    by_name.entry(param.rust_type.clone()).or_insert(param);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if by_name.is_empty() {
+            return quote! {};
+        }
+
+        let defs: Vec<TokenStream> = by_name
+            .values()
+            .map(|param| self.generate_single_param_enum(param))
+            .collect();
+
+        quote! { #(#defs)* }
+    }
+
+    fn generate_single_param_enum(&self, param: &ParameterInfo) -> TokenStream {
+        let Some(values) = param.enum_values.as_deref() else {
+            return quote! {};
+        };
+
+        let enum_ident = format_ident!("{}", param.rust_type);
+
+        let variants: Vec<TokenStream> = values
+            .iter()
+            .map(|value| {
+                let variant_ident = format_ident!("{}", self.to_rust_enum_variant(value));
+                quote! {
+                    #[serde(rename = #value)]
+                    #variant_ident,
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let display_arms: Vec<TokenStream> = values
+            .iter()
+            .map(|value| {
+                let variant_ident = format_ident!("{}", self.to_rust_enum_variant(value));
+                quote! { Self::#variant_ident => #value, }
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let doc = format!(
+            "Allowed values for the `{}` {} parameter.",
+            param.name, param.location
+        );
+
+        quote! {
+            #[doc = #doc]
+            #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
+            pub enum #enum_ident {
+                #(#variants)*
+            }
+
+            impl #enum_ident {
+                pub fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
+                    match self {
+                        #(#display_arms)*
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            impl std::fmt::Display for #enum_ident {
+                fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                    f.write_str(self.as_str())
+                }
+            }
+
+            impl AsRef<str> for #enum_ident {
+                fn as_ref(&self) -> &str {
+                    self.as_str()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Generate the per-operation typed error enum, if the op has any non-2xx
     /// responses with a body schema. Returns None when the op has no declared
     /// error bodies — those operations use `ApiOpError<serde_json::Value>` so

src/generator.rs

@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ impl CodeGenerator {
         }
     }
 
-    fn to_rust_enum_variant(&self, s: &str) -> String {
+    pub(crate) fn to_rust_enum_variant(&self, s: &str) -> String {
         // Convert string to valid Rust enum variant (PascalCase)
         let mut result = String::new();
         let mut next_upper = true;