🔖 Release version 0.27.2

* 🐛 Fix path and query parameters accepting dict

* ✅ Add several tests to ensure invalid types are not accepted

* 📝 Document (to include tested source) using query params with list

* 🐛 Fix OpenAPI schema in query with list tutorial

docs/release-notes.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.27.2
+
+* Fix path and query parameters receiving `dict` as a valid type. It should be mapped to a body payload. PR [#287](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/287). Updated docs at: [Query parameter list / multiple values with defaults: Using `list`](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/query-params-str-validations/#using-list).
+
 ## 0.27.1
 
 * Fix `auto_error=False` handling in `HTTPBearer` security scheme. Do not `raise` when there's an incorrect `Authorization` header if `auto_error=False`. PR [#282](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/282).

docs/src/query_params_str_validations/tutorial013.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Query
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+
+@app.get("/items/")
+async def read_items(q: list = Query(None)):
+    query_items = {"q": q}
+    return query_items

docs/tutorial/query-params-str-validations.md

@@ -183,6 +183,19 @@ the default of `q` will be: `["foo", "bar"]` and your response will be:
 }
 ```
 
+#### Using `list`
+
+You can also use `list` directly instead of `List[str]`:
+
+```Python hl_lines="7"
+{!./src/query_params_str_validations/tutorial013.py!}
+```
+
+!!! note
+    Have in mind that in this case, FastAPI won't check the contents of the list.
+
+    For example, `List[int]` would check (and document) that the contents of the list are integers. But `list` alone wouldn't.
+
 ## Declare more metadata
 
 You can add more information about the parameter.

fastapi/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.27.1"
+__version__ = "0.27.2"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks
 

fastapi/dependencies/utils.py

@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@ def is_scalar_field(field: Field) -> bool:
     return (
         field.shape == Shape.SINGLETON
         and not lenient_issubclass(field.type_, BaseModel)
+        and not lenient_issubclass(field.type_, sequence_types + (dict,))
         and not isinstance(field.schema, params.Body)
     )
 
 
 def is_scalar_sequence_field(field: Field) -> bool:
-    if field.shape in sequence_shapes and not lenient_issubclass(
+    if (field.shape in sequence_shapes) and not lenient_issubclass(
         field.type_, BaseModel
     ):
         if field.sub_fields is not None:
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ def is_scalar_sequence_field(field: Field) -> bool:
                 if not is_scalar_field(sub_field):
                     return False
         return True
+    if lenient_issubclass(field.type_, sequence_types):
+        return True
     return False
 
 
@@ -346,7 +349,7 @@ def request_params_to_args(
     values = {}
     errors = []
     for field in required_params:
-        if field.shape in sequence_shapes and isinstance(
+        if is_scalar_sequence_field(field) and isinstance(
             received_params, (QueryParams, Headers)
         ):
             value = received_params.getlist(field.alias) or field.default

tests/test_invalid_path_param.py

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+def test_invalid_sequence():
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        app = FastAPI()
+
+        class Item(BaseModel):
+            title: str
+
+        @app.get("/items/{id}")
+        def read_items(id: List[Item]):
+            pass  # pragma: no cover
+
+
+def test_invalid_tuple():
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        app = FastAPI()
+
+        class Item(BaseModel):
+            title: str
+
+        @app.get("/items/{id}")
+        def read_items(id: Tuple[Item, Item]):
+            pass  # pragma: no cover
+
+
+def test_invalid_dict():
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        app = FastAPI()
+
+        class Item(BaseModel):
+            title: str
+
+        @app.get("/items/{id}")
+        def read_items(id: Dict[str, Item]):
+            pass  # pragma: no cover
+
+
+def test_invalid_simple_list():
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        app = FastAPI()
+
+        @app.get("/items/{id}")
+        def read_items(id: list):
+            pass  # pragma: no cover
+
+
+def test_invalid_simple_tuple():
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        app = FastAPI()
+
+        @app.get("/items/{id}")
+        def read_items(id: tuple):
+            pass  # pragma: no cover
+
+
+def test_invalid_simple_set():
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        app = FastAPI()
+
+        @app.get("/items/{id}")
+        def read_items(id: set):
+            pass  # pragma: no cover
+
+
+def test_invalid_simple_dict():
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        app = FastAPI()
+
+        @app.get("/items/{id}")
+        def read_items(id: dict):
+            pass  # pragma: no cover

tests/test_invalid_sequence_param.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import List, Tuple
+from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
 
 import pytest
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Query
@@ -27,3 +27,27 @@ def test_invalid_tuple():
         @app.get("/items/")
         def read_items(q: Tuple[Item, Item] = Query(None)):
             pass  # pragma: no cover
+
+
+def test_invalid_dict():
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        app = FastAPI()
+
+        class Item(BaseModel):
+            title: str
+
+        @app.get("/items/")
+        def read_items(q: Dict[str, Item] = Query(None)):
+            pass  # pragma: no cover
+
+
+def test_invalid_simple_dict():
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        app = FastAPI()
+
+        class Item(BaseModel):
+            title: str
+
+        @app.get("/items/")
+        def read_items(q: dict = Query(None)):
+            pass  # pragma: no cover

tests/test_tutorial/test_query_params_str_validations/test_tutorial011.py

@@ -86,3 +86,10 @@ def test_multi_query_values():
     response = client.get(url)
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert response.json() == {"q": ["foo", "bar"]}
+
+
+def test_query_no_values():
+    url = "/items/"
+    response = client.get(url)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {"q": None}

tests/test_tutorial/test_query_params_str_validations/test_tutorial013.py

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+from starlette.testclient import TestClient
+
+from query_params_str_validations.tutorial013 import app
+
+client = TestClient(app)
+
+openapi_schema = {
+    "openapi": "3.0.2",
+    "info": {"title": "Fast API", "version": "0.1.0"},
+    "paths": {
+        "/items/": {
+            "get": {
+                "responses": {
+                    "200": {
+                        "description": "Successful Response",
+                        "content": {"application/json": {"schema": {}}},
+                    },
+                    "422": {
+                        "description": "Validation Error",
+                        "content": {
+                            "application/json": {
+                                "schema": {
+                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError"
+                                }
+                            }
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+                "summary": "Read Items",
+                "operationId": "read_items_items__get",
+                "parameters": [
+                    {
+                        "required": False,
+                        "schema": {"title": "Q", "type": "array"},
+                        "name": "q",
+                        "in": "query",
+                    }
+                ],
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "components": {
+        "schemas": {
+            "ValidationError": {
+                "title": "ValidationError",
+                "required": ["loc", "msg", "type"],
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "loc": {
+                        "title": "Location",
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {"type": "string"},
+                    },
+                    "msg": {"title": "Message", "type": "string"},
+                    "type": {"title": "Error Type", "type": "string"},
+                },
+            },
+            "HTTPValidationError": {
+                "title": "HTTPValidationError",
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "detail": {
+                        "title": "Detail",
+                        "type": "array",
+                        "items": {"$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationError"},
+                    }
+                },
+            },
+        }
+    },
+}
+
+
+def test_openapi_schema():
+    response = client.get("/openapi.json")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == openapi_schema
+
+
+def test_multi_query_values():
+    url = "/items/?q=foo&q=bar"
+    response = client.get(url)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {"q": ["foo", "bar"]}
+
+
+def test_query_no_values():
+    url = "/items/"
+    response = client.get(url)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {"q": None}