From 3454e2a68646366abd8154429713c1745ce558c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colton Loftus <70598503+C-Loftus@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:09:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix validation issue

---
 .../schemas/config/pygeoapi-config-0.x.yml    |  6 ++--
 tests/other/test_config.py                    | 35 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pygeoapi/resources/schemas/config/pygeoapi-config-0.x.yml b/pygeoapi/resources/schemas/config/pygeoapi-config-0.x.yml
index c1e925c39..6a5f068df 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/resources/schemas/config/pygeoapi-config-0.x.yml
+++ b/pygeoapi/resources/schemas/config/pygeoapi-config-0.x.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 $schema: https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema
-$id: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/geopython/pygeoapi/master/pygeoapi/schemas/config/pygeoapi-config-0.x.yml
+$id: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/geopython/pygeoapi/refs/heads/master/pygeoapi/resources/schemas/config/pygeoapi-config-0.x.yml
 title: pygeoapi configuration schema
 description: pygeoapi configuration schema
 
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ properties:
                         type: string
                         description: plugin name (see `pygeoapi.plugin` for supported process_managers)
                     connection:
-                        type: string
+                        oneOf:
+                            - type: string
+                            - type: object
                         description: connection info to store jobs (e.g. filepath)
                     output_dir:
                         type: string
diff --git a/tests/other/test_config.py b/tests/other/test_config.py
index 0ab728ffe..221b7fa14 100644
--- a/tests/other/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/other/test_config.py
@@ -99,3 +99,38 @@ def test_validate_config(config):
     }
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
         validate_config(cfg_copy)
+
+
+def test_validate_config_process_manager(config):
+    """
+    Test that the process manager config can be validated
+    as both a string or an object (i.e. PostgreSQL or TinyDB)
+    """
+    cfg_copy = deepcopy(config)
+    cfg_copy['server']['manager'] = {
+        'name': 'TinyDB',
+        'connection': '/tmp/pygeoapi_test.db',
+        'output_dir': '/tmp/',
+    }
+    assert validate_config(cfg_copy)
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        cfg_copy['server']['manager'] = {
+            'name': 'TinyDB',
+            'connection': 12345,
+            'output_dir': '/tmp/',
+        }
+        validate_config(cfg_copy)
+
+    cfg_copy['server']['manager'] = {
+        'name': 'PostgreSQL',
+        'connection': {
+            'host': 'localhost',
+            'port': 5432,
+            'database': 'pygeoapi',
+            'user': 'pygeoapi',
+            'password': 'pygeoapi',
+        },
+        'output_dir': '/tmp/',
+    }
+    assert validate_config(cfg_copy)

From c1fb446eb0e7c8ddbcf54b8c04f5e9748169c692 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colton Loftus <70598503+C-Loftus@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:10:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix validation issue

---
 tests/other/test_config.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tests/other/test_config.py b/tests/other/test_config.py
index 221b7fa14..c7e80fcf2 100644
--- a/tests/other/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/other/test_config.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ def test_validate_config_process_manager(config):
     assert validate_config(cfg_copy)
 
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        # make sure an int is validated as invalid
         cfg_copy['server']['manager'] = {
             'name': 'TinyDB',
             'connection': 12345,