literal_error validation error
This error is raised when the input value is not one of the expected literal values.
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This error is raised when the input value is not one of the expected literal values.
This error is raised when the input value is a string that cannot be parsed for a datetime field, such as an invalid month like '2023-13-01'.
This error is raised when the value provided for a FutureDatetime field is not in the future.
This error is raised when something about the datetime object is not valid, such as an incomplete timezone implementation on an AwareDatetime field.
This error is raised when the value is a string that cannot be parsed for a datetime field with strict=True.
This error is raised when the value provided for a PastDatetime field is not in the past.
This error is raised when the value provided for a Decimal has too many digits after the decimal point, exceeding the decimal_places constraint.
This error is raised when the value provided for a Decimal could not be parsed as a decimal number.
This error is raised when the value provided for a Decimal is of the wrong type. It is also raised for strict fields when the input value is not an instance of Decimal.
This error is raised when the input value's type is not valid for a list field.
This error is raised when the value provided for a Decimal has too many digits, exceeding the max_digits constraint.
This error is raised when an object that would be passed as arguments to a function during validation is not a tuple, list, or dict. It occurs when using TypeAdapter to validate function arguments.
This error is raised when a failing assert statement is encountered during validation, such as within a field_validator.
This error is raised when the input value is a string that is not valid for coercion to a boolean. The string 'true' is valid, but 'test' is not.
This error is raised when the input value's type is not valid for a bool field, such as None. It is also raised for strict fields when the input value is not an instance of bool.
This error is raised when a bytes value is invalid under the configured encoding. For example, when val_json_bytes is set to 'hex', 'a' is invalid because it has an odd number of digits.
This error is raised when the length of a bytes value is greater than the field's max_length constraint.
This error is raised when the length of a bytes value is less than the field's min_length constraint.
This error is raised when the input value's type is not valid for a bytes field. It is also raised for strict fields when the input value is not an instance of bytes.
This error is raised when the input value is not valid as a callable. It can occur when using ImportString with Callable types.
This error is raised when the input value is a string but cannot be parsed as a complex number because it does not follow Python's complex number rules. This occurs during JSON validation.
This error is raised when the input value cannot be interpreted as a complex number.
This error is raised when validating a dataclass with strict=True and the input is not an instance of the dataclass. Without strict mode, dict inputs can be coerced to dataclass instances.
This error is raised when the input value is not valid for a dataclass field.
This error is raised when the input datetime value provided for a date field has a nonzero time component. For a timestamp to parse into a date field, all time components must be zero.
This error is raised when validating JSON where the input value is a string that cannot be parsed for a date field with strict=True.
This error is raised when the value provided for a Decimal has more digits before the decimal point than max_digits - decimal_places (when both are specified).
This error is raised when a default factory taking validated data cannot be called because validation failed on previous fields.
This error is raised when the input value's type is not dict for a dict field.
This error is raised when the input isn't the Ellipsis literal for an EllipsisType field.
This error is raised when the input value does not exist in an enum field's members.
This error is raised when the input value contains extra fields, but model_config['extra'] == 'forbid'.
This error is raised when the value is infinite or too large to be represented as a 64-bit floating point number during validation.
This error is raised when the value is a string that can't be parsed as a float.
This error is raised when the input value's type is not valid for a float field.
This error is raised when the value provided for a Fraction could not be parsed as a fraction.
This error is raised when the value provided for a Fraction is of the wrong type.
This error is raised when you attempt to assign a value to a field with frozen=True, or to delete such a field.
This error is raised when frozen is set in the configuration and you attempt to delete or assign a new value to any of the fields.
This error is raised when the input value's type is not valid for a frozenset field.
This error is raised when model_config['from_attributes'] == True and an error is raised while reading the attributes.
This error is raised when the value is not greater than the field's gt constraint.
This error is raised when the value is not greater than or equal to the field's ge constraint.
This error is raised when you provide a float value for an int field.
This error is raised when the value can't be parsed as int.
This error is raised when attempting to parse a Python or JSON value from a string outside the maximum range that Python str to int parsing permits. Python allows up to 4300 consecutive digit characters.
This error is raised when the input value's type is not valid for an int field.
This error is raised when attempting to validate a dict that has a key that is not an instance of str.
This error is raised when the input value is not an instance of the expected type. This can occur with arbitrary_types_allowed=True.
This error is raised when the input value is not a subclass of the expected type.
This error is raised when the input value is not valid as an Iterable.
This error is raised when an error occurs during iteration over a value.
This error is raised when the input value is not a valid JSON string when using the Json type.
This error is raised when the input value is of a type that cannot be parsed as JSON when using the Json type.
This error is raised when the input value is not less than the field's lt constraint.
This error is raised when the input value is not less than or equal to the field's le constraint.
This error is raised when a problem occurs during validation due to a failure in a call to Mapping protocol methods, such as .items().
This error is raised when there are required fields missing from the input value.
This error is raised when a required positional-or-keyword argument is not passed to a function decorated with validate_call.
This error is raised when a required keyword-only argument is not passed to a function decorated with validate_call.
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