Remove the validation of input location (#397)

Co-authored-by: Grey Li <withlihui@gmail.com>
fixes #259

CHANGES.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Released: -
 
+- Remove the validation of input locations ([issue #259][issue_259]).
+
+[issue_259]: https://github.com/apiflask/apiflask/issues/259
+
 
 ## Version 1.2.1
 

src/apiflask/scaffold.py

@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 from .views import MethodView
 
 BODY_LOCATIONS = ['json', 'files', 'form', 'form_and_files', 'json_or_form']
-SUPPORTED_LOCATIONS = BODY_LOCATIONS + [
-    'query', 'headers', 'cookies', 'querystring', 'path', 'view_args'
-]
 
 
 class FlaskParser(BaseFlaskParser):
@@ -299,12 +296,6 @@ def decorator(f):
                     'body location (one of "json", "form", "files", "form_and_files", '
                     'and "json_or_form").'
                 )
-            if location not in SUPPORTED_LOCATIONS:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    'Unknown input location. The supported locations are: "json", "files",'
-                    ' "form", "cookies", "headers", "query" (same as "querystring"), "path"'
-                    f' (same as "view_args") and "form_and_files". Got {location!r} instead.'
-                )
             if location == 'json':
                 _annotate(f, body=schema, body_example=example, body_examples=examples)
             elif location == 'form':

tests/test_decorator_input.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from .schemas import Foo
 from .schemas import Form
 from .schemas import FormAndFiles
-from .schemas import Query
 from apiflask.fields import String
 from apiflask.views import MethodView
 
@@ -235,14 +234,6 @@ def foo(query):
             pass
 
 
-def test_bad_input_location(app):
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-        @app.route('/foo')
-        @app.input(Query, location='bad')
-        def foo(query):
-            pass
-
-
 def test_input_with_dict_schema(app, client):
     dict_schema = {
         'name': String(required=True)