From 0020485925b65a4e585fb83b32352034b77045ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mladen Jablanovic <mladen.jablanovic@phrase.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:57:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(CLI): Allow optional data not to be passed

---
 openapi-generator/templates/cli/api.handlebars | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/openapi-generator/templates/cli/api.handlebars b/openapi-generator/templates/cli/api.handlebars
index 5d955721e..18e1c3c0c 100644
--- a/openapi-generator/templates/cli/api.handlebars
+++ b/openapi-generator/templates/cli/api.handlebars
@@ -88,11 +88,13 @@ func init{{{nickname}}}() {
 						{{/isPrimitiveType~}}
 						{{#isModel~}}
 							var {{paramName}} map[string]interface{}
-							if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(params.GetString("data")), &{{paramName}}); err != nil {
-								HandleError(err)
-							}
-							if Config.Debug {
-								fmt.Printf("%+v\n", {{paramName}})
+							if params.IsSet("data") {
+								if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(params.GetString("data")), &{{paramName}}); err != nil {
+									HandleError(err)
+								}
+								if Config.Debug {
+									fmt.Printf("%+v\n", {{paramName}})
+								}
 							}
 						{{/isModel~}}
 						{{^isPrimitiveType}}{{^isModel}}