# describeItems

**Kind:** Function

**Source:** [`atloria-monorepo/libs/parser-core/src/openapi/param-source-inference.ts`](https://github.com/sherkety/atloria/blob/main/atloria-monorepo/libs/parser-core/src/openapi/param-source-inference.ts#L103)

Locate the array of records in a response schema and describe how to read it.
Returns null when the response is not a list of objects — a scalar or a single record has
no candidate values to offer.

## Signature

```ts
function describeItems(schema: SchemaLike | undefined, components: Record<string, SchemaLike>): { itemsPath: string; item: SchemaLike } | null
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| `schema` | `SchemaLike | undefined` |
| `components` | `Record<string, SchemaLike>` |

**Returns:** `{ itemsPath: string; item: SchemaLike } | null`