diff --git a/openapi3filter/validate_request_test.go b/openapi3filter/validate_request_test.go
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+package openapi3filter_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/openapi3"
+	"github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/openapi3filter"
+)
+
+const spec = `
+openapi: 3.0.0
+info:
+  title: My API
+  version: 0.0.1
+paths:
+  /:
+    post:
+      responses:
+        default:
+          description: ''
+      requestBody:
+        required: true
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              oneOf:
+              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Cat'
+              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Dog'
+              discriminator:
+                propertyName: pet_type
+
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Pet:
+      type: object
+      required: [pet_type]
+      properties:
+        pet_type:
+          type: string
+      discriminator:
+        propertyName: pet_type
+
+    Dog:
+      allOf:
+      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pet'
+      - type: object
+        properties:
+          breed:
+            type: string
+            enum: [Dingo, Husky, Retriever, Shepherd]
+    Cat:
+      allOf:
+      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pet'
+      - type: object
+        properties:
+          hunts:
+            type: boolean
+          age:
+            type: integer
+`
+
+func Example() {
+	loader := openapi3.NewSwaggerLoader()
+	doc, err := loader.LoadSwaggerFromData([]byte(spec))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	if err := doc.Validate(loader.Context); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	router := openapi3filter.NewRouter().WithSwagger(doc)
+
+	p, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"pet_type": "Cat",
+		"breed":    "Dingo",
+		"bark":     true,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", bytes.NewReader(p))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	route, pathParams, err := router.FindRoute(req.Method, req.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	requestValidationInput := &openapi3filter.RequestValidationInput{
+		Request:    req,
+		PathParams: pathParams,
+		Route:      route,
+	}
+	if err = openapi3filter.ValidateRequest(loader.Context, requestValidationInput); err == nil {
+		fmt.Println("Valid")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("NOT valid")
+	}
+	// Output: NOT valid
+}