Merge pull request pipecat-ai#2977 from pipecat-ai/mb/request-handler-smallwebrtc

Fix: support request data in SmallWebRTC

Author: markbackman

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ reason")`.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed an issue where the `SmallWebRTCRequest` dataclass in runner would scrub
+  arbitrary request data from client due to camelCase typing. This fixes data
+  passthrough for JS clients where `APIRequest` is used.
+
 - Fixed `GeminiLiveLLMService` session resumption after a connection timeout.
 
 - `GeminiLiveLLMService` now properly supports context-provided system

src/pipecat/transports/smallwebrtc/request_handler.py

@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ class SmallWebRTCRequest:
     request_data: Optional[Any] = None
 
 
+@classmethod
+def from_dict(cls, data: dict):
+    """Accept both snake_case and camelCase for the request_data field."""
+    if "requestData" in data and "request_data" not in data:
+        data["request_data"] = data.pop("requestData")
+    return cls(**data)
+
+
 @dataclass
 class IceCandidate:
     """The remote ice candidate object received from the peer connection.