naderbhrr / swagger-express

Swagger + Express = {swagger-express}

{swagger-express}

Swagger is a specification and complete framework implementation for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful web services. View demo.

{swagger-express} is a simple and clean solution to integrate swagger with express.

Installation

$ npm install -g swagger-express

Quick Start

Configure {swagger-express} as express middleware.

apiVersion -> Your api version.

swaggerVersion -> Swagger version.

swaggerUI -> Where is your swagger-ui?

swaggerURL -> Path to use for swagger ui web interface.

swaggerJSON -> Path to use for swagger ui JSON.

basePath -> The basePath for swagger.js

info -> Metadata about the API

apis -> Define your api array.

middleware -> Function before response.

var swagger = require('swagger-express');

app.configure(function(){
  ...
  app.use(swagger.init(app, {
    apiVersion: '1.0',
    swaggerVersion: '1.0',
    swaggerURL: '/swagger',
    swaggerJSON: '/api-docs.json',
    swaggerUI: './public/swagger/',
    basePath: 'http://localhost:3000',
    info: {
      title: 'swagger-express sample app',
      description: 'Swagger + Express = {swagger-express}'
    },
    apis: ['./api.js', './api.yml'],
    middleware: function(req, res){}
  }));
  app.use(app.router);
  ...
});

Read from jsdoc

Example 'api.js'

/**
 * @swagger
 * resourcePath: /api
 * description: All about API
 */

/**
 * @swagger
 * path: /login
 * operations:
 *   -  httpMethod: POST
 *      summary: Login with username and password
 *      notes: Returns a user based on username
 *      responseClass: User
 *      nickname: login
 *      consumes: 
 *        - text/html
 *      parameters:
 *        - name: username
 *          description: Your username
 *          paramType: query
 *          required: true
 *          dataType: string
 *        - name: password
 *          description: Your password
 *          paramType: query
 *          required: true
 *          dataType: string
 */
exports.login = function (req, res) {
  var user = {};
  user.username = req.param('username');
  user.password = req.param('password');
  res.json(user);
}

/**
 * @swagger
 * models:
 *   User:
 *     id: User
 *     properties:
 *       username:
 *         type: String
 *       password:
 *         type: String    
 */

Read from yaml file

Example 'api.yml'

resourcePath: /api
description: All about API
apis: 

- path: /login
  operations:

  - httpMethod: POST
    summary: Login with username and password
    notes: Returns a user based on username
    responseClass: User
    nickname: login
    consumes: 
      - text/html
    parameters:

    - name: username
      dataType: string
      paramType: query
      required: true
      description: Your username

    - name: password
      dataType: string
      paramType: query
      required: true
      description: Your password

models:
    User:
      id: User
      properties:
        username:
          type: String
        password:
          type: String    

Read from jsdoc

Example 'api.coffee'

###
 * @swagger
 * resourcePath: /api
 * description: All about API
###

###
 * @swagger
 * path: /login
 * operations:
 *   -  httpMethod: POST
 *      summary: Login with username and password
 *      notes: Returns a user based on username
 *      responseClass: User
 *      nickname: login
 *      consumes:
 *        - text/html
 *      parameters:
 *        - name: username
 *          description: Your username
 *          paramType: query
 *          required: true
 *          dataType: string
 *        - name: password
 *          description: Your password
 *          paramType: query
 *          required: true
 *          dataType: string
###

###
 * @swagger
 * models:
 *   User:
 *     id: User
 *     properties:
 *       username:
 *         type: String
 *       password:
 *         type: String
###

Examples

Clone the {swagger-express} repo, then install the dev dependencies:

$ git clone git://github.com/fliptoo/swagger-express.git --depth 1
$ cd swagger-express
$ npm install

and run the example:

$ cd example
$ node app.js

Credits

• Express
• swagger-jack

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2013 Fliptoo <[email protected]>

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