swagger2rst

Tool for convert "Swagger" format file to "Restructured text"


License
MIT
Install
pip install swagger2rst==0.0.4

Documentation

Swagger to .rst Converter

Build Status

Why?

This tools are written as part of our Documentation Toolkit which we use in our job daily. The main idea of toolkit is to make a process of creating and updating documentation able to be automated

Other parts of our toolkit is:

Install

Install from PyPI with

$ pip install swagger2rst

Usage examples

Command - swg2rst

Required arguments:

  • path - path to a swagger file ("json" or "yaml")
  • --format (-f) - output file format. Currenty only "rst" is supported (required)

Options:

  • --output (-o) - output filename (default: stdout)
  • --template (-t) - custom template file path (default: templates/basic.)
  • --examples(-e) - custom examples definitions file path ("json" or "yaml")
  • --inline (-i) - put schema definitions in paths, otherwise in a separate Data Structures section

Example:

> swg2rst samples/swagger.json -f rst -o /home/user/rst_docs/swagger.rst
> swg2rst samples/swagger.json -f rst -o /home/user/rst_docs/swagger.rst -e /home/user/examples.yaml
> cat docs/swagger.json | swg2rst -f rst -t templates/custom.rst | grep /api

Additional enhancements

To convert GFM descriptions into restructuredText install pandoc and use custom Jinja filter md2rst

> sudo apt-get install pandoc
> pip install pypandoc
{{ doc.info['description']|md2rst }}

Custom Examples

Custom examples are described in json or yaml. See samples directory.

Elements

array_items_count

Number of elements in all arrays. Set from 1 to 5. Default: 2.

definitions

Bind fields to examples by definition schemas. Key is a definition reference path, value is an object (key is a field name and value is an example):

json

{
    "definitions": {
        "#/definitions/Media": {
            "likes.count": 10,
            "likes.data.user_name": "liked_user",
            "user.user_name": "my_login"
        },
        "#/definitions/MiniProfile": {
            "user_name": "some_login",
            "full_name": "John Smith"
        }
    }
}

yaml

definitions:
    '#/definitions/Media':
        likes.count: 10
        likes.data.user_name: liked_user
        user.user_name: my_login
    '#/definitions/MiniProfile':
        user_name: some_login
        full_name: John Smith

paths

Bind operation fields to examples by path. Should define path, method, section (parameters or responses) and field name

json

{
    "paths": {
        "/users/{user-id}/relationship": {
            "post": {
                "parameters": {
                    "action": "approve"
                },
                "responses": {
                    "200.data": {
                        "profile_picture": "picture",
                        "full_name": "Kevin Jones",
                        "id": 10,
                        "user_name": "kevin"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

yaml

paths:
    /users/{user-id}/relationship:
        post:
            parameters:
                action: approve
            responses:
                200.data.profile_picture: picture
                200.data.full_name: Kevin Jones
                200.data.id: 10
                200.data.user_name: kevin

types

Define examples for primitive types.

Supported types:

  • string
  • date
  • date-time
  • number
  • integer
  • boolean

json

{
    "types": {
        "string": "value",
        "date": "2000-12-01",
        "date-time": "2000-12-01T12:00:00.000Z",
        "number": 1.2,
        "integer": 5,
        "boolean": false
    }
}

yaml

types:
    string: value
    date: '2000-12-01'
    date-time: '2000-12-01T12:00:00.000Z'
    number: 1.2
    integer: 5
    boolean: false

Examples priorities

If a field has several examples, the following priority rules apply

  1. Example from operation.
  2. Example from definitions. If a schema has nested schemas, the priority is given to an example from a most descriptive. E.g.: Media has nested schema MiniProfile. For user_name in likes in Media an example will be taken from #/definitions/Media/likes.data.user_name rather than from #/definitions/MiniProfile/user_name.
  3. Example from primitive types.