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Swagger Codegen Using Docker

You can use run-in-docker.sh to do all development. This script maps your local repository to /gen in the docker container. It also maps ~/.m2/repository to the appropriate container location.

To execute mvn package:

Terminal window
git clone https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen
cd swagger-codegen
./run-in-docker.sh mvn package

Build artifacts are now accessible in your working directory.

Once built, run-in-docker.sh will act as an executable for swagger-codegen-cli. To generate code, you’ll need to output to a directory under /gen (e.g. /gen/out). For example:

Terminal window
./run-in-docker.sh help # Executes 'help' command for swagger-codegen-cli
./run-in-docker.sh langs # Executes 'langs' command for swagger-codegen-cli
./run-in-docker.sh /gen/bin/go-petstore.sh # Builds the Go client
./run-in-docker.sh generate -i modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/resources/2_0/petstore.yaml \
-l go -o /gen/out/go-petstore -DpackageName=petstore # generates go client, outputs locally to ./out/go-petstore

Standalone generator Development in docker

Section titled “Standalone generator Development in docker”

See standalone generator development

Prerequisite: install Vagrant and VirtualBox.

Terminal window
git clone http://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen.git
cd swagger-codegen
vagrant up
vagrant ssh
cd /vagrant
./run-in-docker.sh mvn package

The Swagger Generator image provides a ready to use web application (swagger-generator) providing code generation services.

Image accepts the following env variables:

  • JAVA_MEM e.g. 1024m
  • HTTP_PORT e.g. 8080
  • HIDDEN_OPTIONS_PATH (alternative to HIDDEN_OPTIONS): useful if attaching a volume containing a hiddenOptions.yaml file defining which languages to hide. e.g. /data/hiddenOptions.yaml
  • HIDDEN_OPTIONS (alternative to HIDDEN_OPTIONS_PATH): allows to pass hidden options as an env variable, in the format {category}:{language},{language},{language}|{category}:{language},{language},{language} e.g. servers:foo,bar|clientsV3:wtf,isthis where category can be clients, servers, clientsV3, serversV3

An example of running the container:

docker pull swaggerapi/swagger-generator-v3

docker run -e "HIDDEN_OPTIONS=servers:foo,bar|clientsV3:fgf,sdsd" -e "JAVA_MEM=1024m" -e "HTTP_PORT=80" -p 80:80 --name swagger-generator-v3 -v /tmp:/jetty_home/lib/shared swaggerapi/swagger-generator-v3

or

docker run -e "HIDDEN_OPTIONS_PATH=/hiddenOptions.yaml" -e "JAVA_MEM=1024m" -e "HTTP_PORT=80" -p 80:80 --name swagger-generator-v3 -v /tmp:/jetty_home/lib/shared swaggerapi/swagger-generator-v3

This docker image supports custom generators by dropping the generator jar into /jetty_home/lib/shared directory (typically via a docker volume); e.g having on host /my/custom/coolgenerator.jar and /my/custom/weirdgenerator.jar the following would have them added to generator service generators:

docker run -e "HIDDEN_OPTIONS_PATH=/hiddenOptions.yaml" -e "JAVA_MEM=1024m" -e "HTTP_PORT=80" -p 80:80 --name swagger-generator-v3 -v /my/custom:/jetty_home/lib/shared swaggerapi/swagger-generator-v3

Please note that up to version 3.0.20 you need to provide-v /{WHATEVER_DIR}:/jetty_home/lib/shared even if not using custom generators.

See also online generators.

Swagger Generator “Minimal” Docker Image

Section titled “Swagger Generator “Minimal” Docker Image”

The Swagger Generator “Minimal” image can act as a self-hosted web application and API for generating code.

This container can be incorporated into a CI pipeline, and requires some docker orchestration to access generated code.

Example usage:

Terminal window
# Start container and save the container id
CID=$(docker run -d swaggerapi/swagger-generator-v3-minimal)
# allow for startup
sleep 5
# Get the IP of the running container
GEN_IP=$(docker inspect --format '{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}' $CID)
# Execute an HTTP request and store the download link
curl -X POST \
http://localhost:8080/api/generate \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{
"specURL" : "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/master/examples/v3.0/petstore.yaml",
"lang" : "jaxrs-jersey",
"type" : "SERVER",
"codegenVersion" : "V3"
}' > result.zip
# Shutdown the swagger generator image
docker stop $CID && docker rm $CID

In the example above, result.zip will contain the generated client.

See also online generators.

The Swagger Codegen image acts as a standalone executable. It can be used as an alternative to installing via homebrew, or for developers who are unable to install Java or upgrade the installed version.

To generate code with this image, you’ll need to mount a local location as a volume.

Example:

Terminal window
docker run --rm -v ${PWD}:/local swaggerapi/swagger-codegen-cli-v3 generate \
-i http://petstore.swagger.io/v2/swagger.json \
-l go \
-o /local/out/go

The generated code will be located under ./out/go in the current directory.