🚀 Generate TypeScript Clients from OpenAPI

📜 Description

This package generates TypeScript API clients from OpenAPI specifications. It reads configuration from a YAML file, dynamically generates an openapi-ts.config.js file for each client, and then runs the @hey-api/openapi-ts generator to create the client.

Some fields and options can be configured within a YAML configuration file:

• input: The URL of the OpenAPI specification. This can be a URL or an environment variable.
• output: The output directory for the generated client.
• schemas: Whether to generate schemas for the client. This option takes a boolean value (true or false).
• client: The client library to use. This option can be set to whatever client is supported by @hey-api/openapi-ts. Check documentation here for more details.

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✨ Features

• Generate TypeScript clients from OpenAPI specifications.
• Support for multiple clients via configuration file.
• Support for single client generation using application arguments.

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📦 Installation

🌍 Global Install

To install the package globally, run the following command:

npm install -g generate-openapi-ts-clients

🏡 Local Install

To install the package locally in your project, run:

npm install generate-openapi-ts-clients

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🧑‍💻 Usage

📝 Configuration (config.yaml)

The configuration file, config.yaml, should be structured as follows:

service_A:
  input: '${SERVICE_A_OPENAPI_URL}'
  output: 'src/clients/service_A'
  schemas: true
  client: 'axios'
service_B:
  input: 'https://service_B.io/openapi.json'
  output: 'src/clients/service_B'
  schemas: false
  client: 'fetch'

The input field could be a URL or an environment variable. If an environment variable is used, the value will be resolved at runtime. The developer should provide the environment variable as part of the deployment process. For testing purposes, you can set it up as export SERVICE_A_OPENAPI_URL="https://service_A.io/openapi.json" in the terminal.

The output field is the path to the output directory for the generated client.

If the schemas value is not provided, the default value is false.

If the client value is not provided, the default value is fetch.

⚙️ Running the Script

Once installed, you can run the client generation with the following command:

npx generate-openapi-ts-clients -c/--config config.yaml

This will:

1. Read the config.yaml file. 📖
2. Create the openapi-ts.config.js file for each client. 📁
3. Run the OpenAPI generator for each client. 🔄
4. Clean up the temporary config files after generating the clients. 🧹

🎯 Running with Arguments

The script also supports additional arguments for more control for creating a client:

• -i/--input (required): The URL of the OpenAPI specification.

• -o/--output (required): The output directory for the generated client.

• -s/--schemas (optional): If present, the client will be generated with schemas.

• -t/--type (optional): The client library to use. This option can be set to whatever client is supported by @hey-api/openapi-ts. Check documentation here for more details.

• Generate a specific client:

  npx generate-openapi-ts-clients -i https://somapiurl.com/openapi.json -o ./scr/client1 -s -t axios

This command will generate an axios client from the input url into the ./src/client folder with schemas.

These arguments help customize the execution based on specific needs.

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🤝 Contributors

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this project! 💖

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📧 Contact

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