openapi-sampler

What is openapi-sampler?

The openapi-sampler npm package is used to generate sample data from OpenAPI specifications. It helps in creating mock data for API responses based on the defined schemas in the OpenAPI document.

What are openapi-sampler's main functionalities?

Generate Sample from Schema

This feature allows you to generate a sample object based on a given JSON schema. The sample data will adhere to the types and examples specified in the schema.

const openapiSampler = require('openapi-sampler');
const schema = {
  type: 'object',
  properties: {
    id: { type: 'integer', example: 1 },
    name: { type: 'string', example: 'John Doe' }
  }
};
const sample = openapiSampler.sample(schema);
console.log(sample);

Generate Sample from OpenAPI Document

This feature allows you to generate sample data directly from an OpenAPI document. It extracts the schema from the specified path and response, and generates a sample based on it.

const openapiSampler = require('openapi-sampler');
const openapiDoc = {
  openapi: '3.0.0',
  info: { title: 'Sample API', version: '1.0.0' },
  paths: {
    '/user': {
      get: {
        responses: {
          '200': {
            description: 'A user object',
            content: {
              'application/json': {
                schema: {
                  type: 'object',
                  properties: {
                    id: { type: 'integer', example: 1 },
                    name: { type: 'string', example: 'John Doe' }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
};
const sample = openapiSampler.sample(openapiDoc.paths['/user'].get.responses['200'].content['application/json'].schema);
console.log(sample);

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swagger-jsdoc

The swagger-jsdoc package is used to generate Swagger (OpenAPI) documentation from JSDoc comments in your code. While it does not generate sample data, it helps in creating and maintaining OpenAPI documentation, which can then be used with tools like openapi-sampler to generate sample data.

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README

openapi-sampler

Tool for generation samples based on OpenAPI payload/response schema

Features

• deterministic (given a particular input, will always produce the same output)
• Supports allOf
• Supports additionalProperties
• Uses default, example and enum where possible
• Full array support: supports minItems, and tuples (items as an array)
• Supports minLength, maxLength, min, max, exclusiveMinimum, exclusiveMaximum
• Supports the next string formats:
  • email
  • password
  • date-time
  • date
  • ipv4
  • ipv6
  • hostname
  • uri
• Infers schema type automatically following same rules as json-schema-faker
• Support for $ref resolving

Installation

Install using npm

npm install openapi-sampler --save

Then require it in your code:

var OpenAPISampler = require('openapi-sampler');

Usage

OpenAPISampler.sample(schema, [options], [spec])

• schema (required) - object A OpenAPI Schema Object
• options (optional) - object Available options:
  • skipReadOnly - boolean Don't include readOnly object properties
  • skipWriteOnly - boolean Don't include writeOnly object properties
• spec - whole specification where the schema is taken from. Required only when schema may contain $ref. spec must not contain any external references

Example

const OpenAPISampler = require('.');
OpenAPISampler.sample({
  type: 'object',
  properties: {
    a: {type: 'integer', minimum: 10},
    b: {type: 'string', format: 'password', minLength: 10},
    c: {type: 'boolean', readOnly: true}
  }
}, {skipReadOnly: true});
// { a: 10, b: 'pa$$word_q' }