Angular-swagger2 NPM

Angular Swagger2

This repository was derived from swagger-angular-generator. The main difference is that it drops support for form services and extends ngrx generation capabilities, introduces eslint and Angular 12 support.

Purpose

Generate minimalistic TypeScript API layer for Angular with full type reflection of backend model.

Source: swagger scheme
Destination: Angular-cli based Angular app.

What is generated

Services for back-end / API communication

connect to your API in no-time

Interfaces

request and response interfaces are created

NGRX modules for endpoints (optional)

so that the server responses can be reached in the redux store
requests can be triggered by dispatching an action

Have a look at the demo-app generated files to get better understanding what is being generated.

Install

npm i angular-swagger2

Options

-h - show help
-s, --src - source directory
-d, --dest - destination directory, default: src/api
--no-store - do not generate the ngrx modules
-u, --swagger-URL-path - swagger URL path, where the swagger ui documentation can be found; default: /swagger, i.e. the resulting address would be http://example/swagger
-o, --omit-version - disables API version information to be generated in comments for each file

Use

Run generator

get the swagger scheme (typically at http(s)://server/app-path/v2/api/api-docs)
save it to json file in input directory and optionally format it for better diff

run via

directly ./node_modules/.bin/angular-swagger2

as module angular-swagger2 package, npm run generate

"script": {
  "generate": "angular-swagger2 -s src/api/scheme.json -d src/api/generated"
  ...
}

or programatically as a method invocation

import {generate} from 'angular-swagger2';
// or using CommonJS loader
const {generate} = require('angular-swagger2');

generate('conf/api/api-docs.json', 'src/api');

The resulting API layer contains the following structure in the destination directory:

controllers directory stores services containing all API methods devided by controllers
defs directory stores all response interfaces and enums
store directory has modules, which contain NGRX actions, reducers and effects
model.ts file reexports all of them together for a simple access

When updating your code for new backend version, we recommend you to follow these steps:

git diff the changes
run tsc for immediate problems
adjust the code, solve problems
commit

Use

In order to consume generated model, follow the steps 1-9 in the following example to use generated API model.

API service usage in component

// 1. import used response interfaces
import {ItemDto, PageDto} from '[relative-path-to-destination-directory]/model';
// 2. import used API service and optionally param interfaces
import {DataService, MethodParams} from '[relative-path-to-destination-directory]/api/DataService';

@Component({
  ...
  // 3. make the service injectable (can be also imported in the module)
  providers: [DataService],
})
export class MyComponent implements OnInit {
  // 4. declare response object variables based on the generated API interfaces
  public items: ItemDto[] = [];
  public page: PageDto;

  // 5. declare request params based on the generated API interface (all params are passed together in one object)
  private params: MethodParams = {
    page: 0,
    size: 10,
    sort: ['name:asc']
  };

  // 6. inject the API service
  constructor(private dataService: DataService) {}

  public ngOnInit() {
    // 7. the returned observable is fully typed
    this.dataService
      .get(this.params)
      // 8. returned data are fully typed
      .subscribe(data => {
        // 9. assignments are type-checked
        this.items = data.content;
        this.page = data.page;
      });
  }
}

NGRX workflow with generated modules, actions, effects, reducerss

Import the generated module

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    ...,
    ExampleModule,
    ...,
  ],
})
export class YourModule {}

the generated module looks like this

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    NgrxStoreModule.forFeature(selectorName, ExampleReducer),
    NgrxEffectsModule.forFeature([ExampleEffects]),
  ],
  providers: [
    ExampleService,
  ],
})
export class ExampleModule {}

Component (created by you)

In the component, send the above created form via sendForm() method. Notice the way a generated anction is dispatched.

import {Component, OnDestroy} from '@angular/core';
import {Store} from '@ngrx/store';
import {takeUntil} from 'rxjs/operators';
import {Subject} from 'rxjs/Subject';
import {ExampleStart} from '../../generated/store/example/exampleModule/states/actions';
import {AppState} from '../states/exmaple.models';

@Component({
  selector: 'example-component',
  templateUrl: 'example-component.html',
})
export class ExampleComponent implements OnDestroy {

  constructor(
    private store: Store<AppState>,
  ) {}

  sendForm() {
    this.store.dispatch(new ExampleStart());
  }

  ngOnDestroy() {
    this.ngDestroy.next();
    this.ngDestroy.complete();
  }
}

Effect (generated)

the dispatched method is intercepted by an effect which calls the API via the generated API service
upon success, a Success action is dispatched (payload is the server response data)
upon error, an Error action is dispatched (payload is the error message sent from the server)

@Injectable()
export class ExampleEffects {
  @Effect()
  CreateProductCategory = this.storeActions.ofType<ExampleStart>(ExampleActions.START).pipe(
    switchMap((action: ExampleStart) => this.exampleService.exampleEndpointMethod(action.payload)
      .pipe(
        map(result => new ExampleSuccess(result)),
        catchError((error: HttpErrorResponse) => of(new ExampleError(error.message))),
      ),
    ),
  );

  constructor(
    private storeActions: Actions,
    private adminproductService: AdminProductService,
  ) {}
}

Reducer (generated)

the reducer catches the Success / Error actions dispatched by the generated effect and stores the payloads to the store

export interface ExampleState {
  data: __model.ExampleServerResponseInterface;
  loading: boolean;
  error: string;
}

export const initialExampleState: ExampleState = {
  data: null,
  loading: false,
  error: null,
};

export const selectorName = 'Example';
export const getExampleSelector = createFeatureSelector<ExampleState>(selectorName);

export function ExampleReducer(
  state: ExampleState = initialExampleState,
  action: ExampleAction): ExampleState {
  switch (action.type) {
    case ExampleActions.START: return {...state, loading: true, error: null};
    case ExampleActions.SUCCESS: return {...state, data: action.payload, loading: false};
    case ExampleActions.ERROR: return {...state, error: action.payload, loading: false};
    default: return state;
  }
}

Component (again)

the data can be retrieved by subscribing to the store

ngOnInit() {
    this.exampleState = this.store.pipe(
      takeUntil(this.ngDestroy),
      select(getExampleSelector));
    // OR
    this.data = this.store.select(s => ExampleState.data)
    this.loading = this.store.select(s => ExampleState.loading)
    this.error = this.store.select(s => ExampleState.error)
}

Assumptions / limitations

swagger file is in version 2 format, it must be json
each endpoint must have a tags attribute defined. In addition, there must be exactly one tag defined. The http methods are grouped to services based on the tags, i.e. if two methods have tag "order", both will be generated inside Order.ts
get and delete methods do not contain body
swagger file should contain values for the keys host and basePath so that each generated service method can contain a link to the swagger UI method reference, e.g. http://example.com/swagger/swagger-ui.html#!/Order/Order
definitions section in swagger file does not contain types with inline definitions, i.e. only named subtypes work