Apidoc-sequelize-generator NPM

apidoc-sequelize-generator

Automatically generate definitions for apidoc from sequelize models.

installation

npm install apidoc-sequelize-generator

usage

quick example

Here is a full example along with sequelize model definitions generating the apidoc comments:

var Sequelize = require('sequelize');
var sequelize = new Sequelize('sqlite://');
var gendoc = require('apidoc-sequelize-generator');

var parent = sequelize.define('parent', {
  name: {
    type: Sequelize.STRING,
    allowNull: false
  }
});

var child = sequelize.define('child', {
  name: {
    type: Sequelize.STRING,
  },
  birthday: {
    type: Sequelize.DATE,
    allowNull: true
  }
});

parent.hasMany(child);

var docs = gendoc(sequelize).auto().toString();

console.log(docs);

The output will contain apidoc comments which can then be reused by using @apiUse <name> any time the specific model is expected in object body or response:

/**
 * @apiDefine parentParam
 * @apiParam {integer} id
 * @apiParam {string} name
 * @apiParam {date} createdAt
 * @apiParam {date} updatedAt
 * @apiParam {child[]} children
 */

/**
 * @apiDefine parentRequest
 * @apiParamExample {json} Request
 *     {
 *       "id": 1,
 *       "name": "string",
 *       "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *       "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *       "children": [
 *         {
 *           "id": 1,
 *           "name": "string",
 *           "birthday": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *           "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *           "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *           "parentId": 1
 *         }
 *       ]
 *     }
 */

/**
 * @apiDefine parentArrayRequest
 * @apiParamExample {json} Request
 *     [
 *       {
 *         "id": 1,
 *         "name": "string",
 *         "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *         "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *         "children": [
 *           {
 *             "id": 1,
 *             "name": "string",
 *             "birthday": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *             "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *             "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *             "parentId": 1
 *           }
 *         ]
 *       }
 *     ]
 */

/**
 * @apiDefine parentResponse
 * @apiSuccessExample {json} Response
 *     {
 *       "id": 1,
 *       "name": "string",
 *       "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *       "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *       "children": [
 *         {
 *           "id": 1,
 *           "name": "string",
 *           "birthday": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *           "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *           "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *           "parentId": 1
 *         }
 *       ]
 *     }
 */

/**
 * @apiDefine parentArrayResponse
 * @apiSuccessExample {json} Response
 *     [
 *       {
 *         "id": 1,
 *         "name": "string",
 *         "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *         "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *         "children": [
 *           {
 *             "id": 1,
 *             "name": "string",
 *             "birthday": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *             "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *             "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *             "parentId": 1
 *           }
 *         ]
 *       }
 *     ]
 */

/**
 * @apiDefine childParam
 * @apiParam {integer} id
 * @apiParam {string} name
 * @apiParam {date} [birthday]
 * @apiParam {date} createdAt
 * @apiParam {date} updatedAt
 * @apiParam {integer} [parentId]
 */

/**
 * @apiDefine childRequest
 * @apiParamExample {json} Request
 *     {
 *       "id": 1,
 *       "name": "string",
 *       "birthday": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *       "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *       "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *       "parentId": 1
 *     }
 */

/**
 * @apiDefine childArrayRequest
 * @apiParamExample {json} Request
 *     [
 *       {
 *         "id": 1,
 *         "name": "string",
 *         "birthday": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *         "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *         "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *         "parentId": 1
 *       }
 *     ]
 */

/**
 * @apiDefine childResponse
 * @apiSuccessExample {json} Response
 *     {
 *       "id": 1,
 *       "name": "string",
 *       "birthday": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *       "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *       "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *       "parentId": 1
 *     }
 */

/**
 * @apiDefine childArrayResponse
 * @apiSuccessExample {json} Response
 *     [
 *       {
 *         "id": 1,
 *         "name": "string",
 *         "birthday": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *         "createdAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *         "updatedAt": "2015-12-31T23:59:59.123",
 *         "parentId": 1
 *       }
 *     ]
 */

This code is located in example directory.

description of other methods

If you already have sequelize model definitions and wish to automatically generate documentation of it's models, you can do so easily:

var docgen = require('apidoc-sequelize-generator');
var sequelize = require('./path/to/my/sequelize/instance.js');

/*
 * automatically generate documentation for all model definitions
 */
var docs = docgen(sequelize).auto();
console.log(docs.toString());

/*
 * only include the child association for myModel
 */
docs = docgen(sequelize).auto({
  myModel: {
    include: [{
      model: 'child'
    }]
  }
});
// all model definitions, but myModel will only contain the child association
console.log(docs.toString());


/*
 * add custom samples for certain type definitions
 */
docs = docgen(sequelize, {
  DATE: '2015-12-31 23:59:59'
}).auto();
console.log(docs.toString())


/*
 * create a sample object
 */
var object = docgen(sequelize).createObject(sequelize.models.myModel);
console.log(object);

/*
 * create a params definition for object
 */
object = docgen(sequelize).defineDoc(sequelize.models.myModel, 'Param');
console.log(object);

/*
 *create all definitions for object
 */
docs = docgen(sequelize).defineAll(sequelize.models.myModel, 'Param');
console.log(docs.toString());

See examples of generated documents here.

See more details in the test cases.