RSpec API Doc Generator

Generate pretty API docs for your Rails APIs.

Check out a sample.

Changes

Please see the wiki for latest changes.

Installation

Add rspec_api_documentation to your Gemfile

gem 'rspec_api_documentation'

Bundle it!

$> bundle install

See the wiki for additional setup. Setting up RSpec API Documentation

Raddocs

Also consider adding Raddocs as a viewer. It has much better HTML output than rspec_api_documentation.

gem 'raddocs'

Sample App

See the example folder for a sample Rails app that has been documented.

Configuration options

• app - Set the application that Rack::Test uses, defaults to Rails.application
• docs_dir - Output folder
• format - An array of output format(s). Possible values are :json, :html
• template_path - Location of templates
• filter - Filter by example document type
• exclusion_filter - Filter by example document type
• curl_host - Used when adding a cURL output to the docs
• keep_source_order - By default examples and resources are ordered by description. Set to true keep the source order.
• api_name - Change the name of the API on index pages, default is "API Documentation"

Example Configuration

spec/spec_helper.rb

RspecApiDocumentation.configure do |config|
  config.docs_dir = Rails.root.join("app", "views", "pages")

  config.define_group :public do |config|
    config.docs_dir = Rails.root.join("public", "docs")
  end
end

Gotchas

• rspec_api_documentation relies on a variable client to be the test client. Make sure you don't redefine this variable.
• We make heavy use of RSpec metadata, you can actually use the entire gem without the DSL if you hand write the metadata.

Usage

resource "Account" do
  get "/accounts" do
    parameter :order, "Order of accounts"

    example_request "Get a list of all accounts" do
      status.should == 200
    end

    example "Get a list of all accounts in reverse order" do
      do_request(:order => "reverse")

      response_body.should == accounts.reverse
      status.should == 200
    end
  end

  get "/accounts/:id" do
    let(:account) { Factory(:account) }
    let(:id) { account.id }

    example "Get an account", :document => :public do
      do_request

      status.should == 200
    end
  end
end