Schoolbox API Reference

Getting Started

Install

1. Install Node.js.
2. Clone this repo and run npm ci in the repo root.

Usage

Previewing API docs locally

Build an example doc locally:

npm run build --build-version=0.0.1 --selected

Then, start the reference docs preview server in the docs folder:

python3 -m http.server --directory docs;

Then, visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/?debug.

Note the version selector at the top-left of the page, under the Schoolbox logo. This allows selection of:

• previous versions
• pre-release versions

Building API docs locally

npm run build --build-version=$buildVersion [--selected]

Bundles the current definition to docs/builds/$buildVersion.yaml, and also creates a dropdown option for this build so that it may be selected. (The set of options is stored in docs/builds.json.)

$buildVersion is expected to match the Schoolbox version to which the current definition applies.

If --selected is passed, this build will be selected in the dropdown by default: otherwise, the default selected build will not be changed.

npm run rebuild-builds-list

Recreates docs/builds.json with the builds which already exist in docs/builds.

npm test

Validates the definition.

Contribution Guide

Updating the document

See:

• ./openapi/README.md for a guide on updating the document
• ./openapi/paths/README.md for a guide on adding paths to the API
• ./openapi/components/README.md for a guide on adding components to the API, for reuse within multiple paths

Committing changes

If the change is a new feature or will be available in a future major release make your changes against the develop branch and create a pull request against develop.

If the change is a bug fix or will be available in a future minor release make your changes against the master branch and also create a pull request to merge the changes into the develop branch.

Updating the API

Create a new release whose version number matches the Schoolbox version number you wish to create a release for.

Releases may be created at https://github.com/alaress/schoolbox-api-docs/releases.

Beta releases

• tag against develop
• include the beta number, e.g. 22.1.0-beta3
• check the pre-release checkbox

Stable releases

• tag against master
• do not include the beta number, e.g. 22.1.0
• leave the pre-release checkbox unchecked

Configuration

Design and layout options are configurable using attributes within the rapi-doc tag in /docs/index.html

More information is available at https://rapidocweb.com/api.html

Paths

Adding a Path

1. Navigate to the openapi/paths folder.
2. Add a new YAML file named like your URL endpoint, except replacing / with @ and putting path parameters into curly braces like {example}.
3. Add the path and a $ref to it inside of your openapi/openapi.yaml file.
4. Define the parameters, request bodies, responses and schemas that the path uses.

• To begin with, it is fine to define these things in the path itself; as your path begins to use more components in common with other paths, you may wish to extract the common components to the openapi/components/ sub-folders. See openapi/components/README.md for more information.