create-raml

Create RAML from object or Express.js application

v3.4.6

Dependencies

• Node.js v.6.0 or higher

Installation

npm i -S create-raml

Create RAML based on Express.js

Simple express example

var express = require('express');
var Raml = require('create-raml');

var app = express();

var raml = new Raml({ express: app });

// regular app express workflow ( app.get, app.post, app.listen... etc )

Get created raml

curl 127.0.0.1:3000/api.raml

Extended express example

• extended Express API example - movies database API example ( GET, POST, DELETE methods; RAM data storage ). Result example as html: Movies Database API documentation

Simple example

var express = require('express');
var Raml = require('create-raml');

var app = express();
var raml = new Raml({ express: app });

app.get('/movies', function (req, res) { res.send('List of all movies'); });
app.post('/movies', function (req, res) { res.send('Add new movie'); });
app.get('/movies/:id', function (req, res) { res.send('Get movie by id'); });
app.delete('/movies/:id', function (req, res) { res.send('Delete movie by id'); });

app.listen(3000, function () { console.log('Example app listening on port 3000!'); });

curl 127.0.0.1:3000/api.raml

Result

#%RAML 1.0
title: 
version: 

types:

/api.raml:
  get:
    description: get /api.raml

/movies:
  get:
    description: get /movies
  post:
    description: post /movies
    
  /{id}:
    get:
      description: get /movies/:id
    delete:
      description: delete /movies/:id

Create RAML from object

var Raml = require('create-raml');
var raml = new Raml({
  title: 'Testing',
  baseUri: 'http://localhost:3000',
  version: 'v1',
});

raml.type('books', {
  name: { type: 'string', required: true },
  numberOfPages: { type: 'integer' },
});

raml.methods('books', 'get', {
  description: 'Get information about all books',
  responses: {
    200: { 'application/json': [{ name: 'one', author: { name: 'Art' } }] },
    404: { 'application/json': { code: '120', message: 'Books not found' } },
  },
});

raml.generate(function (err, ramlText) {
  console.log(ramlText);
});

Result

#%RAML 1.0
title: Testing
baseUri: http://localhost:3000
version: v1

types:
  books: |
     {
       "name": {
         "type": "string",
         "required": true
       },
       "numberOfPages": {
         "type": "integer"
       }
     }

/books:
  get:
    description: Get information about all books
    responses:
      200:
        body:
          application/json:
            example: |
             [
               {
                 "name": "one",
                 "author": {
                   "name": "Art"
                 }
               }
             ]
      404:
        body:
          application/json:
            example: |
             {
               "code": "120",
               "message": "Books not found"
             }

Options parameters

var raml = new Raml(options);

• version - version of RAML ( default: 1.0 )
• express - an Express application
• path - path to get API RAML ( default: /api.raml )
• storeResponses - store first response as example ( default: false )
• guessAll - make description quite pretty ( default: false )
• title - title of API in document
• baseUri - URI of API in document
• versionAPI - version of API in document
• templateFileName - path to template

Tests

npm test

Change Log

all changes

Created by

Dimitry, [email protected]

curl -A cv ivanoff.org.ua