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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# This file is part of Koha.
+#
+# Copyright 2016 KohaSuomi
+# Copyright 2016 Theke Solutions
+#
+# Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Koha is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Koha; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+
+use Modern::Perl;
+
+use Koha::Database;
+
+use File::Which;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Pod::Usage;
+use Template;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+koha-misc4dev/koha_schema_to_openapi.pl
+
+Script that generates skeletal OpenAPI object definitions out of 
+DB schema for Koha.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    koha_schema_to_openapi.pl --resultset 'ResultSet'
+
+The command has to be called from the root directory for the Koha source tree.
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over 8
+
+=item B<--resultset>
+
+DBIC schema. (mandatory)
+
+=item B<-h|--help>
+
+prints this help text
+
+=head1 CAVEATS
+
+=over 8
+
+=item B<--Descriptions>
+
+The generated output is missing descriptions for the attributes.
+
+=item B<--Booleans>
+
+Boolean attributes need to be marked as booleans in the corresponding
+schema file before the command is run. Refer to the coding guidelines
+for instructions: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Coding_Guidelines#DBIC_schema_files
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+my $resultset;
+my $help;
+
+GetOptions(
+    "resultset=s" => \$resultset,
+    "h|help"      => \$help
+);
+
+# If we were asked for usage instructions, do it
+pod2usage(1) if defined $help or !defined $resultset;
+
+my $jq = which 'jq';
+die "Required jq binary not found on path."
+    unless defined $jq;
+
+open( STDOUT, '|jq .' );
+
+my @columns      = Koha::Database->new->schema->resultset($resultset)->result_source->columns;
+my $columns_info = Koha::Database->new->schema->resultset($resultset)->result_source->columns_info;
+
+my @properties;
+
+foreach my $column (@columns) {
+    my $type = "[\""
+        . column_type_to_openapi_type( $columns_info->{$column}->{data_type},
+        $columns_info->{$column}->{is_boolean} )
+        . "\"";
+    $type .= ",\"null\""
+        if $columns_info->{$column}->{is_nullable};
+    $type .= "]";
+    push @properties,
+        {
+        name        => $column,
+        type        => $type,
+        description => $columns_info->{$column}->{koha_description}
+            // "REPLACE WITH A PROPER DESCRIPTION"
+        };
+}
+
+my $tt = Template->new( { INTERPOLATE => 1 } ) || die "$Template::ERROR\n";
+
+my $vars = { properties => \@properties };
+
+$tt->process( \*DATA, $vars ) || die "$Template::ERROR";
+
+sub column_type_to_openapi_type {
+    my ($column_type) = @_;
+
+    my $mapping = {
+        ############ BOOLEAN ############
+        'bool'    => 'boolean',
+        'boolean' => 'boolean',
+        'tinyint' => 'boolean',
+
+        ############ INTEGERS ###########
+        'bigint'    => 'integer',
+        'integer'   => 'integer',
+        'int'       => 'integer',
+        'mediumint' => 'integer',
+        'smallint'  => 'integer',
+
+        ############ NUMBERS ############
+        'decimal'          => 'number',
+        'double precision' => 'number',
+        'float'            => 'number',
+
+        ############ STRINGS ############
+        'blob'       => 'string',
+        'char'       => 'string',
+        'date'       => 'string',
+        'datetime'   => 'string',
+        'enum'       => 'string',
+        'longblob'   => 'string',
+        'longtext'   => 'string',
+        'mediumblob' => 'string',
+        'mediumtext' => 'string',
+        'text'       => 'string',
+        'tinyblob'   => 'string',
+        'tinytext'   => 'string',
+        'timestamp'  => 'string',
+        'varchar'    => 'string'
+    };
+
+    return $mapping->{$column_type} if exists $mapping->{$column_type};
+}
+
+1;
+
+__DATA__
+[% BLOCK render_property %]
+"[% property.name %]": {
+    "type": [% property.type %],
+    "description": "[% property.description %]"
+}
+[% END %]
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+  [%- FOREACH property IN properties -%]
+    [% PROCESS render_property property=property -%][% UNLESS loop.last %],[% END %]
+  [%- END -%]
+  }
+}
+