Configuration and Customization of Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.ReDoc
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Change Relative Path to the UI
By default, the Redoc UI will be exposed at /api-docs. If necessary, you can alter this when enabling the Redoc middleware:
app.UseReDoc(options =>
{
options.RoutePrefix = "docs";
});
Change Document Title
By default, the Redoc UI will have a generic document title. You can alter this when enabling the Redoc middleware:
app.UseReDoc(options =>
{
options.DocumentTitle = "My API Docs";
});
Apply Redoc Parameters
Redoc ships with its own set of configuration parameters, all described in the Redoc documentation. In Swashbuckle.AspNetCore, most of these are surfaced through the Redoc middleware options:
app.UseReDoc(options =>
{
options.SpecUrl("/v1/swagger.json");
options.EnableUntrustedSpec();
options.ScrollYOffset(10);
options.HideHostname();
options.HideDownloadButton();
options.ExpandResponses("200,201");
options.RequiredPropsFirst();
options.NoAutoAuth();
options.PathInMiddlePanel();
options.HideLoading();
options.NativeScrollbars();
options.DisableSearch();
options.OnlyRequiredInSamples();
options.SortPropsAlphabetically();
});
Note
Using options.SpecUrl("/v1/swagger.json") multiple times within the same UseReDoc(...) will not add multiple URLs.
Inject Custom CSS
To tweak the look and feel, you can inject additional CSS stylesheets by adding them to your wwwroot folder and specifying
the relative paths in the middleware options:
app.UseReDoc(options =>
{
options.InjectStylesheet("/redoc/custom.css");
});
It is also possible to modify the theme by using the AdditionalItems property. More information can be found
in the Redoc documentation.
app.UseReDoc(options =>
{
options.ConfigObject.AdditionalItems = new Dictionary<string, object>
{
// Configured additional options
};
});
Customize index.html
To customize the UI beyond the basic options listed above, you can provide your own version of the Redoc index.html page:
app.UseReDoc(options =>
{
options.IndexStream = () => typeof(Program).Assembly
.GetManifestResourceStream("CustomIndex.ReDoc.index.html"); // Requires file to be added as an embedded resource
});
<Project>
<ItemGroup>
<EmbeddedResource Include="CustomIndex.ReDoc.index.html" />
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
Tip
To get started, you should base your custom index.html on the default version.
Use MapReDoc with endpoint routing
MapReDoc is an endpoint-routing alternative to UseReDoc. The options API is the same, so all customization examples on this page also apply when using MapReDoc.
app.MapReDoc();
The main differences are:
-
UseReDoc adds middleware directly to the request pipeline and returns
IApplicationBuilder. -
MapReDoc maps ReDoc via endpoint routing and returns
IEndpointConventionBuilder. -
Because
MapReDocreturns an endpoint convention builder, you can attach endpoint metadata/conventions (for example, authorization policies) directly to the mapped ReDoc endpoint.
app.MapReDoc("redoc-auth")
.RequireAuthorization(); // Remember to also add RequireAuthorization to MapSwagger