CreateAPI supports a massive number of customization options to generate the most appropriate source code for your api.

To use these options, you must define a configuration file that includes these properties. This can be done using either YAML or JSON, for example:

.create-api.yaml:

access: internal
fileHeaderComment: |
  // Generated by Create API
  // https://github.com/CreateAPI/CreateAPI
entities:
  defaultType: class
  includeInitializer: false
paths:
  style: operations

.create-api.json:

{
  "access": "internal",
  "fileHeaderComment": "// Generated by Create API\n// https://github.com/CreateAPI/CreateAPI\n",
  "entities": {
    "generateStructs": false,
    "includeInitializer": false
  },
  "paths": {
    "style": "operations"
  }
}

After creating your configuration, you can use the --config option when running create-api to use it.

Below you can find the complete documentation for all available options.

Available Options

• generate
• module
• mergeSources
• vendor
• access
• annotateDeprecations
• useSwiftyPropertyNames
• inlineTypealiases
• acronyms
• indentation
• spaceWidth
• pluralizeProperties
• useNaiveDate
• fileHeaderComment
• commentOptions
• dataTypes
• package
  • dependencies
• entities
  • defaultType
  • typeOverrides
  • imports
  • mutableProperties
  • baseClass
  • protocols
  • includeIdentifiableConformance
  • skipRedundantProtocols
  • includeInitializer
  • alwaysIncludeDecodableImplementation
  • alwaysIncludeEncodableImplementation
  • sortPropertiesAlphabetically
  • optimizeCodingKeys
  • includeDefaultValues
  • inlineReferencedSchemas
  • stripParentNameInNestedObjects
  • exclude
  • include
  • nameTemplate
  • filenameTemplate
• paths
  • style
  • namespace
  • includeResponseHeaders
  • imports
  • overriddenResponses
  • overriddenBodyTypes
  • inlineSimpleRequests
  • inlineSimpleQueryParameters
  • simpleQueryParametersThreshold
  • removeRedundantPaths
  • exclude
  • include
  • filenameTemplate
  • useDataForMultipartFormDataRequestBody
• rename
  • properties
  • parameters
  • enumCases
  • entities
  • operations
  • collectionElements

generate

Type: Set
Default: [.entities, .paths, .enums, .package]

Different components that CreateAPI should generate.

Available options are .entities, .paths, .enums and .package. Defaults to [entities, paths, enums, package].

module

Type: ModuleName
Default: ""

The name of the module that the generated sources will be part of.

You must specify a value for this option otherwise an error will be thrown when running the generator.

mergeSources

Type: Bool
Default: false

Merge generated Entities and Paths into single output files.

Merging the source files offers a compact output, but prevents the compiler from parallelizing build tasks resulting in slower builds for larger schemas.

vendor

Type: Vendor
Default: nil

Enable vendor-specific logic (supported values: github)

access

Type: Access
Default: .public

Access level modifier for all generated declarations

• public
• internal

annotateDeprecations

Type: Bool
Default: true

Add @available(*, deprecated) attribute to deprecated types and properties

useSwiftyPropertyNames

Type: Bool
Default: true

Prefixes booleans with is ("enabled" -> "isEnabled")

inlineTypealiases

Type: Bool
Default: true

Any schema that can be converted to a type identifier. For example, typealias Pets = [Pet] is inlined as [Pet].

acronyms

Type: [String]
Default: ["url", "id", "html", "ssl", "tls", "https", "http", "dns", "ftp", "api", "uuid", "json"]

A list of acronyms that should be uppercased when present in property names.

To disable uppercasing of acronyms, set this property to an empty array.

type: object
properties:
  user_id:
    type: integer
  image_url:
    type: string
    format: uri
  acme_corporation:
    type: boolean

acronyms: []

var userId: Int
var imageUrl: URL
var isAcmeCorporation: Bool

acronyms:
- id
- url
- acme

var userID: Int
var imageURL: URL
var isACMECorporation: Bool

indentation

Type: ConfigOptions.Indentation
Default: .spaces

Change the style of indentation. Supported values:

• spaces
• tabs

spaceWidth

Type: Int
Default: 4

Number of spaces to use when indentation is set to spaces.

pluralizeProperties

Type: Bool
Default: true

For example, public var file: [File] becomes public var files: [File]

useNaiveDate

Type: Bool
Default: true

Parses dates (e.g. "2021-09-29") using NaiveDate

fileHeaderComment

Type: String
Default: "// Generated by Create API\n// https://github.com/CreateAPI/CreateAPI"

Overrides file header comment

commentOptions

Type: Set
Default: [.title, .description, .example, .externalDocumentation, .capitalized]

Options used when generating comments.

Available options:

• title - Include the schema title (if available)
• description - Include the schema description (if available)
• example - Include the schema example value (if available)
• externalDocumentation - Include a markdown formatted link to the schema's external documentation (if available)
• capitalized - Automatically capitalize the comments

To disable comments completely, set this property to an empty array.

commentOptions: [] # or false

commentOptions: description

commentOptions: [description, capitalized]

commentOptions:
- title
- description
- example
- externalDocumentation
- capitalized

dataTypes

Type: DataTypes
Default: DataTypes()

Change the data type format mapping to Swift types than what CreateAPI provides.

You can use this option in combination with entities.imports, paths.imports, and package.dependencies for mapping to types that the default library does not provide.

It is your responsibility to ensure that the replacement type conforms to Codable and can properly decode and encode to the original primative type.

dataTypes:
  string:
    uuid: String
    phone-number: PhoneNumber # imported type
  number:
    float: Double

dataTypes:
  integer:
    int32: Int
    int64: Int

useNaiveDate: false # must be set otherwise `date` overrides are ignored
dataTypes:
  string:
    date: String

Entities

Options specifically related to generating entities

entities.defaultType

Type: EntityType
Default: .struct

The default type used when generating entities. Available options are struct, class or finalClass

To override the default value for individual entities, use the typeOverrides option.

Note: If this value is set to struct but the entity cannot be represented as a struct (i.e when it contains a property that recursively contains itself), a warning will be logged and the type will generate as finalClass instead. You should explicitly handle this by using options such as typeOverrides or ignore instead.

entities.typeOverrides

Type: [String: EntityType]
Default: [:]

A dictionary map that describes entities that should generate as a specific type that wasn't the defaultType

entities:
  defaultType: struct
  typeOverrides:
    Animal: class
    Dog: finalClass

entities:
  defaultType: finalClass
  typeOverrides:
    Animal: class

entities.imports

Type: Set
Default: []

Modules to be imported within the source files for generated entities

entities.mutableProperties

Type: Set
Default: [.structs]

Generate properties as mutable based on the type they are contained within.

The default value is structs which means that structs will use mutable properties but classes won't. Set this property to true (or [structs, classes]) to always generate mutable properties and false (or [] to never generate mutable properties).

entities:
  mutableProperties: structs

struct Foo {
  var bar: String
}

class Foo {
  let bar: String
}

entities:
  mutableProperties: true # or [classes, structs]

struct Foo {
  var bar: String
}

class Foo1 {
  var bar: String
}

entities.baseClass

Type: String
Default: nil

Base class used when generating class types

entities.protocols

Type: Set
Default: ["Codable"]

Protocols to be adopted by each generated entity

entities.includeIdentifiableConformance

Type: Bool
Default: false

Automatically generate Identifiable conformance for entities that include an id property.

entities.skipRedundantProtocols

Type: Bool
Default: true

Automatically removes Encodable or Decodable conformance when it is not required

entities.includeInitializer

Type: Bool
Default: true

Generate an initializer for each entity

entities.alwaysIncludeDecodableImplementation

Type: Bool
Default: true

Generate the init(from:) initializer for Decodable conformance, even when the compiler synthesized version could be used.

entities.alwaysIncludeEncodableImplementation

Type: Bool
Default: true

Generate the encode(to:) method for Encodable conformance, even when the compiler synthesized version could be used.

entities.sortPropertiesAlphabetically

Type: Bool
Default: false

Orders properties of an entity alphabetically instead of the order defined in the schema

entities.optimizeCodingKeys

Type: Bool
Default: true

When true (the default), uses a single StringCodingKey type allowing string literals to be used in the place of individual CodingKey enum types.

For schemas with a large number of entities, this approach significantly reduces the binary size of the compiled code (apple/swift#60287)

entities.includeDefaultValues

Type: Bool
Default: true

If set to true, uses the default value from the schema for the generated property for booleans

entities.inlineReferencedSchemas

Type: Bool
Default: true

Controls the behaviour when generating entities from nested allOf schemas.

components:
  schemas:
    Animal:
      properties:
        numberOfLegs:
          type: integer
    Dog:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Animal'
      - type: object
        properties:
          goodBoy:
            type: boolean

struct Animal: Codable {
    var numberOfLegs: Int
}

struct Dog: Codable {
    var numberOfLegs: Int
    var isGoodBoy: Bool
}

struct Animal: Codable {
    var numberOfLegs: Int
}

struct Dog: Codable {
    var animal: Animal
    var isGoodBoy: Bool

    // ...
}

entities.stripParentNameInNestedObjects

Type: Bool
Default: false

Strips the parent name of enum cases within objects that are oneOf / allOf / anyOf of nested references

entities.exclude

Type: Set
Default: []

When set to a non-empty value, entities and entity properties with the given names will be ignored during generation. Cannot be used in conjunction with include.

entities:
  exclude:
  - Pet
  - Store.id

entities.include

Type: Set
Default: []

When set to a non-empty value, only entities matching the given names will be generated. This cannot be used in conjunction with exclude.

entities.nameTemplate

Type: String
Default: "%0"

A template used when generating entity names to allow for prefixing or suffixing.

entities:
  nameTemplate: "%0DTO" # PetDTO, StoreDTO, ErrorDTO

entities:
  nameTemplate: "_%0" # _Pet, _Store, _Error

entities.filenameTemplate

Type: String
Default: "%0.swift"

Template to use for Entity file generation

entities:
  filenameTemplate: "%0Model.swift"

Package

Options specifically related generated a Swift Package.

package.dependencies

Type: [PackageDeclaration]
Default: []

Additional remote Swift Package imports.

package:
  dependencies:
  - url: https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser
    products:
    - ArgumentParser
    requirement:
      exact:
        version: 1.1.1
  - url: https://github.com/apple/swift-algorithms
    products:
    - Algorithms
    requirement:
      range:
        from: 1.0.0
        to: 2.0.0
  - url: https://github.com/apple/swift-metrics.git
    products:
    - Metrics
    requirement:
      closedRange:
        from: 2.0.0
        to: 2.9.1
  - url: https://github.com/apple/swift-log
    products:
    - Logging
    requirement:
      branch:
        name: main
  - url: https://github.com/apple/swift-numerics
    products:
    - RealModule
    - ComplexModule
    requirement:
      commit:
        hash: 7f2d022d3d9b55bf812814f5d01896cbfa0fd4da
  - url: https://github.com/apple/swift-system
    products:
    - SystemPackage
    requirement:
      from:
        version: 1.2.1

Paths

Options specifically related to generating paths

paths.style

Type: ConfigOptions.PathsStyle
Default: .rest

The style used when generating path definitions

• rest - Generates nest structs to represent path components
• operations - Generates a plain list of request operations

// Uses namespaces and names based on the path for each request
Paths.pets.get(limit: nil) // GET /pets
Paths.pets.petID("1").get // GET /pets/1

// Uses the `operationId` defined in the schema for each request
Paths.listPets(limit: nil) // GET /pets
Paths.showPetById(petID: "1") // GET /pets/1

paths.namespace

Type: String
Default: "Paths"

The namespace type for all generated paths

paths.includeResponseHeaders

Type: Bool
Default: true

Generate response headers using HTTPHeaders

paths.imports

Type: Set
Default: ["Get"]

Modules to be imported within the source files for generated requests

paths.overriddenResponses

Type: [String: String]
Default: [:]

Allows you to override mapping of specific response types to a custom (or generated) type instead.

For example:

paths:
  overriddenResponses:
    MyApiResponseType: MyCustomDecodableType

paths.overriddenBodyTypes

Type: [String: String]
Default: [:]

Tell CreateAPI how to map an unknown request or response content types to a Swift type used in the path generation.

For example:

paths:
  overriddenBodyTypes:
    application/octocat-stream: String

paths.inlineSimpleRequests

Type: Bool
Default: true

Inline simple requests, like the ones with a single parameter

paths.inlineSimpleQueryParameters

Type: Bool
Default: true

Inline query parameters for simple requests instead of generating a Parameter type

paths.simpleQueryParametersThreshold

Type: Int
Default: 2

The threshold of query parameters to inline when using inlineSimpleQueryParameters.

paths.removeRedundantPaths

Type: Bool
Default: true

Remove redundant paths if possible

paths.exclude

Type: Set
Default: []

When set to a non-empty value, the given paths will be ignored during generation. Cannot be used in conjunction with include.

paths.include

Type: Set
Default: []

When set to a non-empty value, only the given paths will be generated. This cannot be used in conjunction with exclude.

paths.filenameTemplate

Type: String
Default: "%0.swift"

Template to use for Paths file generation.

paths:
  filenameTemplate: "%0API.swift"

paths.useDataForMultipartFormDataRequestBody

Type: Bool
Default: true

If false, CreateAPI generates request body structures for "multipart/form-data" format just like it would for "application/json". Otherwise the body of the generated Request will use Data. The default value is true.

When using Get and it's APIClient, because Multipart Form Data isn't supported from the Request body property, it is best to leave this option set to true. If however you have implemented your API Client, and you prefer to use structured Codable types to encode a Multipart Form Data request body, setting this value to false can be more convenient. You might also need to use the dataTypes option to customise the type used to represent binary data.

Rename

Options used to configure detailed renaming rules for all aspects of the generated code.

rename.properties

Type: [String: String]
Default: [:]

Rename schema properties prior to processing. Rules can apply to all properties or to properties of a specific entity.

rename:
  properties:
    favorite_food: food # renames any schema property called 'favorite_food` to food
    User.first_name: name # renames only the 'first_name` schema property on the `User` entity

rename.parameters

Type: [String: String]
Default: [:]

Rename query parameters

rename.enumCases

Type: [String: String]
Default: [:]

Rename enum cases

rename.entities

Type: [String: String]
Default: [:]

Rename entities

rename.operations

Type: [String: String]
Default: [:]

Rename operations when using the "operations" style for path generation

rename.collectionElements

Type: [String: String]
Default: [:]

Rename anonymous collection elements. By default, use a singularized form of the property name

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