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Swift OpenAPI Generator

Generate Swift client and server code from an OpenAPI document.

Overview

OpenAPI is a specification for documenting HTTP services. An OpenAPI document is written in either YAML or JSON, and can be read by tools to help automate workflows, such as generating the necessary code to send and receive HTTP requests.

Swift OpenAPI Generator is a Swift package plugin that can generate the ceremony code required to make API calls, or implement API servers.

The code is generated at build-time, so it's always in sync with the OpenAPI document and doesn't need to be committed to your source repository.

Features

To see these features in action, check out the list of example projects.

Usage

Swift OpenAPI Generator can be used to generate API clients and server stubs.

Below you can see some example code, or you can follow one of the step-by-step tutorials.

Using a generated API client

The generated Client type provides a method for each HTTP operation defined in the OpenAPI document1 and can be used with any HTTP library that provides an implementation of ClientTransport.

import OpenAPIURLSession import Foundation

let client = Client( serverURL: URL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api")!, transport: URLSessionTransport() ) let response = try await client.getGreeting() print(try response.ok.body.json.message)

Using generated API server stubs

To implement a server, define a type that conforms to the generated APIProtocol, providing a method for each HTTP operation defined in the OpenAPI document1.

The server can be used with any web framework that provides an implementation of ServerTransport, which allows you to register your API handlers with the HTTP server.

import OpenAPIRuntime import OpenAPIVapor import Vapor

struct Handler: APIProtocol { func getGreeting(_ input: Operations.GetGreeting.Input) async throws -> Operations.GetGreeting.Output { let name = input.query.name ?? "Stranger" return .ok(.init(body: .json(.init(message: "Hello, (name)!")))) } }

@main struct HelloWorldVaporServer { static func main() async throws { let app = try await Application.make() let transport = VaporTransport(routesBuilder: app) let handler = Handler() try handler.registerHandlers(on: transport, serverURL: URL(string: "/api")!) try await app.execute() } }

Package ecosystem

The Swift OpenAPI Generator project is split across multiple repositories to enable extensibility and minimize dependencies in your project.

Repository Description
apple/swift-openapi-generator Swift package plugin and CLI
apple/swift-openapi-runtime Runtime library used by the generated code
apple/swift-openapi-urlsession ClientTransport using URLSession
swift-server/swift-openapi-async-http-client ClientTransport using AsyncHTTPClient
swift-server/swift-openapi-vapor ServerTransport using Vapor
swift-server/swift-openapi-hummingbird ServerTransport using Hummingbird
swift-server/swift-openapi-lambda ServerTransport using AWS Lambda

Requirements and supported features

Generator versions Supported OpenAPI versions Minimum Swift version
1.0.0 ... main 3.0, 3.1 5.9

See also Supported OpenAPI features.

Supported platforms and minimum versions

The generator is used during development and is supported on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

The generated code, runtime library, and transports are supported on more platforms, listed below.

Component macOS Linux, Windows iOS tvOS watchOS visionOS
Generator plugin and CLI ✅ 10.15+ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Generated code and runtime library ✅ 10.15+ ✅ 13+ ✅ 13+ ✅ 6+ ✅ 1+

Note

When using Visual Studio Code or other editors that rely on SourceKit-LSP, the editor may not correctly recognize generated code within the same module. As a workaround, consider creating a separate target for code generation and then importing it into your main module. For more details, see the discussion in swiftlang/sourcekit-lsp#665.

Documentation and example projects

To get started, check out the documentation, which containsstep-by-step tutorials.

You can also experiment with example projects that use Swift OpenAPI Generator and integrate with other packages in the ecosystem.

Or if you prefer to watch a video, check out Meet Swift OpenAPI Generator from WWDC23.

  1. Example OpenAPI document (click to expand)
openapi: '3.1.0'  
info:  
  title: GreetingService  
  version: 1.0.0  
servers:  
  - url: https://example.com/api  
    description: Example service deployment.  
paths:  
  /greet:  
    get:  
      operationId: getGreeting  
      parameters:  
        - name: name  
          required: false  
          in: query  
          description: The name used in the returned greeting.  
          schema:  
            type: string  
      responses:  
        '200':  
          description: A success response with a greeting.  
          content:  
            application/json:  
              schema:  
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Greeting'  
components:  
  schemas:  
    Greeting:  
      type: object  
      description: A value with the greeting contents.  
      properties:  
        message:  
          type: string  
          description: The string representation of the greeting.  
      required:  
        - message  

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