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To use the converter as a Node module, you need to have a copy of the NodeJS runtime. The easiest way to do this is through npm. If you have NodeJS installed you have npm installed as well.
$ npm install openapi-to-postmanv2
If you want to use the converter in the CLI, install it globally with NPM:
$ npm i -g openapi-to-postmanv2
The converter can be used as a CLI tool as well. The following command line options are available.
openapi2postmanv2 [options]
-
-s <source>,--spec <source>
Used to specify the OpenAPI specification (file path) which is to be converted -
-o <destination>,--output <destination>
Used to specify the destination file in which the collection is to be written -
-p,--pretty
Used to pretty print the collection object while writing to a file -
-O,--options
Used to supply options to the converter, for complete options details see here -
-c,--options-config
Used to supply options to the converter through config file, for complete options details see here -
-t,--test
Used to test the collection with an in-built sample specification -
-v,--version
Specifies the version of the converter -
-h,--help
Specifies all the options along with a few usage examples on the terminal
- Takes a specification (spec.yaml) as an input and writes to a file (collection.json) with pretty printing and using provided options
$ openapi2postmanv2 -s spec.yaml -o collection.json -p -O folderStrategy=Tags,includeAuthInfoInExample=false
- Takes a specification (spec.yaml) as an input and writes to a file (collection.json) with pretty printing and using provided options via config file
$ openapi2postmanv2 -s spec.yaml -o collection.json -p -c ./examples/cli-options-config.json
- Takes a specification (spec.yaml) as an input and writes to a file (collection.json) with pretty printing and using provided options (Also avoids any
"<Error: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema>"kind of errors present in converted collection)
$ openapi2postmanv2 -s spec.yaml -o collection.json -p -O folderStrategy=Tags,requestParametersResolution=Example,optimizeConversion=false,stackLimit=50
- Testing the converter
$ openapi2postmanv2 --test
In order to use the convert in your node application, you need to import the package using require.
var Converter = require('openapi-to-postmanv2')The converter provides the following functions:
The convert function takes in your OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1 and Swagger 2.0 specification ( YAML / JSON ) and converts it to a Postman collection.
Signature: convert (data, options, callback);
data:
{ type: 'file', data: 'filepath' }
OR
{ type: 'string', data: '<entire OpenAPI string - JSON or YAML>' }
OR
{ type: 'json', data: OpenAPI-JS-object }options:
{
schemaFaker: true,
requestNameSource: 'fallback',
indentCharacter: ' '
}
/*
All three properties are optional. Check the options section below for possible values for each option.
*/Note: All possible values of options and their usage can be found over here: OPTIONS.md
callback:
function (err, result) {
/*
result = {
result: true,
output: [
{
type: 'collection',
data: {..collection object..}
}
]
}
*/
}Check out complete list of options and their usage at OPTIONS.md
-
result- Flag responsible for providing a status whether the conversion was successful or not. -
reason- Provides the reason for an unsuccessful conversion, defined only if result iffalse. -
output- Contains an array of Postman objects, each one with atypeanddata. The only type currently supported iscollection.
const fs = require('fs'),
Converter = require('openapi-to-postmanv2'),
openapiData = fs.readFileSync('sample-spec.yaml', {encoding: 'UTF8'});
Converter.convert({ type: 'string', data: openapiData },
{}, (err, conversionResult) => {
if (!conversionResult.result) {
console.log('Could not convert', conversionResult.reason);
}
else {
console.log('The collection object is: ', conversionResult.output[0].data);
}
}
);The validate function is meant to ensure that the data that is being passed to the convert function is a valid JSON object or a valid (YAML/JSON) string.
The validate function is synchronous and returns a status object which conforms to the following schema
{
type: 'object',
properties: {
result: { type: 'boolean'},
reason: { type: 'string' }
},
required: ['result']
}-
result- true if the data looks like OpenAPI and can be passed to the convert function -
reason- Provides a reason for an unsuccessful validation of the specification
| postman | openapi | related options |
|---|---|---|
| collectionName | info.title | - |
| description | info.description + info.contact | - |
| collectionVariables | server.variables + pathVariables | - |
| folderName | paths.path / tags.name | folderStrategy |
| requestName | operationItem(method).summary / operationItem(method).operationId / url | requestNameSource |
| request.method | path.method | - |
| request.headers | parameter (in = header) |
- |
| request.body | operationItem(method).requestBody | requestParametersResolution, exampleParametersResolution |
| request.url.raw | server.url (path level server >> openapi server) + path | - |
| request.url.variables | parameter (in = path) |
- |
| request.url.params | parameter (in = query) |
- |
| api_key in (query or header) | components.securitySchemes.api_key | includeAuthInfoInExample |