A Fastify plugin for serving a Swagger UI, using Swagger (OpenAPI v2) or OpenAPI v3 schemas automatically generated from your route schemas, or from an existing Swagger/OpenAPI schema.
Supports Fastify versions >=3.0.0
. For fastify@2
, please refer to branch@2.x
and for fastify@1.9
, please refer to branch@1.x
.
If you are looking for a plugin to generate routes from an existing OpenAPI schema, check out fastify-openapi-glue.
npm i @fastify/swagger --save
Add it to your project with register
, pass it some options, call the swagger
API, and you are done!
const fastify = require('fastify')()
await fastify.register(require('@fastify/swagger'), {
routePrefix: '/documentation',
swagger: {
info: {
title: 'Test swagger',
description: 'Testing the Fastify swagger API',
version: '0.1.0'
},
externalDocs: {
url: 'https://swagger.io',
description: 'Find more info here'
},
host: 'localhost',
schemes: ['http'],
consumes: ['application/json'],
produces: ['application/json'],
tags: [
{ name: 'user', description: 'User related end-points' },
{ name: 'code', description: 'Code related end-points' }
],
definitions: {
User: {
type: 'object',
required: ['id', 'email'],
properties: {
id: { type: 'string', format: 'uuid' },
firstName: { type: 'string' },
lastName: { type: 'string' },
email: {type: 'string', format: 'email' }
}
}
},
securityDefinitions: {
apiKey: {
type: 'apiKey',
name: 'apiKey',
in: 'header'
}
}
},
uiConfig: {
docExpansion: 'full',
deepLinking: false
},
uiHooks: {
onRequest: function (request, reply, next) { next() },
preHandler: function (request, reply, next) { next() }
},
staticCSP: true,
transformStaticCSP: (header) => header,
exposeRoute: true
})
fastify.put('/some-route/:id', {
schema: {
description: 'post some data',
tags: ['user', 'code'],
summary: 'qwerty',
params: {
type: 'object',
properties: {
id: {
type: 'string',
description: 'user id'
}
}
},
body: {
type: 'object',
properties: {
hello: { type: 'string' },
obj: {
type: 'object',
properties: {
some: { type: 'string' }
}
}
}
},
response: {
201: {
description: 'Successful response',
type: 'object',
properties: {
hello: { type: 'string' }
}
},
default: {
description: 'Default response',
type: 'object',
properties: {
foo: { type: 'string' }
}
}
},
security: [
{
"apiKey": []
}
]
}
}, (req, reply) => {})
await fastify.ready()
fastify.swagger()
@fastify/swagger
supports two registration modes dynamic
and static
:
dynamic
is the default mode, if you use @fastify/swagger
this way API schemas will be auto-generated from route schemas:
// All of the below parameters are optional but are included for demonstration purposes
{
// swagger 2.0 options
swagger: {
info: {
title: String,
description: String,
version: String
},
externalDocs: Object,
host: String,
schemes: [ String ],
consumes: [ String ],
produces: [ String ],
tags: [ Object ],
securityDefinitions: Object
},
// openapi 3.0.3 options
// openapi: {
// info: {
// title: String,
// description: String,
// version: String,
// },
// externalDocs: Object,
// servers: [ Object ],
// components: Object,
// security: [ Object ],
// tags: [ Object ]
// }
}
All properties detailed in the Swagger (OpenAPI v2) and OpenAPI v3 specifications can be used.
@fastify/swagger
will generate API schemas that adhere to the Swagger specification by default.
If provided an openapi
option it will generate OpenAPI compliant API schemas instead.
Examples of using @fastify/swagger
in dynamic
mode:
static
mode must be configured explicitly. In this mode @fastify/swagger
serves an already existing Swagger or OpenAPI schema that is passed to it in specification.path
:
{
mode: 'static',
specification: {
path: './examples/example-static-specification.yaml',
postProcessor: function(swaggerObject) {
return swaggerObject
},
baseDir: '/path/to/external/spec/files/location',
},
}
The specification.postProcessor
parameter is optional. It allows you to change your Swagger object on the fly (for example - based on the environment).
It accepts swaggerObject
- a JavaScript object that was parsed from your yaml
or json
file and should return a Swagger schema object.
specification.baseDir
allows specifying the directory where all spec files that are included in the main one using $ref
will be located.
By default, this is the directory where the main spec file is located. Provided value should be an absolute path without trailing slash.
An example of using @fastify/swagger
with static
mode enabled can be found here.
Option | Default | Description |
---|---|---|
exposeRoute | false | Exposes documentation route. |
hiddenTag | X-HIDDEN | Tag to control hiding of routes. |
hideUntagged | false | If true remove routes without tags from resulting Swagger/OpenAPI schema file. |
initOAuth | {} | Configuration options for Swagger UI initOAuth. |
openapi | {} | OpenAPI configuration. |
routePrefix | '/documentation' | Overwrite the default Swagger UI route prefix. |
staticCSP | false | Enable CSP header for static resources. |
stripBasePath | true | Strips base path from routes in docs. |
swagger | {} | Swagger configuration. |
transform | null | Transform method for the route's schema and url. documentation. |
transformStaticCSP | undefined | Synchronous function to transform CSP header for static resources if the header has been previously set. |
uiConfig | {} | Configuration options for Swagger UI. Must be literal values, see #5710. |
uiHooks | {} | Additional hooks for the documentation's routes. You can provide the onRequest and preHandler hooks with the same route's options interface. |
refResolver | {} | Option to manage the $ref s of your application's schemas. Read the $ref documentation |
If you set exposeRoute
to true
the plugin will expose the documentation with the following APIs:
URL | Description |
---|---|
'/documentation/json' |
The JSON object representing the API |
'/documentation/yaml' |
The YAML object representing the API |
'/documentation/' |
The swagger UI |
'/documentation/*' |
External files that you may use in $ref |
By passing a synchronous transform
function you can modify the route's url and schema.
Some possible uses of this are:
- add the
hide
flag on schema according to your own logic based on url & schema - altering the route url into something that's more suitable for the api spec
- using different schemas such as Joi and transforming them to standard JSON schemas expected by this plugin
This option is available in dynamic
mode only.
Examples of all the possible uses mentioned:
const convert = require('joi-to-json')
await fastify.register(require('@fastify/swagger'), {
swagger: { ... },
transform: ({ schema, url }) => {
const {
params,
body,
querystring,
headers,
response,
...transformedSchema
} = schema
let transformedUrl = url
// Transform the schema as you wish with your own custom logic.
// In this example convert is from 'joi-to-json' lib and converts a Joi based schema to json schema
if (params) transformedSchema.params = convert(params)
if (body) transformedSchema.body = convert(body)
if (querystring) transformedSchema.querystring = convert(querystring)
if (headers) transformedSchema.headers = convert(headers)
if (response) transformedSchema.response = convert(response)
// can add the hide tag if needed
if (url.startsWith('/internal')) transformedSchema.hide = true
// can transform the url
if (url.startsWith('/latest_version/endpoint')) transformedUrl = url.replace('latest_version', 'v3')
return { schema: transformedSchema, url: transformedUrl }
}
})
When this plugin is configured as dynamic
mode, it will resolve all $ref
s in your application's schemas.
This process will create an new in-line schema that is going to reference itself.
This logic step is done to make sure that the generated documentation is valid, otherwise the Swagger UI will try to fetch the schemas from the server or the network and fail.
By default, this option will resolve all $ref
s renaming them to def-${counter}
, but your view models keep the original $id
naming thanks to the title
parameter.
To customize this logic you can pass a refResolver
option to the plugin:
await fastify.register(require('@fastify/swagger'), {
swagger: { ... },
...
refResolver: {
buildLocalReference (json, baseUri, fragment, i) {
return json.$id || `my-fragment-${i}`
}
}
}
To deep down the buildLocalReference
arguments, you may read the documentation.
description
is a required field as per the Swagger specification. If it is not provided then the plugin will automatically generate one with the value 'Default Response'
.
If you supply a description
it will be used for both the response and response body schema, for example:
fastify.get('/description', {
schema: {
response: {
200: {
description: 'response and schema description',
type: 'string'
}
}
}
}, () => {})
Generates this in a Swagger (OpenAPI v2) schema's paths
:
{
"/description": {
"get": {
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "response and schema description",
"schema": {
"description": "response and schema description",
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
}
And this in a OpenAPI v3 schema's paths
:
{
"/description": {
"get": {
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "response and schema description",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"description": "response and schema description",
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
If you want to provide different descriptions for the response and response body, use the x-response-description
field alongside description
:
fastify.get('/responseDescription', {
schema: {
response: {
200: {
'x-response-description': 'response description',
description: 'schema description',
type: 'string'
}
}
}
}, () => {})
Fastify supports both the 2xx
and 3xx
status codes, however Swagger (OpenAPI v2) itself does not.
@fastify/swagger
transforms 2xx
status codes into 200
, but will omit it if a 200
status code has already been declared.
OpenAPI v3 supports the 2xx
syntax so is unaffected.
Example:
{
response: {
'2xx': {
description: '2xx',
type: 'object'
}
}
}
// will become
{
response: {
200: {
schema: {
description: '2xx',
type: 'object'
}
}
}
}
You can decorate your own response headers by following the below example:
{
response: {
200: {
type: 'object',
headers: {
'X-Foo': {
type: 'string'
}
}
}
}
}
Note: You need to specify type
property when you decorate the response headers, otherwise the schema will be modified by Fastify.
Empty body responses are supported by @fastify/swagger
.
Please specify type: 'null'
for the response otherwise Fastify itself will fail to compile the schema:
{
response: {
204: {
type: 'null',
description: 'No Content'
},
503: {
type: 'null',
description: 'Service Unavailable'
}
}
}
Note: OpenAPI's terminology differs from Fastify's. OpenAPI uses "parameter" to refer to parts of a request that in Fastify's validation documentation are called "querystring", "params", and "headers".
OpenAPI provides some options beyond those provided by the JSON schema specification for specifying the shape of parameters. A prime example of this is the collectionFormat
option for specifying how to encode parameters that should be handled as arrays of values.
These encoding options only change how Swagger UI presents its documentation and how it generates curl
commands when the Try it out
button is clicked.
Depending on which options you set in your schema, you may also need to change the default query string parser used by Fastify so that it produces a JavaScript object that will conform to the schema.
As far as arrays are concerned, the default query string parser conforms to the collectionFormat: "multi"
specification.
If you were to select collectionFormat: "csv"
, you would have to replace the default query string parser with one that parses CSV parameter values into arrays.
The same applies to the other parts of a request that OpenAPI calls "parameters" and which are not encoded as JSON in a request.
You can also apply different serialization style
and explode
as specified here.
@fastify/swagger
supports these options as shown in this example:
fastify.route({
method: 'GET',
url: '/',
schema: {
querystring: {
type: 'object',
required: ['fields'],
additionalProperties: false,
properties: {
fields: {
type: 'array',
items: {
type: 'string'
},
minItems: 1,
//
// Note that this is an OpenAPI version 2 configuration option. The
// options changed in version 3.
//
// Put `collectionFormat` on the same property which you are defining
// as an array of values. (i.e. `collectionFormat` should be a sibling
// of the `type: "array"` specification.)
collectionFormat: 'multi'
}
},
// OpenAPI 3 serialization options
explode: false,
style: "deepObject"
}
},
handler (request, reply) {
reply.send(request.query.fields)
}
})
There is a complete runnable example here.
Note: not supported by Swagger (OpenAPI v2), only OpenAPI v3
http://localhost/?filter={"foo":"baz","bar":"qux"}
IMPORTANT CAVEAT You will need to change the default query string parser used by Fastify so that it produces a JavaScript object that will conform to the schema. See example.
fastify.route({
method: 'GET',
url: '/',
schema: {
querystring: {
type: 'object',
required: ['filter'],
additionalProperties: false,
properties: {
filter: {
type: 'object',
required: ['foo'],
properties: {
foo: { type: 'string' },
bar: { type: 'string' }
},
'x-consume': 'application/json'
}
}
}
},
handler (request, reply) {
reply.send(request.query.filter)
}
})
Will generate this in the OpenAPI v3 schema's paths
:
{
"/": {
"get": {
"parameters": [
{
"in": "query",
"name": "filter",
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"foo"
],
"properties": {
"foo": {
"type": "string"
},
"bar": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
}
]
}
}
}
Note: not supported by Swagger (OpenAPI v2), only OpenAPI v3
OpenAPI v3 Links are added by adding a links
property to the top-level options of a route. See:
fastify.get('/user/:id', {
schema: {
params: {
type: 'object',
properties: {
id: {
type: 'string',
description: 'the user identifier, as userId'
}
},
required: ['id']
},
response: {
200: {
type: 'object',
properties: {
uuid: {
type: 'string',
format: 'uuid'
}
}
}
}
},
links: {
// The status code must match the one in the response
200: {
address: {
// See the OpenAPI documentation
operationId: 'getUserAddress',
parameters: {
id: '$request.path.id'
}
}
}
}
}, () => {})
fastify.get('/user/:id/address', {
schema: {
operationId: 'getUserAddress',
params: {
type: 'object',
properties: {
id: {
type: 'string',
description: 'the user identifier, as userId'
}
},
required: ['id']
},
response: {
200: {
type: 'string'
}
}
}
}, () => {})
There are two ways to hide a route from the Swagger UI:
- Pass
{ hide: true }
to the schema object inside the route declaration. - Use the tag declared in
hiddenTag
options property inside the route declaration. Default isX-HIDDEN
.
You can protect your documentation by configuring an authentication hook.
Here is an example using the @fastify/basic-auth
plugin:
await fastify.register(require('@fastify/basic-auth'), {
validate (username, password, req, reply, done) {
if (username === 'admin' && password === 'admin') {
done()
} else {
done(new Error('You can not access'))
}
},
authenticate: true
})
await fastify.register(fastifySwagger, {
exposeRoute: true,
uiHooks: {
onRequest: fastify.basicAuth
}
})
Registering @fastify/swagger
decorates the fastify instance with fastify.swagger()
, which returns a JSON object representing the API.
If { yaml: true }
is passed to fastify.swagger()
it will return a YAML string.
You can integration this plugin with @fastify/helmet
with some little work.
@fastify/helmet
options example:
.register(helmet, instance => {
return {
contentSecurityPolicy: {
directives: {
...helmet.contentSecurityPolicy.getDefaultDirectives(),
"form-action": ["'self'"],
"img-src": ["'self'", "data:", "validator.swagger.io"],
"script-src": ["'self'"].concat(instance.swaggerCSP.script),
"style-src": ["'self'", "https:"].concat(
instance.swaggerCSP.style
),
}
}
}
})
In order to start development run:
npm i
npm run prepare
So that swagger-ui static folder will be generated for you.
@fastify/static
serves swagger-ui
static files, then calls /docs/json
to get the Swagger file and render it.
The /docs/json
endpoint in dynamic mode produces a single swagger.json
file resolving all your
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