Swagger Viewer - v3.1.2

Swagger Viewer lets you preview Swagger 2.0 and OpenAPI files as you type in Visual Studio Code. Additionally provide intellisense/linting for the files as well.

It works on swagger files in json and yaml format. Preview happens in real time as you type.

Preview

To start

Open the swagger file and press F1.
Run the Command Preview Swagger.

Press Shift + Alt + P

Right click file in explorer panel and click Preview Swagger

THEN

Preview it in vscode Itself like this

Configurations

Opening In External browser

If you want to preview the changes in external browser change the settings Preview In Browser to true in User/Workspace Settings

THEN

Run the Command Preview Swagger.

Press Shift + Alt + P

Preview will be automatically opened in default browser.

Change Default Port

Default port of the preview url can be changed by changing the Default Port value in User/Workspace Settings

Show Only File Name

In the preview title the file name along with the full path is displayed by default. It can be changed to show only the file name by changing the Show Only File Name to true in User/Workspace Settings

Change Default Host

Default host(localhost) of the preview url can be changed by changing the swaggerViewer.defaultHost value in User/Workspace Settings

Stop Swagger Viewer Preview Server

To stop the preview server simply click the status bar item.

Releases

v3.0.0 Changes

The primary functionality of the Swagger Viewer extension would be the ability to preview Swagger and OpenAPI files.
Swagger Viewer will just use the json schema of Swagger and OpenAPI to provide intellisense and linting. Recommend using teh extension OpenAPI (Swagger) Editor for full editing capabilities.
Intellisense for Swagger 2.0 and OpenAPI 3.0 is available now. Added extension YAML as extensionDependencies for supporting YAML intellisense.
Default port changed to 18512
Upgraded swagger-ui to version 3.25.2
Start preview server in next available port for preview if configured port is not available
Fix for custom host config
Ability to stop the preview server

v2.2.2 Changes

Fixed validation issue with external refs #45 By @yuri1969 #56
Fix for #43 By @joschiwald #59

v2.2.1 Changes

Fixed the external refs issue #45

Known Issue

Validator still gives a warning on relative paths. Will be fixed in next version.

v2.2.0 Changes

Support to configure default preview host (instead of localhost) - By @beastoin #41

v2.1.0 Changes

Replaced the deprecated vscode.previewHtml with Webview - #50
Added configuration option to show only file name in title
Added support for OpenAPI 3.0.3 validation - By @ackintosh #49

v2.0.2 Changes

Fixed issues with parsing yaml due in yamljs library. Changed to js-yaml library.
Fixed issue where validation errors are not cleared in yaml file.

v2.0.0 Changes

Code base changed to TypeScript
Partial validation support added
OpenAPI Support added (Not fully tested)
Only one server runs for the preview page
Multiple files can be previewed at a time inside vscode
Context menu added to the explorer to start the preview directly without opening the file
Using files from swagger-ui-dist npm package - By @Raptor399 #36
Multiple minor bug fixes

v1.7.0 Changes

Fixed issue in json file parsing. - By @Zlass #27

v1.6.0 Changes

Added support for .yaml, .yml, .json and unsaved documents. - By @DW8Reaper #21

v1.5.0 Changes

Upgraded Swagger UI v3 for preview. - By @jienco #17

v1.4.0 Changes

Fixed - Preview of JSON Swagger files not getting updated in realtime. - By @tmsns
Fixed - Preview window in vs code not switching to latest file.
Added - File name in preview window to identify which file is in preview.
Some performance fixes

v1.3.0 Changes

Added - Now preview swagger inside the editor itself. - By @ferreus #7
Added - Preview inside editor by default

v1.2.0 Changes

Added - Open button in message box. - By @pmentz #3
Added - shortcut Shift + Alt + P to run the command
Added - Ability to change default port from User/Workspace Settings.

Credits

Swagger Viewer utilizes the following open source projects

arjun-g/vs-swagger-viewer