/rspec_api_documentation

Automatically generate API documentation from RSpec

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RSpec API Doc Generator

Generate pretty API docs for your Rails APIs.

Installation

Add rspec_api_documentation to your Gemfile

gem 'rspec_api_documentation'

Bundle it!

$> bundle install

See the wiki for additional setup. Setting up RSpec API Documentation

Sample App

See the example folder for a sample Rails app that has been documented.

Configuration options

  • app - Set the application that Rack::Test uses, defaults to Rails.application
  • docs_dir - Output folder
  • format - Output format
  • template_path - Location of templates
  • filter - Filter by example document type
  • exclusion_filter - Filter by example document type

Example Configuration

spec/spec_helper.rb

RspecApiDocumentation.configure do |config|
  config.docs_dir = Rails.root.join("app", "views", "pages")

  config.define_group :public do |config|
    config.docs_dir = Rails.root.join("public", "docs")
  end
end

Usage

resource "Account" do
  get "/accounts" do
    example "Get a list of all accounts" do
      do_request
      last_response.status.should be_ok
    end
  end

  get "/accounts/:id" do
    parameter :id, "Account ID"

    let(:account) { Factory(:account) }
    let(:id) { account.id }

    example "Get an account", :document => :public do
      do_request
      last_response.status.should be_ok
    end
  end
end