Overview

OpenAPI plugin for generating API reference docs in Docusaurus v2.

The docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs package extends the Docusaurus CLI with commands for generating MDX using the OpenAPI specification as the source. The resulting MDX is fully compatible with plugin-content-docs and can be used to render beautiful, interactive API reference docs.

Key Features:

Compatible: Works with Swagger 2.0 and OpenAPI 3.0.
Fast: Convert large OpenAPI specs into MDX docs in seconds. 🔥
Stylish: Based on the same Infima styling framework that powers the Docusaurus UI.
Flexible: Supports single, multi and even micro OpenAPI specs.

Compatibility Matrix

Docusaurus OpenAPI Docs	Docusaurus
2.0.x (current)	`2.4.1 - 2.4.3`
1.7.3 (legacy)	`2.0.1 - 2.2.0`

tip

If you"re building a Docusaurus site from scratch the easiest way to get started is by installing from template.

Bootstrapping from Template (new Docusaurus site)

Run the following to bootstrap a Docsaurus v2 site (classic theme) with docusaurus-openapi-docs:

npx create-docusaurus@2.4.3 my-website --package-manager yarn

When prompted to select a template choose Git repository.

Template Repository URL:

https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks/docusaurus-template-openapi-docs.git

When asked how the template repo should be cloned choose "copy" (unless you know better).

cd my-website
yarn start

Installation (existing Docusaurus site)

note

Both the plugin and theme are currently designed to pair with a specific Docusaurus release. The Docusaurus badge in the README.md and at the top of this page will always reflect the current compatible versions.

Plugin:

yarn add docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs

Theme:

yarn add docusaurus-theme-openapi-docs

Configuration

Configuring the plugin

The plugin configuration is comprised of options that are read by the CLI while generating and cleaning API docs.

note

See plugin configuration options for a more thorough reference.

The following is an example configuration to help get you started.

docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs
plugins: [
  [
    "docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs",
    {
      id: "openapi",
      docsPluginId: "<your docs plugin id>", // e.g. "classic" or the plugin-content-docs id
      config: {
        petstore: { // "petstore" is considered the <id> that you will reference in the CLI
          specPath: "examples/petstore.yaml", // path or URL to the OpenAPI spec
          outputDir: "api/petstore", // output directory for generated *.mdx and sidebar.js files
          sidebarOptions: {
            groupPathsBy: "tag", // generate a sidebar.js slice that groups operations by tag
          },
        }
      }
    },
  ]
],

Configuring the theme

To use the theme you"ll need to define it under themes in docusaurus.config.js:

docusaurus-theme-openapi-docs
themes: ["docusaurus-theme-openapi-docs"] // exports ApiItem and ApiDemoPanel

Finally, you"ll need to replace @theme/DocItem with @theme/ApiItem as your docItemComponent. Where you do this will depend on whether you are using @docusaurus/preset-classic or a standalone @docusaurus/plugin-content-docs to render your docs (see examples below).

note

The @theme/ApiItem component is designed to be a drop-in replacement for @theme/DocItem that supports rendering OpenAPI documentation while maintaining backwards compatibility with non-API docs. In other words, it can be used for rendering both API and non-API docs.

preset-classic example
presets: [
  [
    "classic",
    ({
      docs: {
        sidebarPath: require.resolve("./sidebars.js"),
        editUrl:
          "https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/tree/main/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/shared/",
        docLayoutComponent: "@theme/DocPage",
        docItemComponent: "@theme/ApiItem" // add @theme/ApiItem here
      },
      blog: {
        showReadingTime: true,
        editUrl:
          "https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/tree/main/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/shared/"
      },
      theme: {
        customCss: require.resolve("./src/css/custom.css")
      }
    })
  ]
]

plugin-content-docs example
plugins: [
    [
      "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs",
      {
        path: "docs",
        breadcrumbs: true,
        routeBasePath: "docs",
        include: ["**/*.md", "**/*.mdx"],
        sidebarPath: "sidebars.js",
        docLayoutComponent: "@theme/DocPage",
        docItemComponent: "@theme/ApiItem", // add @theme/ApiItem here
      },
    ],
  ],

Complete example

For a complete example of how to configure docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs and docusaurus-theme-openapi-docs see the demo configuration.

CLI Usage

After you've installed and configured the plugin and theme, the CLI can be used to generate and clean API docs.

Usage: docusaurus <command> [options]

Options:
  -V, --version                                            output the version number
  -h, --help                                               display help for command

Commands:
  build [options] [siteDir]                                Build website.
  swizzle [options] [themeName] [componentName] [siteDir]  Wraps or ejects the original theme files into website folder for customization.
  deploy [options] [siteDir]                               Deploy website to GitHub pages.
  start [options] [siteDir]                                Start the development server.
  serve [options] [siteDir]                                Serve website locally.
  clear [siteDir]                                          Remove build artifacts.
  write-translations [options] [siteDir]                   Extract required translations of your site.
  write-heading-ids [options] [siteDir] [files...]         Generate heading ids in Markdown content.
  docs:version <version>                                   Tag a new docs version
  gen-api-docs <id>                                        Generates OpenAPI docs in MDX file format and sidebar.js (if enabled).
  gen-api-docs:version <id:version>                        Generates versioned OpenAPI docs in MDX file format, versions.js and sidebar.js (if enabled).
  clean-api-docs <id>                                      Clears the generated OpenAPI docs MDX files and sidebar.js (if enabled).
  clean-api-docs:version <id:version>                      Clears the versioned, generated OpenAPI docs MDX files, versions.json and sidebar.js (if
                                                           enabled).

tip

If you're configuring multiple docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs instances use the -p or --plugin-id option to specify which plugin instance to run the commands against.

Options:
  -p, --plugin-id <plugin>  OpenAPI docs plugin ID.
  -h, --help                display help for command

Generating OpenAPI Docs

The following command will generate API docs for all of the OpenAPI specifications referenced in your docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs config.

yarn docusaurus gen-api-docs all

The following command will generate API docs for a specific id:

yarn docusaurus gen-api-docs <id>

Example:

generating API docs for 'petstore'

yarn docusaurus gen-api-docs petstore

Cleaning API Docs

Occasionally you may need to clean and re-generate API docs, especially following changes to your OpenAPI specification(s).

The following command will clean all API docs referenced in your docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs config.

yarn docusaurus clean-api-docs all

The following command will clean API docs for a specific id:

yarn docusaurus clean-api-docs <id>

Example:

cleaning API docs for 'petstore'

yarn docusaurus clean-api-docs petstore

Versioning OpenAPI docs

To generate all versioned OpenAPI docs, run the following command from the root directory of your project:

yarn docusaurus gen-api-docs:version <id>:all

Examples:

generate all versioned API docs for 'petstore'

yarn docusaurus gen-api-docs:version petstore:all

generate version 1.0.0 API docs for 'petstore'

yarn docusaurus gen-api-docs:version petstore:1.0.0

tip

Substitue all with a specific version ID to generate/clean a specific version. Generating for all or a specific version ID will automatically update the versions.json file.

See versions options for a list of available options. For a complete example of how to configure versining see the demo configuration.

Plugin Configuration Options

The docusaurus-plugin-openapi-docs plugin can be configured with the following options:

Name	Type	Default	Description
`id`	`string`	`null`	A unique plugin id.
`docsPluginId`	`string`	`null`	The ID associated with the `plugin-content-docs` or `preset` instance used to render the OpenAPI docs (e.g. "your-plugin-id", "classic", "default").

config

config can be configured with the following options:

Name	Type	Default	Description
`specPath`	`string`	`null`	Designated URL or path to the source of an OpenAPI specification file or directory of multiple OpenAPI specification files.
`ouputDir`	`string`	`null`	Desired output path for generated MDX files.
`proxy`	`string`	`null`	Optional: Proxy URL to prepend to base URL when performing API requests from browser.
`template`	`string`	`null`	Optional: Customize MDX content with a desired template.
`downloadUrl`	`string`	`null`	Optional: Designated URL for downloading OpenAPI specification. (requires `info` section/doc)
`hideSendButton`	`boolean`	`null`	Optional: If set to `true`, hides the "Send API Request" button in API demo panel.
`showExtensions`	`boolean`	`null`	Optional: If set to `true`, renders operation-level vendor-extensions in description.
`sidebarOptions`	`object`	`null`	Optional: Set of options for sidebar configuration. See below for a list of supported options.
`version`	`string`	`null`	Optional: Version assigned to single or micro-spec API specified in `specPath`.
`label`	`string`	`null`	Optional: Version label used when generating version selector dropdown menu.
`baseUrl`	`string`	`null`	Optional: Version base URL used when generating version selector dropdown menu.
`versions`	`object`	`null`	Optional: Set of options for versioning configuration. See below for a list of supported options.
`markdownGenerators`	`object`	`null`	Optional: Customize MDX content with a set of options for specifying markdown generator functions. See below for a list of supported options.

sidebarOptions

sidebarOptions can be configured with the following options:

Name	Type	Default	Description
`groupPathsBy`	`string`	`null`	Organize and group sidebar slice by specified option. Note: Currently, `groupPathsBy` only contains support for grouping by `tag`.
`categoryLinkSource`	`string`	`null`	Defines what source to use for rendering category link pages when grouping paths by tag. The supported options are as follows: `tag`: Sets the category link config type to `generated-index` and uses the tag description as the link config description. `info`: Sets the category link config type to `doc` and renders the `info` section as the category link (recommended only for multi/micro-spec scenarios). `none`: Does not create pages for categories, only groups that can be expanded/collapsed.
`sidebarCollapsible`	`boolean`	`true`	Whether sidebar categories are collapsible by default.
`sidebarCollapsed`	`boolean`	`true`	Whether sidebar categories are collapsed by default.
`customProps`	`object`	`null`	Additional props for customizing a sidebar item.

TIP

You may optionally configure a sidebarOptions. In doing so, an individual sidebar.js slice with the configured options will be generated within the respective outputDir.

versions

versions can be configured with the following options:

Name	Type	Default	Description
`specPath`	`string`	`null`	Designated URL or path to the source of an OpenAPI specification file or directory of micro OpenAPI specification files.
`ouputDir`	`string`	`null`	Desired output path for versioned, generated MDX files.
`label`	`string`	`null`	Optional: Version label used when generating version selector dropdown menu.
`baseUrl`	`string`	`null`	Optional: Version base URL used when generating version selector dropdown menu.

NOTE

All versions will automatically inherit sidebarOptions from the parent/base config.

markdownGenerators

markdownGenerators can be configured with the following options:

Name	Type	Default	Description
`createApiPageMD`	`function`	`null`	Optional: Returns a string of the raw markdown body for API pages. Function type: `(pageData: ApiPageMetadata) => string`
`createInfoPageMD`	`function`	`null`	Optional: Returns a string of the raw markdown body for info pages. Function type: `(pageData: InfoPageMetadata) => string`
`createTagPageMD`	`function`	`null`	Optional: Returns a string of the raw markdown body for tag pages. Function type: `(pageData: TagPageMetadata) => string`

NOTE

If a config option is not provided, its default markdown generator will be used.

This config option is intended for advanced users who wish to highly customize the markdown content and layout of generated pages.

Developer Quick Start

Looking to make a contribution? Make sure to checkout out our contributing guide.

After forking the main repository, run the following:

git clone https://github.com/<your account>/docusaurus-openapi-docs.git
cd docusaurus-openapi-docs
yarn
yarn build-packages
yarn watch:demo

Credits

Special thanks to @bourdakos1 (Nick Bourdakos), the author of docusaurus-openapi, which this project is heavily based on.

For more insight into why we decided to completely fork see #47

Contributors

Support

See SUPPORT.md for our support agreement and guidelines.

If you believe you found a bug or have an idea you'd like to suggest you may report an issue or start a discussion.

Overview​

Compatibility Matrix​

Bootstrapping from Template (new Docusaurus site)​

Installation (existing Docusaurus site)​

Configuration​

Configuring the plugin​

Configuring the theme​

Complete example​

CLI Usage​

Generating OpenAPI Docs​

Cleaning API Docs​

Versioning OpenAPI docs​

Plugin Configuration Options​

config​

sidebarOptions​

versions​

markdownGenerators​

Developer Quick Start​

Credits​

Contributors​

Support​

Overview

Compatibility Matrix

Bootstrapping from Template (new Docusaurus site)

Installation (existing Docusaurus site)

Configuration

Configuring the plugin

Configuring the theme

Complete example

CLI Usage

Generating OpenAPI Docs

Cleaning API Docs

Versioning OpenAPI docs

Plugin Configuration Options

config

sidebarOptions

versions

markdownGenerators

Developer Quick Start

Credits

Contributors

Support