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SwaggerGen

Version 2.3.22

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Copyright © 2014-2024 Martijn van der Lee Toyls.com.

MIT Open Source license applies.

Introduction

SwaggerGen is a PHP library for generating Swagger REST API documentation from PHP source code.

It reads comments starting with @rest\, containing commands describing the API as you go. Working with SwaggerGen is intended to be a natural extension to normal PHP-documentor style documentation. You can describe a REST API call similar to how you would describe method.

Using just a few simple commands like @rest\endpoint /users and @rest\method GET Get a list of all users gets you a definition of an API. By adding a @rest\response 200 array(object(name:string, age:int[0,>, gender:enum(male,female))) statement, you've just defined exactly what it'll return. You could have also just defined a User and do the same with a @rest\response 200 array(User) statement or even just @rest\response ok [User].

SwaggerGen makes it quick and intuitive to write high quality documentation.

Use Swagger-UI to read and test your API, as in this example generated real-time with SwaggerGen: Example (only available when running on a PHP server).

SwaggerGen is compatible with the latest Swagger 2.0 specification, which forms the basis of the Open API Initiative.

Installation

Requires PHP 5.4 or greater. PHP 5.3 is supported as long as no more recent features are absolutely necessary. There is no guarantee SwaggerGen will continue to work on PHP 5.3 in the future.

To install using Composer:

composer require vanderlee/swaggergen

Make sure you use version 2.x.x or up.

SwaggerGen aims to be PSR-4 compatible, so you should be able to use it in any package manager.

Using SwaggerGen

The easiest part of generating Swagger documentation with SwaggerGen is setting it up.

  1. Set up your (PSR-0, PSR-4 or custom) autoloader to use the SwaggerGen directory.

    You can take a look at the autoloader in the example folder if you don't already have an autoloader.

  2. Create an instance of the /SwaggerGen/SwaggerGen class.

    You can (and are advised to) specify the domainname of your server and the path to the API in the constructor.

  3. Call the array SwaggerGen->getSwagger(string[] $filenames) method to generate the documentation.

    Just provide the files which contain the operation definitions of your API. If your API uses other files, just specify an array of directories in the SwaggerGen constructor and these files will be automatically parsed when needed.

  4. You're done. Your documentation is generated. All that's left to do is output it. Store it in a file or return it real-time.

If you want to use the preprocessor, you'll probably want to call the SwaggerGen->define(string $name, string $value) method of your SwaggerGen instance after step 2 to define preprocessor variable names.

The following is a typical example:

// Assuming you don't already have an autoloader
spl_autoload_register(function ($classname) {
	include_once __DIR__ . $classname . '.php';
});

$SwaggerGen = new \SwaggerGen\SwaggerGen(
	$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'],
	dirname($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']),
	[__DIR__ . '/api']
);
$SwaggerGen->define('admin');				// admin = 1
$SwaggerGen->define('date', date('Y-m-d'));	// date = "2015-12-31"
if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'WIN') {
	$SwaggerGen->define('windows');	// windows = 1 (only if on Windows OS)
}
$swagger = $SwaggerGen->getSwagger(['Example.php']);

header('Content-type: application/json');
echo json_encode($swagger);

SwaggerGen class

The only class you need to know about is the SwaggerGen class in the similarly names SwaggerGen namespace.

__construct($host = '', $basePath = '', $dirs = array())

Create a new SwaggerGen object with the given host and basePath and provide a set of dirs to use for scanning for classes that may be referenced from the sourcecode files you're about to scan.

  • $host should be the domain name, i.e. www.example.com.
  • $basePath should be the URL path to the root of the API, i.e. /api/v1.

mixed getSwagger($files, $dirs = array(), $format = self::FORMAT_ARRAY)

Generate Swagger/OpenAPI documentation by scanning the provided list of files. Optionally you can specify additional dirs to scan for class files and provide a format to specify how you want to output the documentation.

By default, the documentation is output as an array, ready for encoding as JSON, YAML or for manual post-processing. The following formats are available as constants of the SwaggerGen class.

  • FORMAT_ARRAY output the raw array.
  • FORMAT_JSON JSON-encoded output (mimetype application/json).
  • FORMAT_JSON_PRETTY JSON-encoded output with a human-friendly layout (mimetype application/json).
  • FORMAT_YAML YAML (UTF-8 character encoding) output (mimetype application/x-yaml (most common) or text/yaml).

define($name, $value = 1)

Define a value to be used by the preprocessor commands. By default, it's value will be set to 1.

undefine($name)

Undefine a value, so it is no longer recognized by the preprocessor commands.

Creating documentation

SwaggerGen takes a number of of source files and scans the comments for commands it understands. The following is a short example of the type of comments SwaggerGen understands:

/*
 * @rest\description SwaggerGen 2 Example API
 * @rest\title Example API
 * @rest\contact http://example.com Arthur D. Author
 * @rest\license MIT
 * @rest\security api_key apikey X-Api-Authentication header Authenticate using this fancy header
 * @rest\require api_key
 */

Comments

All comments are parsed, this includes both doc-comments (/** ... */) and normal comments, both single line (// ...) and multi-line (/* ... */).

Comments that are attached to functions, methods and classes. Any doc-comment immediately preceeding a function, method or class will be attached to that function, method or class. Other comments will be attached to the function, method or class containing them. For instance, SwaggerGen comments within a function will be attached to that function.

Commands

All commands must be prefixed with @rest\ to distinguish between SwaggerGen statements and normal comment statements and statements from other tools such as PHP-Documentor.

All commands are multi-line by default; any line(s) after the command that do not start with an at-sign (@) are automatically appended to the command on the previous line.

You can reference SwaggerGen documentation for other functions, methods or classes by using the uses command. This command lets you specify an other function, method or class whose documentation to include.

Commands are processed in the order in which they appear. This includes any documentation referenced with the uses command.

Contexts

SwaggerGen uses a stack of contexts. Each context represents a certain part of the Swagger documentation that will be generated. Each context supports a few commands which hold meaning within that context.

You initially start at the Swagger context.

You can switch contexts using some of the commands available within the current context. In this manual, whenever a command switches the context, it is marked using '⇒ Context name' at the end of the command syntax description.

If a command is not recognized in the current context, the context is removed from the top of the stack and the previous context tries to handle the command. If no context is able to handle the command, SwaggerGen will report this as an error.

Preprocessor commands

SwaggerGen has a limited set of preprocessor statements to remove or change parts of the generated documentation at run-time.

The preprocessor statements are loosely based on the C/C++ preprocessors.

The work by defining values for variable names and checking whether or not a variable name is defined or checking if a variables name has a specific value.

SwaggerGen currently has no predefined variables, but you can define variables yourself by assigning them to the SwaggerGen parser before scanning starts.

Preprocessor statments may be nested and are available for PHP and text.

define name [value]

Define a variable name and optionally assign a value to it.

undef name

Remove the definition a variable name.

if name [value]

If the variable name is defined and, if provided, it's value is equal to the specified value, then process all following SwaggerGen commands upto the next preprocessor command. Otherwise, do not process those commands.

ifdef name

If the variable name is defined, then process all following SwaggerGen commands upto the next preprocessor command. Otherwise, do not process those commands.

ifndef name

If the variable name is not defined, then process all following SwaggerGen commands upto the next preprocessor command. Otherwise, do not process those commands.

else

If the previous if... or elif preprocessor command did not match, then process all following SwaggerGen commands upto the next preprocessor command. Otherwise, do not process those commands.

elif name [value]

If the previous if... or elif preprocessor command did not match and if the variable name is defined and, if provided, it's value is equal to the specified value, then process all following SwaggerGen commands upto the next preprocessor command. Otherwise, do not process those commands.

endif

End the previous if..., elif or else preprocessor command's block of SwaggerGen commands.

SwaggerGen context and commands

Ordered alphabetically for reference

The following commands can be used from within any context.

uses reference

Include a reference to another function, method or class.

For example:

  • uses functionName
  • uses self::staticMethodName
  • uses $this->methodName
  • uses ClassName::staticMethodName
  • uses ClassName->methodName

SwaggerGen makes no distinction between the self and this or between the static and dynamic :: and ->. These can be interchanged without any impact. Though it is advised to stick to the proper terms.

Class inheritance is used if a method cannot be found within the indicated class.

alias: see

x-[...] data

Add a custom extension (starting with x-) to the current context.

Extensions have no additional functionality and are treated as raw blobs of text data.

BodyParameter

Represents a body parameter.

For a list of commands, read the chapter on Parameter definitions. The available command depend on the particular type.

Contact

Contains the contact information for the API.

email email

Set the email address of the contact person.

name text ...

Set the name of the contact person.

url email

Set the URL where users can contact the maintainer(s).

Error

Represents a response with an error statuscode.

See the Response context for commands.

ExternalDocumentation

Contains an URL reference to additional documentation of the context which created this context.

description text ...

Set the description text for this external documentation.

url url

Set the URL to the external documentation.

Header

Represents a response header.

description text ...

Set the description text of this response header.

Info

Contains non-technical information about the API, such as a description, contact details and legal small-print.

contact [url] [email] [name ...] ⇒ Contact

Set the contactpoint or -person for this API. You can specify the URL, email address and name in any order you want. The URL and email address will be automatically detected, the name will consist of all text remaining (properly separated with whitespace).

description text ...

Set the description for the API.

license [url] [name ...] ⇒ License

Set the license for this API. You can specify the URL in name in any order you want. If you omit the URL, you can use any number of predefined names, which are automatically expanded to a full URL, such as gpl, gpl-2.1 or bsd.

terms text ...

Set the text for the terms of service of this API.

alias: tos, termsofservice

title text ...

Set the API title.

version number

Set the API version number.

License

Represents the name and URL of the license that applies to the API.

name text ...

Set the name of the license. If you haven't set a URL yet, a URL may be automatically set if it is one of a number of recognized license names, such as mpl or apache-2

url text ...

Set the URL of the license.

Operation

Describes an operation; a call to a specifc path using a specific method.

body/body? definition name [description ...] ⇒ BodyParameter

Add a new form Parameter to this operation.

Use body to make the parameter required. Use body? (with a question mark) to make the parameter optional.

See the chapter on Parameter definitions for a detailed description of all the possible definition formats.

consumes mime1 [mime2 ... mimeN]

Adds mime types that this operation is able to understand. E.g. "application/json", "multipart/form-data" or "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".

deprecated

Mark this operation as deprecated.

description text ...

Set the long description of the operation.

doc url [description ...] ⇒ ExternalDocumentation

Set an URL pointing to more documentation.

alias: docs

error statuscode [description] ⇒ Error

Add a possible error statuscode that may be returned by this operation, including an optional description text.

If no description is given, the standard reason for the statuscode will be used instead.

errors statuscode1 [statuscode2 ... statuscodeN]

Add several possible error statuscodes that may be returned by this operation.

form/form? definition name [description ...] ⇒ Parameter

Add a new form Parameter to this operation.

Use form to make the parameter required. Use form? (with a question mark) to make the parameter optional.

See the chapter on Parameter definitions for a detailed description of all the possible definition formats.

header/header? definition name [description ...] ⇒ Parameter

Add a new header Parameter to this operation.

Use header to make the parameter required. Use header? (with a question mark) to make the parameter optional.

See the chapter on Parameter definitions for a detailed description of all the possible definition formats.

id name

Set an operation id for this operation.

name The ID name must be uniue among all operations in the document. If you specify an ID that has already been set, an exception will be thrown.

parameter name

Add a new parameter by referencing the name of a globally defined parameter.

name The globally unique name of the parameter reference.

alias: param

path definition name [description ...] ⇒ Parameter

Add a new path Parameter to this operation.

path parameters are always required; they cannot be optional.

See the chapter on Parameter definitions for a detailed description of all the possible definition formats.

produces mime1 [mime2 ... mimeN]

Adds mime types that this operation is able to produce. E.g. "application/xml" or "application/json".

query/query? definition name [description ...] ⇒ Parameter

Add a new query Parameter to this operation.

Use query to make the parameter required. Use query? (with a question mark) to make the parameter optional.

See the chapter on Parameter definitions for a detailed description of all the possible definition formats.

require security1 [security2 ... securityN]

Set the required security scheme(s) for this operation.

Security schemes can be defined in the Swagger context.

response statuscode definition description ⇒ Response

Adds a possible response status code with a definition of the data that will be returned. Though for error statuscodes you would typically use the error or errors commands, you can use this command for those status codes as well, including a return definition.

See the chapter on Parameter definitions for a detailed description of all the possible definition formats.

response reference statuscode

Reference a response definition.

The reference name must exist as a Response definition defined in the Swagger context.

Note that this is one of two possible signatures for the response command.

schemes scheme1 [scheme2 ... schemeN]

Add any number of schemes to the operation.

summary text ...

Set the a short summary description of the operation.

tags tag1 [tag2 ... tagN]

Add any number of tags to the operation.

Parameter

Represents either a form, query, header of path parameter.

For a list of commands, read the chapter on Parameter definitions. The available command depend on the particular type.

Path

Represents a URL endpoint or Path.

operation method [summary ...] ⇒ Operation

Add a new operation to the most recently specified endpoint. Method can be any one of get, put, post, delete or patch.

description text ...

If a tag exists, sets the description for the tag, otherwise to nothing.

Response

Represents a response.

example name content

Add an example to the response.

name single-word (without spaces) name of the example. Unique per Response.

content content of any type. Either a string, JSON object (quotes optional), false, true, null or a number (with or without floating point).

header type name [description] ⇒ Header

Add a header to the response.

type must be either string, number, integer, boolean or array.

name must be a valid HTTP header name. I.e. X-Rate-Limit-Limit.

Schema

Represents a definitions of a type, such as an array.

doc url [description ...] ⇒ ExternalDocumentation

Set an URL pointing to more documentation.

alias: docs

title text ...

Set the title of this schema.

description description ...

Set the description of this schema.

For a list of other commands, read the chapter on Parameter definitions. The available command depend on the particular type.

SecurityScheme

Represents a single way of authenticating the user/client to the server. You specify the type of security scheme and it's settings using the security command from the Swagger context.

description text ...

Set the description.

scope name [description ...]

Add a new oAuth2 scope name with optional description.

Swagger

Represents the entire API documentation. This is the initial context for commands.

consumes mime1 [mime2] ... [mimeN]

Adds mime types that the API is able to understand. E.g. "application/json", "multipart/form-data" or "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".

alias: consume

contact [url] [email] [name ...] ⇒ Contact

Set the contactpoint or -person for this API. You can specify the URL, email address and name in any order you want. The URL and email address will be automatically detected, the name will consist of all text remaining (properly separated with whitespace).

definition name [type] ⇒ Schema

Start definition of a Schema using the reference name specified.

Definitions can be specified as read only using exclamation point at the end of the definition command. E.g. definition! user will create a user model that will appear in GET responses and be omitted from POST, PUT, and PATCH requests.

When no type is specified, definition creates an object definition. You can specify type to create definitions for other types:

definition PositiveInteger integer[1,>

definition ArrayOfString array(string)

See the chapter on Parameter definitions for a detailed description of all the possible definition types.

alias: model (for historical reasons)

description text ... ⇒ Info

Set the description for the API.

doc url [description ...] ⇒ ExternalDocumentation

Set an URL pointing to more documentation.

alias: docs

endpoint /path [tag] [description ...] ⇒ Path

Create an endpoint using the /path. If tag is set, the endpoint will be assigned to the tag group of that name. If a description is set, the description of the group will be set.

license [url] [name ...] ⇒ License

Set the license for this API. You can specify the URL in name in any order you want. If you omit the URL, you can use any number of predefined names, which are automatically expanded to a full URL, such as gpl, gpl-2.1, mit or bsd.

produces mime1 [mime2] ... [mimeN]

Adds mime types that the API is able to produce. E.g. "application/xml" or "application/json".

alias: produce

require name [scopes]

Set the required security scheme names. If multiple names are given, they must all apply. If an oath2 scheme is specified, you may

response name definition description ⇒ Response

Adds a response definition with a schema definition of the data that will be returned. You can omit the definition by specifying null instead.

See the chapter on Parameter definitions for a detailed description of all the possible definition formats.

schemes scheme1 [scheme2] ... [schemeN]

Adds protocol schemes. E.g. "http" or "https".

alias: scheme

security name type [params ...] ⇒ SecurityScheme

Define a security method, available to the API and individual operations. Name can be any random name you choose. These names will be used to reference to the security shemes later on.

Type must be either basic, apikey or oauth2. The parameters depend on the type.

For basic, you can only specify a description text.

For apikey, you must first specify a name to use for the query parameter or header, then use either query or header to set the type of apikey. Optionally followed by a description text.

For oauth2, you must set the flow type implicit, password, application or accesscode. For type accesscode you must specify two URL's, for authorization and token respectively, for the other types only one URL is needed. Optionally follow with a description text. You may need to add scopes using the scope command afterwards.

  • security name basic [description ...]
  • security name apikey header-name header [description ...]
  • security name apikey query-variable query [description ...]
  • security name oauth2 implicit auth-url [description ...]
  • security name oauth2 password token-url [description ...]
  • security name oauth2 application token-url [description ...]
  • security name oauth2 accesscode auth-url token-url [description ...]

tag tag [description ...] ⇒ Tag

Specifies a tag definition; essentially the category in which an endpoint path will be grouped together.

alias: api (for historical reasons).

terms text ... ⇒ Info

Set the text for the terms of service of this API.

alias: tos, termsofservice

title text ... ⇒ Info

Set the API title.

version number ⇒ Info

Set the API version number.

Tag

A tag is used to group paths and operations together in logical categories.

description text ...

Set the description.

doc url [description ...] ⇒ ExternalDocumentation

Set an URL pointing to more documentation.

alias: docs

Parameter definitions

All parameters can handle the example command:

Commands

  • example content Set the example content of any type. Either a string, JSON object (quotes optional), false, true, null or a number (with or without floating point).

string, byte, binary, password

Represents a text.

type(pattern)[0,>=default
  • type: string or binary,
  • range: [min,max]. Use [ or ] for inclusive and < or > for exclusive. Empty min value means zero. Empty max value means infinity.
  • default: any valid text not containing whitespace.

Commands

  • default value Set the default value.
  • enum value1 value2 ... valueN Set or add allowed values.

Examples

  • string A simple text field.
  • string(^[a-z]{2}-[A-Z]{2}$) String matching ISO "ll-CC" locale.
  • string[,256>=red A text of at most 255 characters, default to "red".
  • binary[1,8] Upto 8 binary digits, requiring atleast one.

int32 (integer, int), int64 (long)

Represents numbers without decimals.

type[0,>=default
  • type: integer, int, int32, long or int64.
  • range: [min,max]. Use [ or ] for inclusive and < or > for exclusive. Empty min or max values means infinity.
  • default: any valid integer.

Commands

  • default value Set the default value.
  • enum value1 value2 ... valueN Set or add allowed values.
  • step value Set the stepsize between numbers.

Examples

  • int 32-bit integer without a default or limited range.
  • long<,0> 64-bit negative integers only.
  • integer[0,>=100 32-bit positive integer or zero, default to 100.

float, double

Represents floating point numbers (with decimals).

type[0,>=default
  • type: float or double
  • range: [min,max]. Use [ or ] for inclusive and < or > for exclusive. Empty min or max values means infinity.
  • default: any valid integer.

Commands

  • default value Set the default value.
  • enum value1 value2 ... valueN Set or add allowed values.
  • step value Set the stepsize between numbers.

Examples

  • float 32-bit floating point number without a default or limited range.
  • double<,1> 64-bit floating point numbers upto (but not including) 1.
  • float<0,>=0.1 32-bit positive numbers, excluding 0, default to 0.1.

boolean (bool)

A true/false choice.

type=default
  • type: boolean or bool.
  • default: true, false, 1 (true) or 0 (false).

Commands

  • default value Set the default value.

Examples

  • boolean A basic boolean.
  • bool=true A boolean, default to true.

date, date-time (datetime)

Special type of string which is limited to dates only

type=default
  • type: date, date-time or datetime,
  • default: Any valid date format recognized by the PHP DateTime object.

Commands

  • default date Set the default value.

Examples

  • date A simple date
  • datetime=2015-12-31T12:34:56Z Date and time set to a default without a timezone offset.
  • datetime=2015-12-31T12:34:56.001+01:00 Date and time set to a default value with fractional seconds and a timezone offset.

csv (array), ssv, tsv, pipes, multi

List of items

type(definition)[0,>

Alternative short-hand notation for array lists:

[definition][0,>
  • type: csv, array, ssv, tsv, pipes, or multi.
  • range: [min,max]. Use [ or ] for inclusive and < or > for exclusive. Empty min value means zero. Empty max value means infinity.
  • default: any valid text not containing whitespace.
  • definition: a definition of the type of the items in the list. It is possible to define lists as items, creating multidimensional arrays.

Commands

  • min value Set the minimum number of items required.
  • max value Set the maximum number of items allowed.
  • items definition Set the definition of the items in this list.

Types

  • csv Comma (,) separated. I.e. red,green,blue. Alias: array.
  • ssv Space ( ) separated. I.e. red green blue.
  • tsv Tab-separated. I.e. red green blue.
  • pipes Pipe (|) separated. I.e. red|green|blue.
  • multi query-string formatted. I.e. color=red&color=green&color=blue. This choice is only available for form and query parameters.

Examples

  • csv(string) A comma-separated list of strings.

file

A file.

file

No further definition is possible. There are no command.

Examples

  • file A file.

object

Object with properties. Typically used as key-value map

object(definition)[0,>

Alternative short-hand notation:

{definition}[0,>
  • type: object.
  • range: [min,max]. Use [ or ] for inclusive and < or > for exclusive. Empty min value means zero properties (no minimum). Empty max value means infinite properties (no maximum).
  • definition: a comma-separated list of property definitions in the form of key:definition, where key can be any sequence of characters except : or ? or !. The ? means that key is optional. The ! means the key is read only. Read only implies optional as well.

Commands

  • min value Set the minimum number of items required.
  • max value Set the maximum number of items allowed.
  • property definition name Add a required property.
  • property? definition name Add an optional property.
  • property! definition name Add a read only property.
  • discriminator propertyName Sets the property as a discriminator. The property must be required (could not be read only nor optional), but you can define it later.

Examples

  • object(age:int[18,25>) An object containing a single key age with an integer value greater or equal to 18 and less than 25.
  • object(age:int,name?:string[2,>) An object containing an age and an optional name string, where the value must be atleast two characters long.
  • object()[4,8] An object containing four to eight unknown properties.

allof

Intersection type (data must satisfy all base types). May be used for type composition or to implement inheritance (in conjunction with discriminator). Could also be used to refine the constraints imposed by the base type.

allof(definition)
  • definition: a comma-separated list of base types, either as inline definitions or references to another definition

Commands

  • item type Add the type to the list of allOf types

Examples

  • allOf(DataModel,IdModel) type composition: effectively creates DataWithId type.
  • allOf(ModelWithOptionalName,object(name:string)) type refinement: effectively makes name property required.

enum

Special type of string which is limited to one of a number of predefined values.

enum(value1,value1,...,valueN)=default
  • values: any text not containing whitespace or commas.
  • default: any of the specified texts.

Commands

See string.

Examples

  • enum(red,green,blue)=red A string containing either "red", "green" or "blue", default to "red".

uuid

Special type of string which accepts RFC 4122 compliant Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) strings. The default value is validated to ensure only valid UUID's are specified.

uuid=default
  • default: any of the specified texts.

Commands

See string.

Examples

  • uuid=123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000 A uuid string, default to the uuid "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000".

refobject

Reference to a globally defined definition (a.k.a. model) object.

refobject(definitionName)

or

definitionName
  • definitionName: the name of the globally defined definition.

Examples

  • refobject(Address) Reference the a globally defined model named Address.
  • Address Reference the a globally defined model named Address.

Notes

Usually, using the definition name alone is good enough. Use refobject(...) if you are using a name which is also used as a builtin parameter type, such as string or object. It is best practice to start all definition names with an upper case character (i.e. Address). Using refobject(...) also offers the safest forward-compatible strategy if you do not start definition names with upper case (i.e. address).

Appendices

Mime types

Some commands, such as consumes and produces take mime types as arguments. Instead of specifying the full mime types, you can any of the following predefined shorthands (case insensitive):

fileform	multipart/form-data
form		application/x-www-form-urlencoded
json		application/json
text		text/plain
utf8		text/plain; charset=utf-8
yml			application/x-yaml
yaml		application/x-yaml
php			text/x-php
xml			text/xml

Licenses

A selection of shorthands are available for licenses. If you want another license added to it, please submit an issue or create a pull request. The file you want to edit is /SwaggerGen/Swagger/License.php.

These are the license shorthands currently available:

artistic-1.0	http://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license-1.0
artistic-1		http://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license-1.0
artistic-2.0	http://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license-2.0
artistic-2		http://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license-2.0
artistic		http://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license-2.0
bsd-new			https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
bsd-3			https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
bsd-2			https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
bsd				https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
epl-1.0			http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
epl-1			http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
epl				http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
apache-2.0		http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
apache-2		http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
apache			http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
gpl-1.0			https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-1.0.html
gpl-1			https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-1.0.html
gpl-2.0			https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
gpl-2			https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
gpl-3.0			http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
gpl-3			http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
gpl				http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
lgpl-2.0		http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.0.html
lgpl-2.1		http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html
lgpl-2			http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html
lgpl-3.0		http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html
lgpl-3			http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html
lgpl			http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html
mit				http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
mpl-1.1			https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/1.1/
mpl-1			https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/1.1/
mpl-2.0			https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/
mpl-2			https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/
mpl				https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/
mspl			https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff648068.aspx

Example

To view an example of Swagger documentation generated with SwaggerGen, visit the Example API documentation.

The following is a fragment of code from this example:

/**
 * @rest\endpoint /user/{username}
 * @rest\method GET Get a list of all users
 * @rest\path String username Name of the user
 * @rest\see self::request
 */
private function getUser($name)
{
	/*
	 * @rest\model User
	 * @rest\property int age Age of the user in years
	 * @rest\property int height Height of the user in centimeters
	 */
	return $this->data['users'][$name]; // @rest\response OK object(age:int[0,100>,height:float) User
}