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Synopsis

Creates a fully-functional application with an API defined using the Swagger 2.0 specification. For more information on Swagger, see Swagger RESTful API Documentation Specification (version 2.0).

lb swagger [options] [<name>]

With IBM API Connect v5 developer toolkit:

apic loopback:swagger [options]

With legacy StrongLoop tools:

slc loopback:swagger [options] [<url>]

Options

-h, --help
Print the generator’s options and usage.
--skip-cache
Do not remember prompt answers. Default is false.
--skip-install
Do not automatically install dependencies. Default is false.

Arguments

<url> - Optional URL of the Swagger specification file to use.  If provided, then the tool will use that as the default in the interactive prompts.

Interactive Prompts

The tool will prompt you for:

  • Location of the Swagger JSON specification file.  Enter a URL or relative file path.
  • Models to generate, based on the REST API defined in the Swagger file.  Move the cursor with the arrow keys, and press the space bar to de-select the model next to the cursor.   Then press Return to generate all the selected models.
  • Data source to use.

Example

For example, if you enter the Swagger simple pet store example URL:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wordnik/swagger-spec/master/examples/v2.0/json/petstore-simple.json

The tool will display:

[?] Select models to be generated:
❯⬢ swagger_api
 ⬢ pet
 ⬢ petInput
 ⬢ errorModel

Move the cursor with the arrow keys, and press the space bar to de-select the model next to the cursor. Then press Return to generate all the selected models.

The tool will prompt you for the display information on what it’s doing; for example:

[?] Select the data-source to attach models to: db (memory)
Creating model definition for swagger_api...
Creating model definition for pet...
Creating model definition for petInput...
Creating model definition for errorModel...
...

Output

The tool generates all the files for the application based on the specified Swagger file, including all the Model definition JSON files and associated JavaScript files.