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Migration guide: from Swagger Codegen to OpenAPI Generator
OpenAPI Generator is a fork of swagger-codegen between version 2.3.1 and 2.4.0.
This community-driven version called "OpenAPI Generator" provides similar functionalities and can be used as drop-in replacement.
This guide explains the major differences in order to help you with the migration.
Table of contents
- New docker images
- New maven coordinates
- Changes in Maven Plugin
- New generators names
- New parameters name
- Renamed Mustache Template Variables
- Ignore file
- metadata-folder
- New default values for the generated code
- New fully qualified name for the classes
- Body parameter name
- Generators not yet fully migrated
New docker images
The docker images are available on DockerHub: https://hub.docker.com/u/openapitools/
CLI for OpenAPI Generator
Image to run OpenAPI Generator in the command line (see OpenAPI Generator CLI Docker Image)
Old: swaggerapi/swagger-codegen-cli
New: openapitools/openapi-generator-cli
OpenAPI Generator as web service
Image to run OpenAPI Generator as a web service (see OpenAPI Generator Online Docker Image)
Old: swaggerapi/swagger-generator
New: openapitools/openapi-generator-online
New maven coordinates
You can find our released artefact on maven central:
Core:
Old:
<dependency>
<groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
<artifactId>swagger-codegen</artifactId>
</dependency>
New:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
<artifactId>openapi-generator</artifactId>
</dependency>
Cli:
<dependency>
<groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
<artifactId>swagger-codegen-cli</artifactId>
</dependency>
New:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
<artifactId>openapi-generator-cli</artifactId>
</dependency>
Maven plugin:
<dependency>
<groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
<artifactId>swagger-codegen-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</dependency>
New:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
<artifactId>openapi-generator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</dependency>
Changes in Maven Plugin
OpenAPI Generator 3.0.0 has introduced <generatorName> and deprecated <language>, because this refers to generator names which embed more than just "language".
If both options are present, you'll be presented with an error. If only <language> is provided, you'll be presented instructions for updating to the new config.
New generators names
When you run OpenAPI Generator, you need to select a target generator (-g option in the cli).
All languages of swagger-codegen have been migrated to openapi-generator, but some names were changed, in order to be more consistent.
name in swagger-codegen |
name in openapi-generator |
|---|---|
akka-scala |
scala-akka |
scala |
scala-httpclient |
jaxrs |
jaxrs-jersey |
qt5cpp |
cpp-qt5 |
cpprest |
cpp-restsdk |
tizen |
cpp-tizen |
sinatra |
ruby-sinatra |
swift |
swift2-deprecated |
lumen |
php-lumen |
slim |
php-slim |
ze-ph |
php-ze-ph |
nancyfx |
csharp-nancyfx |
We provide a temporary mapping in code for these old values. You'll receive a warning with instructions to migrate to the new names.
New parameters name
Some parameters were renamed. Often you need to replace "Swagger", with "OpenAPI". Some examples:
name in swagger-codegen |
name in openapi-generator |
|---|---|
debugSwagger |
debugOpenAPI |
GenerateSwaggerMetadata |
GenerateOpenAPIMetadata |
swagger.codegen.undertow.apipackage |
openapi.codegen.undertow.apipackage |
swagger.codegen.undertow.modelpackage |
openapi.codegen.undertow.modelpackage |
Renamed Mustache Template Variables
The template variable {{datatype}} was renamed to {{dataType}} for consistency reason.
Corresponding java code: CodegenProperty.datatype is renamed to CodegenProperty.dataType.
(If you're not using customized templates with the -t option, you can ignore the mustache variable renaming above.)
Ignore file
.swagger-codegen-ignore is replaced by .openapi-generator-ignore.
The syntax inside the file stays the same.
You don't need to rename the file manually, OpenAPI Generator will do it when your run it against an existing an existing output directory.
(When there is no .openapi-generator-ignore in a folder, if a .swagger-codegen-ignore file is present it will be considered and renamed to .openapi-generator-ignore).
Metadata folder
The metatata folder (to store the VERSION file for example) is now called .openapi-generator/ instead of .swagger-codegen/.
New default values for the generated code
If you use a generator without specifying each parameter, you might see some differences in the generated code.
As example the default package name used in the generated code has changed.
You need to have a look at the specific value, depending of your target language, but often Swagger îs replaced by OpenAPITools and io.swagger is replaced by org.openapitools.
Concretely if you did not specify anything when you are generating java code, a file org/openapitools/api/PetApi.java might be generated instead of io/swagger/api/PetApi.java.
If this is a problem for you, you need to explicitly set the the parameter value in order to match with the swagger-codgen default value (apiPackage == io.swagger in the previous example with the java generator).
New fully qualified name for the classes
If you have extended some generators in your project, and you are looking for a specific class, replace the io.swagger.codegen package (old name) with org.openapitools.codegen package (new name).
Example: org.openapitools.codegen.DefaultGenerator
Body parameter name
In OpenAPI spec v3, there's no body parameter, which is replaced by Request Body Object. The parameter name for Request Body is named automatically based on the model name (e.g. User). To control how the "Request Body" parmaeter is named, please add the vendor extension x-codegen-request-body-name to the operation:
OpenAPI Spec v3:
paths:
/pet:
post:
tags:
- pet
summary: Add a new pet to the store
description: ''
operationId: addPet
x-codegen-request-body-name: new_body_name
responses:
'405':
description: Invalid input
security:
- petstore_auth:
- 'write:pets'
- 'read:pets'
requestBody:
$ref: '#/components/requestBodies/Pet'
OpenAPI Spec v2:
paths:
/pet:
post:
tags:
- pet
summary: Add a new pet to the store
description: ''
operationId: addPet
x-codegen-request-body-name: new_body_name
consumes:
- application/json
- application/xml
produces:
- application/xml
- application/json
parameters:
- in: body
name: body
description: Pet object that needs to be added to the store
required: true
schema:
$ref: '#/definitions/Pet'
responses:
'405':
description: Invalid input
security:
- petstore_auth:
- 'write:pets'
- 'read:pets'
If your API client is using named parameters in the function call (e.g. Perl required & optional parameters, Ruby optional parameters), you will need to add x-codegen-request-body-name to the spec to restore the original body parameter name.
Generators not yet fully migrated
The following gnereators are not yet fully migrated and tested
rust-serverapex
and we welcome contributions from the community to help with the migration