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Swagger documentation in Java EE apiee@phillip-kruger.com

Quick Start

Apiee creates swagger documentation from your JAX-RS and Swagger annotations in Runtime. It also give you a custom Swagger UI screen.

The apiee-core library is published to maven central and artefacts is available in Nexus OSS

In your pom.xml:

 <!-- Apiee -->
 <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.phillip-kruger</groupId>
        <artifactId>apiee-core</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.1</version>
 </dependency>

In you JAX-RS class:

@Path("/example")
@Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON}) 
@Consumes({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON})
@SwaggerDefinition (info = @Info (
                        title = "Example Service",
                        description = "A simple example of apiee",
                        version = "1.0.0",
                        contact = @Contact (
                            name = "Phillip Kruger", 
                            email = "apiee@phillip-kruger.com", 
                            url = "http://phillip-kruger.com"
                        )
                    )
                )
@Api(value = "Example service")
@Log
public class ExampleService {
    
    @GET
    @ApiOperation(value = "Retrieve some example content", notes = "This will return some json to the client",response = JsonObject.class)
    public Response getExample(){
        JsonObject jsonObject = Json.createObjectBuilder().add("name", "apiee example").add("url", "https://github.com/phillip-kruger/apiee-example").build();
        log.log(Level.INFO, "GET: {0}", jsonObject);
        return Response.ok(jsonObject).build();
    }
}

You can also set the @SwaggerDefinition part in apiee.properties (more about that later)

If you have set up your JAX-RS to autoscan, everything should just work. However, if you manually define the JAX-RS classes, you need to add the ApieeService.class:

Example (In the class that extends javax.ws.rs.core.Application):

@Override
public Set<Class<?>> getClasses() {
    Set<Class<?>> classes = new HashSet<>();
    classes.add(....);
    classes.add(com.github.phillipkruger.apiee.ApieeService.class);
    return classes;
}

You can then go to the apiee swagger-ui :

http://localhost:8080/your-application-context/your-jaxrs-application-path/apiee/

Security

Apiee does not have it's own security. You should secure the the /your-jaxrs-application-path/apiee/ context within your own security model.

Whitelabel

Apiee comes out of the box with it's own themed swagger ui. However, you might not want a monkey's face on you API documentation, so Apiee makes it easy to whitelabel the UI.

(above: default theme out-of-the-box)

In your web app /src/main/resources you can include the following files:

apiee.properties
apiee.png
apiee.css
apiee.html

Variables (apiee.properties)

The HTML template that creates the Swagger UI has some variables that you can define in a properties

copyrighBy=John Smith
title=Company X
jsonButtonCaption=download json
yamlButtonCaption=download yaml
swaggerUiTheme=monokai

You can also define the @SwaggerDefinition in the apiee.properties with the following properties:

infoTitle=Company X Services
infoDescription=REST API of Company X
infoVersion=1.0.1
infoContactName=Phillip Kruger
infoContactEmail=apiee@phillip-kruger.com
infoContactUrl=http://phillip-kruger.com
infoLicenseName=Apache License, Version 2.0
infoLicenseUrl=http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Theme (apiee.css)

Apiee includes swagger-ui-themes and use the muted theme as default. You can override the theme by setting the swaggerUiTheme in the apiee.properties (see above). You can also include your own CSS called apiee.css to style the UI. Themes available from swagger-ui-themes:

feeling-blue
flattop
material
monokai
muted
newspaper
outline

(above: some variables and theme changed)

Logo (apiee.png)

To replace the default monkey face logo, include the apiee.png file

(above: logo changed)

Template (apiee.html)

(Advanced) Lastly, if you want even more customization, you can provide you own HTML template to override the default default. This allows you to really change the Look and Feel of you Swagger UI

(above: custome html template)

Application Servers

Apiee has been tested using the following Java EE 7 application servers:

Via a Proxy

You can set some headers to create the correct URL in swagger documents and to make the the UI works. This is handy if the request is going through a proxy.

x-request-uri (if this is set, the path part of the URL will be set to this)
x-forwarded-port (if this is set, the port part of the URL will be set to this)
x-forwarded-proto (if this is set, the scheme or protocol part of the URL will be set to this)

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