Apistos  

An OpenAPI documentation tool exposing OAS 3.0 models as well as an actix-web wrapper similar to paperclip.

Apistos is composed of these crates:

• apistos: actix-web wrapper to generate an OpenAPI v3.0.3 documentation file
• apistos-core: A set of traits and common models around OpenAPI v3.0.3
• apistos-gen: macro utilities to generate OpenAPI v3.0.3 documentation from Rust models
• apistos-models: OpenAPI v3.0.3 models with Schema based on schemars definition
• apistos-plugins: traits and utilities to extend apistos
• apistos-rapidoc: bridge between Apistos and RapiDoc for actix.
• apistos-plugins: bridge between Apistos and Redoc for actix.
• apistos-scalar: bridge between Apistos and Scalar for actix.
• apistos-shuttle: allows you to run an actix-web server documented with Apistos on Shuttle.
• apistos-swagger-ui: bridge between Apistos and Swagger UI for actix

Check out our example project.

What does Apistos means

Apistos (pronounced /a.p.i.stos/) is a word play between Héphaïstos (Ἥφαιστος, grec god of blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, metallurgy ... which can also be considered by some as the god of technology) and API (pronounced /a.p.i/ in French).

Apistos

• Installation
• Usage example
• Feature flags
• Alternatives
• About us

Installation

[dependencies]
#schemars = "0.8"
# sadly we currently rely on a fork to fix multiple flatten for enums, related PR can be found here: https://github.com/GREsau/schemars/pull/264
schemars = { package = "apistos-schemars", version = "0.8" }
apistos = "0.4"

Usage example

Wrap your regular actix-web app using apistos types.

Most of these types are drop-in types for actix-web one's.

use std::fmt::Display;
use actix_web::{App, HttpServer, ResponseError};
use actix_web::http::StatusCode;
use actix_web::middleware::Logger;
use actix_web::web::Json;
use apistos::actix::CreatedJson;
use apistos::api_operation;
use apistos::ApiComponent;
use apistos::ApiErrorComponent;
use apistos::app::OpenApiWrapper;
use apistos::spec::Spec;
use apistos::web::{post, resource, scope};
use apistos_models::info::Info;
use core::fmt::Formatter;
use schemars::JsonSchema;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use std::error::Error;
use std::net::Ipv4Addr;

#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, JsonSchema, ApiComponent)]
pub struct Test {
  pub test: String
}

#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, ApiErrorComponent)]
#[openapi_error(
  status(code = 403),
  status(code = 404),
  status(code = 405, description = "Invalid input"),
  status(code = 409)
)]
pub enum ErrorResponse {
  MethodNotAllowed(String),
  NotFound(String),
  Conflict(String),
  Unauthorized(String),
}

impl Display for ErrorResponse {
  fn fmt(&self, _f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
    todo!()
  }
}

impl ResponseError for ErrorResponse {
  fn status_code(&self) -> StatusCode {
    todo!()
  }
}

#[api_operation(
  tag = "pet",
  summary = "Add a new pet to the store",
  description = r###"Add a new pet to the store
    Plop"###,
  error_code = 405
)]
pub(crate) async fn test(
  body: Json<Test>,
) -> Result<CreatedJson<Test>, ErrorResponse> {
  Ok(CreatedJson(body.0))
}

#[actix_web::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), impl Error> {
  HttpServer::new(move || {
    let spec = Spec {
      info: Info {
        title: "An API".to_string(),
        version: "1.0.0".to_string(),
        ..Default::default()
      },
      ..Default::default()
    };

    App::new()
        .document(spec)
        .wrap(Logger::default())
        .service(scope("/test")
            .service(
              resource("")
                  .route(post().to(test))
            )
        )
        .build("/openapi.json")
  })
      .bind((Ipv4Addr::UNSPECIFIED, 8080))?
      .run()
      .await
}

For a complete example, see the sample petstore.

Feature flags

name	description	extra dependencies
query (default)	Enables documenting actix_web::web::Query
actix (default)	Enables documenting types from actix
lab_query	Enables documenting actix_web_lab::extract::Query	actix-web-lab
garde	Enables input validation through garde	garde
actix-session	Enables documenting types from actix-session	actix-session
actix-web-grants	Enables support for actix-web-grants	actix-web-grants
rapidoc	Enables RapiDoc to expose the generated openapi file
redoc	Enables Redoc to expose the generated openapi file
swagger-ui	Enables Swagger UI to expose the generated openapi file
qs_query	Enables documenting types from serde_qs	serde_qs
chrono	Enables documenting types from chrono	chrono
multipart	Enables documenting types from actix-multipart	actix-multipart
rust_decimal	Enables documenting types from rust_decimal	rust_decimal
uuid	Enables documenting types from uuid	uuid
url	Enables documenting types from url	url
extras	Enables chrono, multipart, rust_decimal, uuid and url features	All from previous features

What's next

• Handle schema for errors using ApiErrorComponent derive macro

Alternatives

Crate	Key differences
paperclip	Paperclip is similar to this project but generates Swagger v2 documentation. Paperclip also provides a tool to generate rust code from a Swagger v2 document.
utoipa	Utoipa-actix integration rely on actix web macros for routing definition. At first, we planned on relying on utoipa for OAS types and schema derivation but for now utoipa doesn't support generic struct the way we intended to.
okapi	Pretty similar, based on schemars as well (and maintained by the founder of schemars) but not integrated with actix.

Articles

• announcement article can be found on medium. It acts as a tutorial for Apistos.

About us

apistos is provided by Netwo.

We use this crate for our internal needs and therefore are committed to its maintenance, however we cannot provide any additional guaranty. Use it at your own risks.

While we won't invest in any feature we don't need, we are open to accept any pull request you might propose.

We are a France based full-remote company operating in the telecom industry. If you are interested in learning more, feel free to visit our career page.