Swagger API Documentation

Swagger is a powerful tool for documenting APIs. It provides a user-friendly interface for developers to interact with the API endpoints and understand the request and response structures. This page provides a detailed guide on how to set up Swagger in your PHP project and generate API documentation.

With Swagger, you can easily create and maintain accurate documentation for your APIs. It allows you to define the structure of your API endpoints, including the request and response schemas, authentication requirements, and available parameters. Swagger also provides a built-in testing interface, allowing developers to make API requests directly from the documentation page.

By using Swagger, you can improve the developer experience by providing clear and concise documentation. This helps new developers understand how to use your API and reduces the time spent on support and troubleshooting. Additionally, Swagger documentation can be automatically generated from your code, ensuring that it stays up-to-date as your API evolves.

To get started with Swagger in your PHP project, you'll need to install the Swagger PHP library and configure it to generate documentation based on your code annotations. Once set up, you can access the Swagger documentation page and explore your API endpoints, test them, and view the request and response examples.

Remember to keep your Swagger documentation up-to-date as you make changes to your API. This will ensure that developers always have access to accurate and relevant information about your API endpoints.

To create your swagger-docs directory in Prisma PHP:

  1. ✔ Would you like to use Swagger Docs? … No / Yes - Select Yes to create your swagger-docs directory in Prisma PHP.
  2. ✔ Swagger UI - Swagger UI is a collection of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS assets that dynamically generate beautiful documentation from a Swagger-compliant API.
  3. ✔ Swagger JSDoc - A JSDoc plugin that allows you to write Swagger descriptions in your JSDoc comments.
  4. src/app/swagger-docs/apis/users.js - This is a template file that you can use as a guide to create your Swagger Docs using JSDoc annotations in your Prisma PHP project.
  5. npm run create-swagger-docs - Run this command to generate your Swagger Docs. It will scan all JavaScript files in the src/app/swagger-docs/apis directory and create a Swagger JSON file named pphp-swagger.json in the same directory.