Swagger Lite

Laravel 5 api documentation generator, based on Swagger 3

swagger lite use just a few lines of code added to your controllers methods.

Installation

Require this package with composer using the following command:

composer require mindertech/swagger-lite

After that add to the providers array in config/app.php

Pgroot\SwaggerLite\SwaggerLiteServiceProvider::class,

Then call

php artisan vendor:publish

Usage

If you do all steps mentioned above than the file /config/swagger-lite.php should be generated for you.

<?php
return array(
    'api' => [
        'version' => '1.0',
        'title' => 'API',
        'description' => '',
        'base-path' => '/api'
    ],
    'doc-route' => 'docs',
    'api-docs-route' => 'api/docs',
    "generateAlways" => true,
    "default-swagger-version" => "2.0",
);

Controllers and methods

<?php
/**
 * A description of the api
 *
 * @api tag
 * @package App\Http\Controllers
 */
class TestController extends Controller {

    /**
     * A description of the method
     *
     * This is a Description. A Summary and Description are separated by either
     *
     * @param string|path|required $id Description of the parameterName 
     * @param int|query $pid test Description of the parameterName 
     * @param string $type Description of the parameterName 
     * @return string Indicates the number of items
     */
    public function index(){
        return ['index'];
    }
} 

Notice: : "@api" is required

You can set how the parameters are send and there are 3 options:

• formData
• path
• query - this is the default option

Parameters can be required or not required. default: false

That's it. Now you can access your new documentation at APP_URL/docs