falcon-apispec

apispec plugin that generates OpenAPI specification (aka Swagger) for Falcon web applications.

Installation

pip install falcon-apispec

Works with apispec v1.0+.

Example Application

from apispec import APISpec
from apispec.ext.marshmallow import MarshmallowPlugin
import falcon
from falcon_apispec import FalconPlugin
from marshmallow import Schema, fields


# Optional marshmallow support
class CategorySchema(Schema):
    id = fields.Int()
    name = fields.Str(required=True)

class PetSchema(Schema):
    category = fields.Nested(CategorySchema, many=True)
    name = fields.Str()


# Create Falcon web app
app = falcon.API()

class RandomPetResource:
    def on_get(self, req, resp):
        """A cute furry animal endpoint.
        ---
        get:
            description: Get a random pet
            responses:
                200:
                    description: A pet to be returned
                    schema: PetSchema
        """
        pet = get_random_pet()  # returns JSON
        resp.media = pet

# create instance of resource
random_pet_resource = RandomPetResource()
# pass into `add_route` for Falcon
app.add_route("/random", random_pet_resource)


# Create an APISpec
spec = APISpec(
    title='Swagger Petstore',
    version='1.0.0',
    openapi_version='2.0',
    plugins=[
        FalconPlugin(app),
        MarshmallowPlugin(),
    ],
)

# Register entities and paths
spec.components.schema('Category', schema=CategorySchema)
spec.components.schema('Pet', schema=PetSchema)
# pass created resource into `path` for APISpec
spec.path(resource=random_pet_resource)

Generated OpenAPI Spec

spec.to_dict()
# {
#   "info": {
#     "title": "Swagger Petstore",
#     "version": "1.0.0"
#   },
#   "swagger": "2.0",
#   "paths": {
#     "/random": {
#       "get": {
#         "description": "A cute furry animal endpoint.",
#         "responses": {
#           "200": {
#             "schema": {
#               "$ref": "#/definitions/Pet"
#             },
#             "description": "A pet to be returned"
#           }
#         },
#       }
#     }
#   },
#   "definitions": {
#     "Pet": {
#       "properties": {
#         "category": {
#           "type": "array",
#           "items": {
#             "$ref": "#/definitions/Category"
#           }
#         },
#         "name": {
#           "type": "string"
#         }
#       }
#     },
#     "Category": {
#       "required": [
#         "name"
#       ],
#       "properties": {
#         "name": {
#           "type": "string"
#         },
#         "id": {
#           "type": "integer",
#           "format": "int32"
#         }
#       }
#     }
#   },
# }

spec.to_yaml()
# definitions:
#   Pet:
#     enum: [name, photoUrls]
#     properties:
#       id: {format: int64, type: integer}
#       name: {example: doggie, type: string}
# info: {description: 'This is a sample Petstore server.  You can find out more ', title: Swagger Petstore, version: 1.0.0}
# parameters: {}
# paths: {}
# security:
# - apiKey: []
# swagger: '2.0'
# tags: []

Contributing

Setting Up for Local Development

1. Fork falcon-apispec on Github
2. Install development requirements. Virtual environments are highly recommended

pip install -r requirements.txt

Running Tests

pytest