Migrating from Swagger Codegen

OpenAPI Generator is a fork of swagger-codegen between version 2.3.1 and 2.4.0. For the reasons behind the fork, please refer to the Q&A. This community-driven version called "OpenAPI Generator" provides similar functionalities and can be used as drop-in replacement. This guide explains the major differences in order to help you with the migration.

Table of contents

• New docker images
• New maven coordinates
• Changes in Maven Plugin
• New generators names
• New parameters name
• Renamed Mustache Template Variables
• Ignore file
• metadata-folder
• New default values for the generated code
• New fully qualified name for the classes
• Body parameter name
• Default basePath
• Nullable

New docker images

The docker images are available on DockerHub: https://hub.docker.com/u/openapitools/

CLI for OpenAPI Generator

Image to run OpenAPI Generator in the command line (see OpenAPI Generator CLI Docker Image)

Old: swaggerapi/swagger-codegen-cli

New: openapitools/openapi-generator-cli

OpenAPI Generator as web service

Image to run OpenAPI Generator as a web service (see OpenAPI Generator Online Docker Image)

Old: swaggerapi/swagger-generator

New: openapitools/openapi-generator-online

New maven coordinates

You can find our released artefact on maven central:

Core:

Old:

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
    <artifactId>swagger-codegen</artifactId>
</dependency>

New:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
    <artifactId>openapi-generator</artifactId>
</dependency>

Cli:

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
    <artifactId>swagger-codegen-cli</artifactId>
</dependency>

New:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
    <artifactId>openapi-generator-cli</artifactId>
</dependency>

Maven plugin:

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
    <artifactId>swagger-codegen-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</dependency>

New:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
    <artifactId>openapi-generator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</dependency>

Changes in Maven Plugin

OpenAPI Generator 3.0.0 has introduced <generatorName> and deprecated <language>, because this refers to generator names which embed more than just "language".

If both options are present, you'll be presented with an error. If only <language> is provided, you'll be presented instructions for updating to the new config.

New generators names

When you run OpenAPI Generator, you need to select a target generator (-g option in the cli). All languages of swagger-codegen have been migrated to openapi-generator, but some names were changed, in order to be more consistent.

name in swagger-codegen	name in openapi-generator
akka-scala	scala-akka
scala	scala-httpclient
jaxrs	jaxrs-jersey
qt5cpp	cpp-qt5
cpprest	cpp-restsdk
tizen	cpp-tizen
sinatra	ruby-sinatra
swift	swift2-deprecated
lumen	php-lumen
slim	php-slim
ze-ph	php-mezzio-ph

We provide a temporary mapping in code for these old values. You'll receive a warning with instructions to migrate to the new names.

New parameters name

Some parameters were renamed. Often you need to replace "Swagger", with "OpenAPI". Some examples:

name in swagger-codegen	name in openapi-generator
debugSwagger	debugOpenAPI
GenerateSwaggerMetadata	GenerateOpenAPIMetadata
swagger.codegen.undertow.apipackage	openapi.codegen.undertow.apipackage
swagger.codegen.undertow.modelpackage	openapi.codegen.undertow.modelpackage

Renamed Mustache Template Variables

The template variable {{datatype}} was renamed to {{dataType}} for consistency reason. Corresponding java code: CodegenProperty.datatype is renamed to CodegenProperty.dataType.

(If you're not using customized templates with the -t option, you can ignore the mustache variable renaming above.)

Ignore file

.swagger-codegen-ignore is replaced by .openapi-generator-ignore. The syntax inside the file stays the same.

You don't need to rename the file manually, OpenAPI Generator will do it when your run it against an existing output directory. (When there is no .openapi-generator-ignore in a folder, if a .swagger-codegen-ignore file is present it will be considered and renamed to .openapi-generator-ignore).

Metadata folder

The metadata folder (to store the VERSION file for example) is now called .openapi-generator/ instead of .swagger-codegen/.

New default values for the generated code

If you use a generator without specifying each parameter, you might see some differences in the generated code. As example the default package name used in the generated code has changed. You need to have a look at the specific value, depending on your target language, but often Swagger îs replaced by OpenAPITools and io.swagger is replaced by org.openapitools. Concretely if you did not specify anything when you are generating java code, a file org/openapitools/api/PetApi.java might be generated instead of io/swagger/api/PetApi.java.

If this is a problem for you, you need to explicitly set the parameter value in order to match with the swagger-codegen default value (apiPackage == io.swagger in the previous example with the java generator).

New fully qualified name for the classes

If you have extended some generators in your project, and you are looking for a specific class, replace the io.swagger.codegen package (old name) with org.openapitools.codegen package (new name).

Example: org.openapitools.codegen.DefaultGenerator

Body parameter name

‼️ Since 4.0.0-beta, the body parameter name in OAS v2 is automatically preserved in the vendor extension x-codegen-request-body-name

In OpenAPI spec v3, there's no body parameter, which is replaced by Request Body Object. The parameter name for Request Body is named automatically based on the model name (e.g. User). To control how the "Request Body" parameter is named, please add the vendor extension x-codegen-request-body-name to the operation:

OpenAPI Spec v3:

paths:
  /pet:
    post:
      tags:
        - pet
      summary: Add a new pet to the store
      description: ''
      operationId: addPet
      x-codegen-request-body-name: new_body_name
      responses:
        '405':
          description: Invalid input
      security:
        - petstore_auth:
            - 'write:pets'
            - 'read:pets'
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/Pet'

OpenAPI Spec v2:

paths:
  /pet:
    post:
      tags:
        - pet
      summary: Add a new pet to the store
      description: ''
      operationId: addPet
      x-codegen-request-body-name: new_body_name
      consumes:
        - application/json
        - application/xml
      produces:
        - application/xml
        - application/json
      parameters:
        - in: body
          name: body
          description: Pet object that needs to be added to the store
          required: true
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/Pet'
      responses:
        '405':
          description: Invalid input
      security:
        - petstore_auth:
            - 'write:pets'
            - 'read:pets'

If your API client is using named parameters in the function call (e.g. Perl required & optional parameters, Ruby optional parameters), you will need to add x-codegen-request-body-name to the spec to restore the original body parameter name.

Default basePath

The default basePath has been changed from https://localhost to http://localhost (http without s)

Nullable

OpenAPI spec v3 has better support for nullable. If you're still using OpenAPI/Swagger spec v2, please use x-nullable: true instead.