openapi-python-client
Generate modern Python clients from OpenAPI 3.x documents.
This generator does not support OpenAPI 2.x FKA Swagger. If you need to use an older document, try upgrading it to version 3 first with one of many available converters.
This project is still in development and does not support all OpenAPI features
Why This?
This tool focuses on creating the best developer experience for Python developers by:
- Using all the latest and greatest Python features like type annotations and dataclasses.
- Having documentation and usage instructions specific to this one generator.
- Being written in Python with Jinja2 templates, making it easier to improve and extend for Python developers. It's also much easier to install and use if you already have Python.
Installation
I recommend you install with pipx so you don't conflict with any other packages you might have: pipx install openapi-python-client --include-deps
.
Note the
--include-deps
option which will also makeblack
,isort
, andautoflake
available in your path so thatopenapi-python-client
can use them to clean up the generated code.
If you use pipx run
then the post-generation hooks will not be available unless you install them manually.
You can also install with normal pip: pip install openapi-python-client
Then, if you want tab completion: openapi-python-client --install-completion
Usage
Create a new client
openapi-python-client generate --url https://my.api.com/openapi.json
This will generate a new client library named based on the title in your OpenAPI spec. For example, if the title of your API is "My API", the expected output will be "my-api-client". If a folder already exists by that name, you'll get an error.
If you have an openapi.json
file available on disk, in any CLI invocation you can build off that instead by replacing --url
with a --path
:
openapi-python-client generate --path location/on/disk/openapi.json
Update an existing client
openapi-python-client update --url https://my.api.com/openapi.json
For more usage details run
openapi-python-client --help
or read usage
Using custom templates
This feature leverages Jinja2's ChoiceLoader and FileSystemLoader. This means you do not need to customize every template. Simply copy the template(s) you want to customize from the default template directory to your own custom template directory (file names must match exactly) and pass the template directory through the custom-template-path
flag to the generate
and update
commands. For instance,
openapi-python-client update \
--url https://my.api.com/openapi.json \
--custom-template-path=relative/path/to/mytemplates
Be forewarned, this is a beta-level feature in the sense that the API exposed in the templates is undocumented and unstable.
What You Get
- A
pyproject.toml
file with some basic metadata intended to be used with Poetry. - A
README.md
you'll most definitely need to update with your project's details - A Python module named just like the auto-generated project name (e.g. "my_api_client") which contains:
- A
client
module which will have both aClient
class and anAuthenticatedClient
class. You'll need these for calling the functions in theapi
module. - An
api
module which will contain one module for each tag in your OpenAPI spec, as well as adefault
module for endpoints without a tag. Each of these modules in turn contains one function for calling each endpoint. - A
models
module which has all the classes defined by the various schemas in your OpenAPI spec
- A
For a full example you can look at the end_to_end_tests
directory which has an openapi.json
file. "golden-record" in that same directory is the generated client from that OpenAPI document.
OpenAPI features supported
- All HTTP Methods
- JSON and form bodies, path and query parameters
- File uploads with multipart/form-data bodies
- float, string, int, date, datetime, string enums, and custom schemas or lists containing any of those
- html/text or application/json responses containing any of the previous types
- Bearer token security
Configuration
You can pass a YAML (or JSON) file to openapi-python-client with the --config
option in order to change some behavior. The following parameters are supported:
class_overrides
Used to change the name of generated model classes. This param should be a mapping of existing class name (usually a key in the "schemas" section of your OpenAPI document) to class_name and module_name. As an example, if the name of the a model in OpenAPI (and therefore the generated class name) was something like "_PrivateInternalLongName" and you want the generated client's model to be called "ShortName" in a module called "short_name" you could do this:
Example:
class_overrides:
_PrivateInternalLongName:
class_name: ShortName
module_name: short_name
The easiest way to find what needs to be overridden is probably to generate your client and go look at everything in the models folder.
project_name_override and package_name_override
Used to change the name of generated client library project/package. If the project name is changed but an override for the package name isn't provided, the package name will be converted from the project name using the standard convention (replacing -
's with _
's).
Example:
project_name_override: my-special-project-name
package_name_override: my_extra_special_package_name
field_prefix
When generating properties, the name
attribute of the OpenAPI schema will be used. When the name
is not a valid Python identifier (e.g. begins with a number) this string will be prepended. Defaults to "field_".
Example:
field_prefix: attr_
package_version_override
Specify the package version of the generated client. If unset, the client will use the version of the OpenAPI spec.
Example:
package_version_override: 1.2.3
post_hooks
In the config file, there's an easy way to tell openapi-python-client
to run additional commands after generation. Here's an example showing the default commands that will run if you don't override them in config:
post_hooks:
- "autoflake -i -r --remove-all-unused-imports --remove-unused-variables --ignore-init-module-imports ."
- "isort ."
- "black ."