Programmatic API

Swaggie can be used directly from TypeScript or JavaScript code — useful for build scripts, custom CLI tooling, or running code generation inside a web app.

There are two separate entry points depending on your environment:

Entry point	Environment	Config file	Writes to disk
swaggie	Node.js / Bun / Deno	Yes	Yes
swaggie/browser	Browser / any bundler	No	No

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Node.js API (swaggie)

runCodeGenerator(options)

The primary entry point. Loads the spec, resolves config, generates code, and optionally writes it to disk.

import { runCodeGenerator } from 'swaggie';

const [code, resolvedOptions] = await runCodeGenerator({
  src: 'https://petstore3.swagger.io/api/v3/openapi.json',
  out: './src/api/petstore.ts',
  template: 'axios',
  baseUrl: '/api',
});

console.log('Generated', code.length, 'characters');

When out is provided, the file is written to disk and code contains the same content. Omit out to get the code string without writing a file.

Parameters: Partial<FullAppOptions> — see Configuration for all options. Either src or config must be provided.

Returns: Promise<[string, AppOptions]> — the generated code string and the fully resolved options used.

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applyConfigFile(options)

Loads a JSON config file and merges it with the provided options. CLI options take precedence over config file values.

import { applyConfigFile } from 'swaggie';

const resolvedOptions = await applyConfigFile({
  config: './swaggie.config.json',
  // Any option here overrides the config file
  skipDeprecated: true,
});

Returns: Promise<AppOptions> — the fully resolved options with all defaults applied.

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prepareAppOptions(cliOpts)

Converts flat CLI-style options (where allowDots, arrayFormat, mode, etc. are top-level) to the nested AppOptions structure and fills in all defaults. Useful if you're building your own CLI on top of Swaggie.

import { prepareAppOptions } from 'swaggie';

const options = prepareAppOptions({
  src: './spec.json',
  template: 'fetch',
  allowDots: true,
  arrayFormat: 'repeat',
  mode: 'full',
});

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Browser API (swaggie/browser)

The browser entry point is a trimmed-down version of the Node API designed for use in bundled browser applications. It:

• Does not support loading a config file (config option is rejected)
• Does not write output to disk (out option is rejected)
• Uses pre-bundled templates instead of reading them from the filesystem
• Supports passing a pre-parsed spec object directly (no filesystem access needed)

import { runCodeGenerator } from 'swaggie/browser';

// Pass a pre-parsed OpenAPI object
const spec = JSON.parse(mySpecString); // or yaml.parse(mySpecString)

const [code] = await runCodeGenerator({
  src: spec,          // parsed OpenAPI object, or a URL string
  template: 'fetch',
  generationMode: 'full',
});

console.log(code); // Generated TypeScript

WARNING

The src option in browser mode accepts either a URL string (fetched at runtime) or a pre-parsed OpenAPI object. Local file paths are not supported in the browser.

Available templates in browser mode

All seven built-in templates are bundled and available in browser mode: axios, fetch, xior, swr-axios, tsq-xior, ng1, ng2.

Custom template directories are not supported in browser mode.

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TypeScript types reference

ClientOptions

The core options interface shared by both Node and browser entry points.

interface ClientOptions {
  src: string | object;               // URL, file path, or parsed spec object
  out?: string;                       // Output file path (Node only)
  template: Template;                 // HTTP client template
  baseUrl?: string;                   // Base URL for the generated client
  preferAny?: boolean;
  skipDeprecated?: boolean;
  servicePrefix?: string;
  dateFormat?: DateSupport;           // "Date" | "string"
  nullableStrategy?: NullableStrategy;
  generationMode?: GenerationMode;
  schemaDeclarationStyle?: SchemaDeclarationStyle;
  enumDeclarationStyle?: EnumDeclarationStyle;
  queryParamsSerialization: {
    allowDots?: boolean;
    arrayFormat?: ArrayFormat;
  };
  modifiers?: {
    parameters?: Record<string, 'optional' | 'required' | 'ignore'>;
  };
}

Template

type Template = 'axios' | 'fetch' | 'xior' | 'swr-axios' | 'tsq-xior' | 'ng1' | 'ng2';

CodeGenResult

type CodeGenResult = [string, AppOptions];
//                    ^code   ^resolved options

Other string literal unions

type DateSupport           = 'Date' | 'string';
type ArrayFormat           = 'indices' | 'repeat' | 'brackets';
type NullableStrategy      = 'include' | 'nullableAsOptional' | 'ignore';
type GenerationMode        = 'full' | 'schemas';
type SchemaDeclarationStyle = 'interface' | 'type';
type EnumDeclarationStyle  = 'union' | 'enum';

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Example: build script

Here's a complete example of using Swaggie in a build script:

// scripts/gen-api.ts
import { runCodeGenerator } from 'swaggie';
import { exec } from 'child_process';
import { promisify } from 'util';

const execAsync = promisify(exec);

async function main() {
  console.log('Generating API client...');

  await runCodeGenerator({
    src: process.env.API_SPEC_URL ?? 'https://api.example.com/openapi.json',
    out: './src/api/client.ts',
    template: 'axios',
    baseUrl: '/api',
    skipDeprecated: true,
  });

  // Format with Prettier
  await execAsync('prettier ./src/api/client.ts --write');

  console.log('Done!');
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error(err);
  process.exit(1);
});