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postman-collection-code-generators

This library converts Postman Collection into client SDK of the chosen language.

Every sdk generator has two identifiers: language and variant.

• language of sdk generator is the language in which client SDK is generated.
• variant of sdk generator is the main library name which is used in the generated SDK.

Language	Variant
Nodejs	Request

Table of contents

• postman-collection-code-generators
  • Table of contents
  • Getting Started
  • Prerequisite
  • Usage
    • Using postman-collection-code-generators as a Library
      • getLanguageList
      • getSDKOptions
      • generate
  • Development
    • Installing dependencies
    • Testing
  • License

Getting Started

To get started on your local machine.

$ git clone https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-code-generators.git

Prerequisite

To run any of the postman-collection-code-generators, ensure that you have NodeJS >= v12. A copy of the NodeJS installable can be downloaded [here] (https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager. )

Usage

Using postman-collection-code-generators as a Library

There are three functions that are exposed in postman-collection-code-generators: getLanguageList, getSDKOptions & generate.

getLanguageList

let sdkgen = require('pathToSdkgen');

console.log(sdkgen.getLanguageList());
// [ 
//   {
//     name: 'nodejs-request',
//     language: 'nodejs',
//     variant: 'request'
//   } 
//   ...
// ]

getSDKOptions

General Options

This function takes in two optional parameters and returns an Array.

• language - language key from the language list returned from getLanguageList function
• variant - variant key provided by getLanguageList function

A typical option has the following properties:

• name - Display name
• id - unique ID of the option
• type - Data type of the option. (Allowed data types: boolean, string)
• default - Default value. The value that is used if this option is not specified while creating SDK snippet.
• availableOptions - List of available options.
• required - Boolean to denote if its a required option
• description - User-friendly description.

let sdkgen = require('pathToSdkgen');

console.log(sdkgen.getSDKOptions());
// [
//   {
//     name: 'SDK Language',
//     id: 'language',
//     availableOptions: 'Use getSDKOptions method to get list of available sdkgens',
//     type: 'String',
//     default: '',
//     required: true,
//     description: 'Specifies Language for SDK generation'
//   },
//   {
//     name: 'SDK language variant',
//     id: 'variant',
//     availableOptions: 'any',
//     default: '',
//     type: 'String',
//     required: true,
//     description: 'Specifies Language variant for SDK generation'
//   }
//   ...
// ]

let sdkgen = require('pathToSdkgen');

console.log(sdkgen.getSDKOptions('nodejs', 'request'));
// [
//   {
//     name: 'Set response return method',
//     id: 'returnMethod',
//     availableOptions: [ 'Callback', 'Promise' ],
//     type: 'String',
//     default: 'Callback',
//     required: false,
//     description: 'Set response return method got http response.'
//   },
//   {
//     name: 'SDK output type',
//     id: 'outputType',
//     availableOptions: [ 'File', 'String' ],
//     type: 'String',
//     default: 'String',
//     required: false,
//     description: 'Specifies Type of Output for the generated SDK'
//   },
//   {
//     name: 'SDK output file name',
//     id: 'outputFilePath',
//     availableOptions: null,
//     type: 'String',
//     default: '/home/wolf/development/postman-collection-code-generators/test/unit',
//     required: false,
//     description: 'Specifies output path for generated SDK'
//   }
//   ...
// ]

generate

Collection / Output

let sdkgen = require('pathToSdkgen');

sdkgen.generate({
  type: 'string',
  source: 'https://www.getpostman.com/collections/c8aa0d9bd381c73c5ac3'
}, {
  language: 'Nodejs',
  variant: 'request',
}, (err, snippet) => {
  if (err) return console.log(err);
  console.log(snippet);
});

Development

Installing dependencies

This command will install all the dependencies in production mode.

$ npm install

To install dev dependencies also for all sdkgen run:

$ npm run deepinstall

Testing

To run common repo test as well as tests for all sdkgens

$ npm test

To run structure and individual tests on a single sdkgen

$ npm test <sdken-name>;
# Here "sdkgen-name" is the folder name of the sdkgen inside sdkgen folder

License

This software is licensed under Apache-2.0. Copyright Postman, Inc. See the LICENSE.md file for more information.