REST Swagger

Since Camel 2.19

The rest-swagger configures rest producers from Swagger (Open API) specification document and delegates to a component implementing the RestProducerFactory interface. Currently known working components are:

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-rest-swagger</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

URI format

rest-swagger:[specificationPath#]operationId

Where operationId is the ID of the operation in the Swagger specification, and specificationPath is the path to the specification. If the specificationPath is not specified it defaults to swagger.json. The lookup mechanism uses Camels ResourceHelper to load the resource, which means that you can use CLASSPATH resources (classpath:my-specification.json), files (file:/some/path.json), the web (http://api.example.com/swagger.json) or reference a bean (ref:nameOfBean) or use a method of a bean (bean:nameOfBean.methodName) to get the specification resource, failing that Swagger’s own resource loading support.

This component does not act as a HTTP client, it delegates that to another component mentioned above. The lookup mechanism searches for a single component that implements the RestProducerFactory interface and uses that. If the CLASSPATH contains more than one, then the property componentName should be set to indicate which component to delegate to.

Most of the configuration is taken from the Swagger specification but the option exists to override those by specifying them on the component or on the endpoint. Typically you would just need to override the host or basePath if those differ from the specification.

The host parameter should contain the absolute URI containing scheme, hostname and port number, for instance: https://api.example.com

With componentName you specify what component is used to perform the requests, this named component needs to be present in the Camel context and implement the required RestProducerFactory interface — as do the components listed at the top.

If you do not specify the componentName at either component or endpoint level, CLASSPATH is searched for a suitable delegate. There should be only one component present on the CLASSPATH that implements the RestProducerFactory interface for this to work.

This component’s endpoint URI is lenient which means that in addition to message headers you can specify REST operation’s parameters as endpoint parameters, these will be constant for all subsequent invocations so it makes sense to use this feature only for parameters that are indeed constant for all invocations — for example API version in path such as /api/{version}/users/{id}.

Options

The REST Swagger component supports 9 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

basePath (producer)

API basePath, for example /v2. Default is unset, if set overrides the value present in Swagger specification.

String

componentName (producer)

Name of the Camel component that will perform the requests. The component must be present in Camel registry and it must implement RestProducerFactory service provider interface. If not set CLASSPATH is searched for single component that implements RestProducerFactory SPI. Can be overridden in endpoint configuration.

String

consumes (producer)

What payload type this component capable of consuming. Could be one type, like application/json or multiple types as application/json, application/xml; q=0.5 according to the RFC7231. This equates to the value of Accept HTTP header. If set overrides any value found in the Swagger specification. Can be overridden in endpoint configuration

String

host (producer)

Scheme hostname and port to direct the HTTP requests to in the form of https://hostname:port. Can be configured at the endpoint, component or in the correspoding REST configuration in the Camel Context. If you give this component a name (e.g. petstore) that REST configuration is consulted first, rest-swagger next, and global configuration last. If set overrides any value found in the Swagger specification, RestConfiguration. Can be overridden in endpoint configuration.

String

produces (producer)

What payload type this component is producing. For example application/json according to the RFC7231. This equates to the value of Content-Type HTTP header. If set overrides any value present in the Swagger specification. Can be overridden in endpoint configuration.

String

specificationUri (producer)

Path to the Swagger specification file. The scheme, host base path are taken from this specification, but these can be overriden with properties on the component or endpoint level. If not given the component tries to load swagger.json resource. Note that the host defined on the component and endpoint of this Component should contain the scheme, hostname and optionally the port in the URI syntax (i.e. https://api.example.com:8080). Can be overridden in endpoint configuration.

swagger.json

URI

sslContextParameters (security)

Customize TLS parameters used by the component. If not set defaults to the TLS parameters set in the Camel context

SSLContextParameters

useGlobalSslContext Parameters (security)

Enable usage of global SSL context parameters.

false

boolean

resolveProperty Placeholders (advanced)

Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders.

true

boolean

The REST Swagger endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

rest-swagger:specificationUri#operationId

with the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (2 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

specificationUri

Path to the Swagger specification file. The scheme, host base path are taken from this specification, but these can be overridden with properties on the component or endpoint level. If not given the component tries to load swagger.json resource from the classpath. Note that the host defined on the component and endpoint of this Component should contain the scheme, hostname and optionally the port in the URI syntax (i.e. http://api.example.com:8080). Overrides component configuration. The Swagger specification can be loaded from different sources by prefixing with file: classpath: http: https:. Support for https is limited to using the JDK installed UrlHandler, and as such it can be cumbersome to setup TLS/SSL certificates for https (such as setting a number of javax.net.ssl JVM system properties). How to do that consult the JDK documentation for UrlHandler.

swagger.json

URI

operationId

Required ID of the operation from the Swagger specification.

String

Query Parameters (6 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

basePath (producer)

API basePath, for example /v2. Default is unset, if set overrides the value present in Swagger specification and in the component configuration.

String

componentName (producer)

Name of the Camel component that will perform the requests. The compnent must be present in Camel registry and it must implement RestProducerFactory service provider interface. If not set CLASSPATH is searched for single component that implements RestProducerFactory SPI. Overrides component configuration.

String

consumes (producer)

What payload type this component capable of consuming. Could be one type, like application/json or multiple types as application/json, application/xml; q=0.5 according to the RFC7231. This equates to the value of Accept HTTP header. If set overrides any value found in the Swagger specification and. in the component configuration

String

host (producer)

Scheme hostname and port to direct the HTTP requests to in the form of https://hostname:port. Can be configured at the endpoint, component or in the correspoding REST configuration in the Camel Context. If you give this component a name (e.g. petstore) that REST configuration is consulted first, rest-swagger next, and global configuration last. If set overrides any value found in the Swagger specification, RestConfiguration. Overrides all other configuration.

String

produces (producer)

What payload type this component is producing. For example application/json according to the RFC7231. This equates to the value of Content-Type HTTP header. If set overrides any value present in the Swagger specification. Overrides all other configuration.

String

synchronous (advanced)

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

false

boolean

Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-rest-swagger-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

The component supports 10 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

camel.component.rest-swagger.base-path

API basePath, for example /v2. Default is unset, if set overrides the value present in Swagger specification.

String

camel.component.rest-swagger.component-name

Name of the Camel component that will perform the requests. The component must be present in Camel registry and it must implement RestProducerFactory service provider interface. If not set CLASSPATH is searched for single component that implements RestProducerFactory SPI. Can be overridden in endpoint configuration.

String

camel.component.rest-swagger.consumes

What payload type this component capable of consuming. Could be one type, like application/json or multiple types as application/json, application/xml; q=0.5 according to the RFC7231. This equates to the value of Accept HTTP header. If set overrides any value found in the Swagger specification. Can be overridden in endpoint configuration

String

camel.component.rest-swagger.enabled

Enable rest-swagger component

true

Boolean

camel.component.rest-swagger.host

Scheme hostname and port to direct the HTTP requests to in the form of https://hostname:port. Can be configured at the endpoint, component or in the correspoding REST configuration in the Camel Context. If you give this component a name (e.g. petstore) that REST configuration is consulted first, rest-swagger next, and global configuration last. If set overrides any value found in the Swagger specification, RestConfiguration. Can be overridden in endpoint configuration.

String

camel.component.rest-swagger.produces

What payload type this component is producing. For example application/json according to the RFC7231. This equates to the value of Content-Type HTTP header. If set overrides any value present in the Swagger specification. Can be overridden in endpoint configuration.

String

camel.component.rest-swagger.resolve-property-placeholders

Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders.

true

Boolean

camel.component.rest-swagger.specification-uri

Path to the Swagger specification file. The scheme, host base path are taken from this specification, but these can be overriden with properties on the component or endpoint level. If not given the component tries to load swagger.json resource. Note that the host defined on the component and endpoint of this Component should contain the scheme, hostname and optionally the port in the URI syntax (i.e. https://api.example.com:8080). Can be overridden in endpoint configuration.

URI

camel.component.rest-swagger.ssl-context-parameters

Customize TLS parameters used by the component. If not set defaults to the TLS parameters set in the Camel context. The option is a org.apache.camel.util.jsse.SSLContextParameters type.

String

camel.component.rest-swagger.use-global-ssl-context-parameters

Enable usage of global SSL context parameters.

false

Boolean

Example: PetStore

Checkout the example in the camel-example-rest-swagger project in the examples directory.

For example if you wanted to use the PetStore provided REST API simply reference the specification URI and desired operation id from the Swagger specification or download the specification and store it as swagger.json (in the root) of CLASSPATH that way it will be automaticaly used. Let’s use the Undertow component to perform all the requests and Camels excelent support for Spring Boot.

Here are our dependencies defined in Maven POM file:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-undertow-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-rest-swagger-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>

Start by defining the Undertow component and the RestSwaggerComponent:

@Bean
public Component petstore(CamelContext camelContext, UndertowComponent undertow) {
    RestSwaggerComponent petstore = new RestSwaggerComponent(camelContext);
    petstore.setSpecificationUri("http://petstore.swagger.io/v2/swagger.json");
    petstore.setDelegate(undertow);

    return petstore;
}
Support in Camel for Spring Boot will auto create the UndertowComponent Spring bean, and you can configure it using application.properties (or application.yml) using prefix camel.component.undertow.. We are defining the petstore component here in order to have a named component in the Camel context that we can use to interact with the PetStore REST API, if this is the only rest-swagger component used we might configure it in the same manner (using application.properties).

Now in our application we can simply use the ProducerTemplate to invoke PetStore REST methods:

@Autowired
ProducerTemplate template;

String getPetJsonById(int petId) {
    return template.requestBodyAndHeaders("petstore:getPetById", null, "petId", petId);
}
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