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Server Configuration

Server configurations can be used to create multiple environments, multiple servers that can be used with specific endpoints and server URLs with template paramters.

Server configuration

Environments

An environment consists of a set of servers with base URL values. The environment can be changed programatically allowing rapid switching between different environments. For example the user can specify a Production and Testing Environment and switch between them in the generated SDK.

Adding a new environment

A new environment can be created by navigating to the Settings > Server Configuration section in the API Editor.

Note   A production environment has already been generated with a default server for you.

  1. Click the ‘+’ sign below the default settings section.
  2. Input the name and description of the environment.

Add a new environment

A new environment with the specified name and description would be visible now.

Description

This is the basic description of the environment. It can also be removed and edited after the environment has been added.

Servers

The user can specify multiple servers within an environment. A server comprises of a name and a url. The names of the hosts remain consistent over different environments but their values may vary. The URL values can contain any number of parameters defined.

For example {scheme}://{basepath}.com:{port}. All of these have to be defined in the template parameters section. These servers can be used on the endpoint level to specify base URLs for specific endpoints. This structure allows a user specifying any number of root urls. For example the user may specify a Default and an Auth server”.

Name

This is the name which you want to give to the server.

URL

This is the base URL for the server.

Adding a new server

A new server can be created in the Settings > Server Configuration section in the API Editor.

Note   A default server has already been generated for you.

  1. Click the ‘+ Add new’ button in the servers section below the already added servers.
  2. Input the name of the server you wish to create.
  3. Add the corresponding URLs for the available environments.

Add a new server

warning   You must enter Server URL values for all environments.

Template Parameters

Template parameters can be used inside URLs and changed programatically at runtime. Template parameters have the following fields:

Name

This is the name given to the template parameter

Description

This is the brief description of the template parameter

Default Value

If you want to specify a default value for the template parameter, it can be done so here. This field is mandatory.

Type

This is the type assigned to the template parameter. A template parameter can be of the following types:

  1. String
  2. Number
  3. Integer Enum
  4. String Enum

Adding template parameters

Template parameters can be created in the Settings > Server Configuration section in the API Editor.

  1. Click the ‘+ Add new’ button in the Template Parameters section.
  2. Add the name, description, default value and type of the parameter.

Note   Description is optional.

Add a new parameter

Server settings

Overrding endpoint base URL

The base URL for a specific endpoint can be overriden in the Endpoints section.

  1. Go to the endpoint you wish to change the base URL for.
  2. In the Endpoint Settings section choose the server to be used with the endpoint.

Default Environment:

This is the environment to be used by default. The environment can be changed programatically in the sdk.

This can be set in Settings > Server Configuration section from the Default Environment dropdown. Default evnironment

Default Server:

This is the server to be used by default. This can be overridden at the endpoint level. This can be set in Settings > Server Configuration section from the Default Server dropdown.

Default server

Test generation settings

The environment to be used for the generated tests can be can be set in Settings > TestGen Settings section from the Environment dropdown.

Test environment

Exporting to other formats

The default server’s Url value for the default environment will be used as the base URL when exporting to other formats like Swagger, API blueprint e.t.c

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