# Prex
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Tasks for generating api interfaces in elixir from ApiBlueprint files.
**This project is under development and in experimental stage**
## What is ApiBlueprint?
According to [ApiBlueprint.org](https://apiblueprint.org/)
> API Blueprint is a powerful high-level API description language for web APIs.
So in an ApiBlueprint file (.apib) there is information on Actions and their parameters.
## What Prex does?
Prex can convert .apib files to equivalant elixir code as a bootstrap with .apib documents.
It can help you spend your time mostly on your issues instead of developing API client.
## How prex Does it?
1. Simply add ``:prex`` as dev only dependency in your project like this:
```elixir
def deps do
[{:prex, "~> 0.1.0", only: :dev, runtime: false}]
end
```
2. Install ``drafter``(ApiBlueprint parser): [github.com/apiaryio/drafter](https://github.com/apiaryio/drafter#install)
3. Run ``mix deps.get`` and ``mix deps.compile``
4. Now you can run ``mix prex.gen.from_blueprint [path to .apib file] [name for api]``
5. Tadaa! A file like this is now generated in lib directory of your project
```elixir
# Created by Prex
defmodule MyApi.User do
@moduledoc """
Represents user details.
**User attributes:**
- id `(Number)` : unique identifier.
- fname `(String)` : First Name.
- lname `(String)` : Last Name.
- email `(String)` : email id of the user.
"""
@base_url "http://sample.pandurangpatil.com"
###
# API Calls
###
# User Collection
@doc """
Retrieve paginated list of users.
## Parameters
- since: Timestamp in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ` Only users updated at or after this time are returned.
- limit: maximum number of records expected by client.
"""
def list_all_users(since \\ nil, limit \\ nil) do
req_url = Path.join @base_url, "/users(?since,limit)"
HTTPoison.request(:get, req_url, body: Poison.encode!(%{ "since" => since, "limit" => limit}), headers: ["Content-Type": "application/json"])
end
def list_all_users!(since \\ nil, limit \\ nil) do
{:ok, result} = list_all_users(since, limit)
result
end
@doc """
Create a user
"""
def create_a_user do
req_url = Path.join @base_url, "/users(?since,limit)"
HTTPoison.request(:put, req_url)
end
def create_a_user! do
{:ok, result} = create_a_user()
result
end
end
```
## Documents
Currently docs for mix task and usage is not available!
[Full documents](https://hexdocs.pm/prex).
## License
MIT
