AutoRest

The AutoRest tool generates client libraries for accessing RESTful web services. Input to AutoRest is a spec that describes the REST API using the OpenAPI Specification format.

Support Policy

AutoRest is an open source tool -- if you need assistance, first check the documentation. If you find a bug or need some help, feel free to submit an issue

AutoRest will release a stable version on the second Wednesday of the month.

Using npm you can upgrade to the latest stable version of AutoRest:

Installing AutoRest

Installing AutoRest on Windows, MacOS or Linux involves two steps:

1. Install Node.js (node 10.16.x LTS is a bare minimum, node 12 and 13 have some great performance benfits.)

for more help, check out Installing Node.JS on different platforms

1. Install AutoRest using npm

# Depending on your configuration you may need to be elevated or root to run this. (on OSX/Linux use 'sudo' )
npm install -g autorest

Updating AutoRest

To update AutoRest if you have previous versions installed, please run:

autorest --latest

or

# Removes all other versions and installs the latest
autorest --reset

For more information, run autorest --help

Supported Platforms

While AutoRest itself runs on NodeJS, some generators use the .NET Core 2.0 runtime, which is the most limiting factor. See dotnet/core/release-notes/2.0/2.0-supported-os.md for a list of supported platforms.

Getting Started using AutoRest

Start by reading the documentation for using AutoRest:

• Managing AutoRest - shows how to get new updates to AutoRest and choose which version to use for code generation
• Generating a Client using AutoRest - shows simple command line usage for generating a client library.
• Command Line Interface Documentation - explains common command line arguments
• Examples - full, walkthrough-style scenarios for using AutoRest

Some related information:

• Validation Rules & Linting - about the validation rules in AutoRest
• Client Runtimes - information about the client runtimes required for using code generated by AutoRest

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.