generator-swiftserver

This module is a Yeoman generator for creating REST webservices based on the Kitura web framework with the Swift language.

This generator and the Yeoman library runs on Node.js and generates a Swift 5.0 application.

Contents

1. Prerequisites
2. Installation
3. Usage
   • Options
   • Run
4. Generated Artifacts
5. Development
6. Testing
7. Contributing

Prerequisites

To use this module, you will need Node.js and Swift 5.0 installed on your Linux or macOS system. You can get Node.js from https://nodejs.org and Swift 5.0 from https://swift.org/download.

You will also need the Yeoman command line utility yo installed in your global Node.js module directory.

To install yo, run:

npm install -g yo

Installation

To install generator-swiftserver, run:

npm install -g generator-swiftserver

Usage

To create a Swift Server Generator project with no models defined, run:

yo swiftserver

To add a data model to your generated project, cd to the new project directory and run:

yo swiftserver:<model>

For more information on data models, check out this guide on Kitura.io.

Options

You can also change how generator-swiftserver is invoked by choosing options:

yo swiftserver [options]

Option	Type	Description
--init	n/a	Generate basic default scaffold without prompting user for input.
--skip-build	n/a	Skip building the generated application
--single-shot	n/a	Creates application without including generator metadata files
--bluemix	Json	Invoke generator-swiftserver using a bluemix json object
--name	String	Project name
--type	String	Give a specific type of application to generate. (web, bff, scaffold, crud)
--metrics	Boolean	Generate embedded metrics dashboard for project
--docker	Boolean	Generate Dockerfile for project
--healthcheck	Boolean	Add health checking to project
--openapi	Boolean	Add Kitura-OpenAPI to project
--spec	Json	Invoke generator-swiftserver using a spec json object

Run

To run the generated server, use: <project-dir>/.build/debug/<app-name>

Generated Artifacts

File	Purpose
Dockerfile	Configuration file for the run container
Dockerfile-tools	Configuration file for the tools container
LICENSE	License for generated project
Package.resolved	Results of dependency resolution from Swift Package Manager
Package.swift	Swift file containing dependencies and targets for project
README.md	Instructions for building, running, and deploying the project
Sources/*	Folder containing project source files
Tests/*	Folder containing project test files
chart/*	Folder containing Kubernetes Helm Chart files for project
cli-config.yml	Yaml file containing mappings for various commands, files, and settings, utilized by the cli commands
manifest.yml	Yaml file containing various information for deployment to IBM Cloud
spec.json	JSON file containing information about the project, used to generate the project
myProjectName.xcodeproj	Generated xcodeproj for project

Development

To get started with development, simply clone this repository and link it via npm:

git clone https://github.com/IBM-Swift/generator-swiftserver
cd generator-swiftserver
npm link

Testing

To run the unit tests, run:

npm test

Contributing

To contribute, you will need to fork the repository or branch off the develop branch.

Make sure to follow the conventional commit specification when contributing.

Once you are finished with your changes, run npm test to make sure all tests pass. Then, create a pull request against develop, and a team member will review and merge your pull request.

Once the pull request is merged, an auto generated pull request will be created against master to update the changelog and increase the versioning. After the auto-generated pull request has been merged to master, the version will be bumped and published to npm.