echoopenapi

echoopenapi

A lightweight adapter for the Echo web framework that automatically generates OpenAPI 3.x specifications from your routes using oaswrap/spec.

Note: This adapter is for Echo v4. For Echo v5, use echov5openapi.

Features

• ⚡ Seamless Integration — Works with your existing Echo routes and handlers
• 📝 Automatic Documentation — Generate OpenAPI specs from route definitions and struct tags
• 🎯 Type Safety — Full Go type safety for OpenAPI configuration
• 🔧 Multiple UI Options — Swagger UI, Stoplight Elements, ReDoc, Scalar or RapiDoc served automatically at /docs
• 📄 YAML Export — OpenAPI spec available at /docs/openapi.yaml
• 🚀 Low Overhead — Minimal runtime work beyond route registration and docs serving

Installation

go get github.com/oaswrap/spec/adapter/echoopenapi

Quick Start

package main

import (
	"log"

	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
	"github.com/oaswrap/spec/adapter/echoopenapi"
	"github.com/oaswrap/spec/option"
)

func main() {
	e := echo.New()

	// Create a new OpenAPI router
	r := echoopenapi.NewRouter(e,
		option.WithTitle("My API"),
		option.WithVersion("1.0.0"),
		option.WithSecurity("bearerAuth", option.SecurityHTTPBearer("Bearer")),
	)
	// Add routes
	v1 := r.Group("/api/v1")

	v1.POST("/login", LoginHandler).With(
		option.Summary("User login"),
		option.Request(new(LoginRequest)),
		option.Response(200, new(LoginResponse)),
	)

	auth := v1.Group("", AuthMiddleware).With(
		option.GroupSecurity("bearerAuth"),
	)
	auth.GET("/users/:id", GetUserHandler).With(
		option.Summary("Get user by ID"),
		option.Request(new(GetUserRequest)),
		option.Response(200, new(User)),
	)

	log.Printf("🚀 OpenAPI docs available at: %s", "http://localhost:3000/docs")

	if err := e.Start(":3000"); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
}

type LoginRequest struct {
	Username string `json:"username" required:"true"`
	Password string `json:"password" required:"true"`
}

type LoginResponse struct {
	Token string `json:"token"`
}

type GetUserRequest struct {
	ID string `param:"id" required:"true"`
}

type User struct {
	ID   string `json:"id"`
	Name string `json:"name"`
}

func AuthMiddleware(next echo.HandlerFunc) echo.HandlerFunc {
	return func(c echo.Context) error {
		// Simulate authentication logic
		authHeader := c.Request().Header.Get("Authorization")
		if authHeader != "" && authHeader == "Bearer example-token" {
			return next(c)
		}
		return c.JSON(401, map[string]string{"error": "Unauthorized"})
	}
}

func LoginHandler(c echo.Context) error {
	var req LoginRequest
	if err := c.Bind(&req); err != nil {
		return c.JSON(400, map[string]string{"error": "Invalid request"})
	}
	// Simulate login logic
	return c.JSON(200, LoginResponse{Token: "example-token"})
}

func GetUserHandler(c echo.Context) error {
	var req GetUserRequest
	if err := c.Bind(&req); err != nil {
		return c.JSON(400, map[string]string{"error": "Invalid request"})
	}
	// Simulate fetching user by ID
	user := User{ID: req.ID, Name: "John Doe"}
	return c.JSON(200, user)
}

Documentation Features

Built-in Endpoints

When you create a echoopenapi router, the following endpoints are automatically available:

• /docs — Interactive UI documentation
• /docs/openapi.yaml — Raw OpenAPI specification in YAML format

If you want to disable the built-in UI, you can do so by passing option.WithDisableDocs() when creating the router:

r := echoopenapi.NewRouter(e,
	option.WithTitle("My API"),
	option.WithVersion("1.0.0"),
	option.WithDisableDocs(),
)

Supported Documentation UIs

Choose from multiple UI options, powered by oaswrap/spec-ui:

• Stoplight Elements — Modern, clean design (default)
• Swagger UI — Classic interface with try-it functionality
• ReDoc — Three-panel responsive layout
• Scalar — Beautiful and fast interface
• RapiDoc — Highly customizable

r := echoopenapi.NewRouter(e,
	option.WithTitle("My API"),
	option.WithVersion("1.0.0"),
	option.WithScalar(), // Use Scalar as the documentation UI
)

Embed Mode (Local Assets)

By default, UI providers use CDN assets to keep binaries small.

To serve embedded assets (offline mode), use option.WithUIOption(...) with the provider emb package directly:

import (
    stoplightemb "github.com/oaswrap/spec-ui/stoplightemb"
)

// example:
option.WithUIOption(stoplightemb.WithUI())

Rich Schema Documentation

Use struct tags to generate detailed OpenAPI schemas. Note: These tags are used only for OpenAPI spec generation and documentation - they do not perform actual request validation.

type CreateProductRequest struct {
	Name        string   `json:"name" required:"true" minLength:"1" maxLength:"100"`
	Description string   `json:"description" maxLength:"500"`
	Price       float64  `json:"price" required:"true" minimum:"0" maximum:"999999.99"`
	Category    string   `json:"category" required:"true" enum:"electronics,books,clothing"`
	Tags        []string `json:"tags" maxItems:"10"`
	InStock     bool     `json:"in_stock" default:"true"`
}

Supported tags are implemented by oaswrap/spec directly. Common request tags include json, form, path, query, header, and cookie; common schema tags include description, format, default, example, enum, minimum, maximum, minLength, maxLength, minItems, maxItems, nullable, deprecated, readOnly, and writeOnly. See the root Reflection Tags section for the complete list.

Example

Check out the examples directory for more complete implementations and use cases.

Best Practices

1. Organize with Tags — Group related operations using option.Tags()
2. Document Everything — Use option.Summary() and option.Description() for all routes
3. Define Error Responses — Include common error responses (400, 401, 404, 500)
4. Document Schema Constraints — Use reflection tags to describe OpenAPI schema constraints; keep runtime validation in handlers or middleware
5. Security First — Define and apply appropriate security schemes
6. Version Your API — Use route groups for API versioning (/api/v1, /api/v2)

API Reference

• Spec: pkg.go.dev/github.com/oaswrap/spec
• Echo Adapter: pkg.go.dev/github.com/oaswrap/spec/adapter/echoopenapi
• Options: pkg.go.dev/github.com/oaswrap/spec/option
• Spec UI: pkg.go.dev/github.com/oaswrap/spec-ui

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please open issues and PRs at the main oaswrap/spec repository.

License

MIT