CLI Tool
The tool is packaged as a .NET Tool and is published to nuget.org. You can install the latest version of this tool like this:
dotnet tool install --global Refitter
Usage
refitter --help
USAGE:
refitter [URL or input file] [OPTIONS]
EXAMPLES:
refitter ./openapi.json
refitter https://petstore3.swagger.io/api/v3/openapi.yaml
refitter ./openapi.json --settings-file ./openapi.refitter --output ./GeneratedCode.cs
refitter ./openapi.json --namespace "Your.Namespace.Of.Choice.GeneratedCode" --output ./GeneratedCode.cs
refitter ./openapi.json --namespace "Your.Namespace.Of.Choice.GeneratedCode" --internal
refitter ./openapi.json --output ./IGeneratedCode.cs --interface-only
refitter ./openapi.json --output ./GeneratedContracts.cs --contract-only
refitter ./openapi.json --use-api-response
refitter ./openapi.json --cancellation-tokens
refitter ./openapi.json --no-operation-headers
refitter ./openapi.json --no-accept-headers
refitter ./openapi.json --use-iso-date-format
refitter ./openapi.json --additional-namespace "Your.Additional.Namespace" --additional-namespace "Your.Other.Additional.Namespace"
refitter ./openapi.json --multiple-interfaces ByEndpoint
refitter ./openapi.json --tag Pet --tag Store --tag User
refitter ./openapi.json --match-path '^/pet/.*'
refitter ./openapi.json --trim-unused-schema
refitter ./openapi.json --trim-unused-schema --keep-schema '^Model$' --keep-schema '^Person.+'
refitter ./openapi.json --no-deprecated-operations
refitter ./openapi.json --operation-name-template '{operationName}Async'
refitter ./openapi.json --optional-nullable-parameters
refitter ./openapi.json --use-polymorphic-serialization
ARGUMENTS:
[URL or input file] URL or file path to OpenAPI Specification file
OPTIONS:
DEFAULT
-h, --help Prints help information
-v, --version Prints version information
-s, --settings-file Path to .refitter settings file. Specifying this will ignore all other settings (except for --output)
-n, --namespace GeneratedCode Default namespace to use for generated types
--contracts-namespace Default namespace to use for generated contracts
-o, --output Output.cs Path to Output file or folder (if multiple files are generated)
--contracts-output Output path for generated contracts. Enabling this automatically enables generating multiple files
--no-auto-generated-header Don't add <auto-generated> header to output file
--no-accept-headers Don't add <Accept> header to output file
--interface-only Don't generate contract types
--contract-only Don't generate clients
--use-api-response Return Task<IApiResponse<T>> instead of Task<T>
--use-observable-response Return IObservable instead of Task
--internal Set the accessibility of the generated types to 'internal'
--cancellation-tokens Use cancellation tokens
--no-operation-headers Don't generate operation headers
--no-logging Don't log errors or collect telemetry
--additional-namespace Add additional namespace to generated types
--exclude-namespace Exclude namespace on generated types
--use-iso-date-format Explicitly format date query string parameters in ISO 8601 standard date format using delimiters (2023-06-15)
--multiple-interfaces Generate a Refit interface for each endpoint. May be one of ByEndpoint, ByTag
--multiple-files Generate multiple files instead of a single large file.
The output files can be the following:
- RefitInterfaces.cs
- DependencyInjection.cs
- Contracts.cs
--match-path Only include Paths that match the provided regular expression. May be set multiple times
--tag Only include Endpoints that contain this tag. May be set multiple times and result in OR'ed evaluation
--skip-validation Skip validation of the OpenAPI specification
--no-deprecated-operations Don't generate deprecated operations
--operation-name-template Generate operation names using pattern. When using --multiple-interfaces ByEndpoint, this is name of the Execute() method in the interface
--optional-nullable-parameters Generate nullable parameters as optional parameters
--trim-unused-schema Removes unreferenced components schema to keep the generated output to a minimum
--keep-schema Force to keep matching schema, uses regular expressions. Use together with "--trim-unused-schema". Can be set multiple times
--no-banner Don't show donation banner
--skip-default-additional-properties Set to true to skip default additional properties
--operation-name-generator Default The NSwag IOperationNameGenerator implementation to use.
May be one of:
- Default
- MultipleClientsFromOperationId
- MultipleClientsFromPathSegments
- MultipleClientsFromFirstTagAndOperationId
- MultipleClientsFromFirstTagAndOperationName
- MultipleClientsFromFirstTagAndPathSegments
- SingleClientFromOperationId
- SingleClientFromPathSegments
See https://refitter.github.io/api/Refitter.Core.OperationNameGeneratorTypes.html for more information
--immutable-records Generate contracts as immutable records instead of classes
--use-apizr Set to true to use Apizr by:
- Adding a final IApizrRequestOptions options parameter to all generated methods
- Providing cancellation tokens by Apizr request options instead of a dedicated parameter
- Using method overloads instead of optional parameters
See https://refitter.github.io for more information and https://www.apizr.net to get started with Apizr
--use-dynamic-querystring-parameters Set to <c>true</c> to wrap multiple query parameters into a single complex one. Default is <c>false</c> (no wrapping).
See https://github.com/reactiveui/refit?tab=readme-ov-file#dynamic-querystring-parameters for more information
--use-polymorphic-serialization Replaces NSwag JsonInheritanceConverter attributes with System.Text.Json JsonPolymorphicAttributes. To have the native support of inheritance (de)serialization and fallback to base types when payloads with (yet) unknown types are offered by newer versions of an API.
See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/system-text-json/polymorphism for more information
To generate code from an OpenAPI specifications file, run the following:
refitter [path to OpenAPI spec file] --namespace "[Your.Namespace.Of.Choice.GeneratedCode]"
This will generate a file called Output.cs which contains the Refit interface and contract classes generated using NSwag
The settings file uses the .refitter file format
System requirements
.NET 8.0