lib/rest/index.js
is human-editable.lib/rest/static/*.json
are generated by scripts.
lib/rest/index.js
consumes the static decorated schema files and exportscategories
,operations
, andoperationsEnabledForGitHubApps
used by the REST middleware contextualizer.
Generated by script/rest/update-files.js
:
lib/rest/static/decorated
- files generated from the dereferenced OpenAPI schema with the Markdown descriptions rendered in HTMLlib/rest/static/dereferenced
- NOTE These are only generated if you pass the --keep-dereferenced-files option and are not checked into the repository. This option is for debug only.
When the server starts, middleware/contextualizers/rest.js
accesses the data exported from the static decorated JSON files, fetches the data for the current version and requested path, and adds it to the context
object. The added property is:
req.context.currentRestOperations
- all operations with a category matching the current path
Markdown files in content/rest/reference
use Liquid to loop over these context properties. The Liquid calls HTML files in the includes
directory to do most of the rendering. Writers can add content to the Markdown files alongside the Liquid.