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Installation

Prerequisites

  • Node.js v18 or higher
  • MongoDB instance (local or cloud)
  • npm or yarn package manager

Installation

  • The easiest way to install Apistry is to use either npm or yarn:
npm install -g apistry

Or yarn:

yarn global add apistry

CLI Usage

CLI provides several commands to manage and run Apistry. Help is available at the CLI level as well as for each command.

apistry --help

Output:

Usage: apistry [options] [command]

Apistry CLI

Options:
-V, --version              output the version number
-h, --help                 display help for command

Commands:
serve [options]            Start the API development server
testConnection [options]   Test the MongoDB database connection (uses DB_CONNECTION env var)
clearCollection [options]  Clear all documents from a MongoDB collection
help [command]             display help for command