# Api Reference

We use the [openapi specification](https://swagger.io/specification) for the api reference. The openapi file is generated from the code base [openapi_spec_v1.json](v1/openapi_spec_v1.json).

## How to generate the file

This file is automatically generated from our CI pipeline when the PR is raised. However if you want to generate it manually, the following command can be used

```bash
cargo r -p openapi --features v1
```

## Render the generated openapi spec file

In order to render the openapi spec file, we use a tool called [mintlify](https://mintlify.com/). Local setup instructions can be found [here](https://mintlify.com/docs/development#development). Once the cli is installed, Run the following command to render the openapi spec

- Navigate to the directory where `docs.json` exists

```bash
cd api-reference
```

- Run the cli

```bash
mint dev
```

## Add new routes to openapi

If you have added new routes to the openapi. Then in order for them to be displayed on the mintlify, run the following commands

- Switch to the directory where api reference ( docs.json ) exists

```bash
cd api-reference
```

- Run the following command to generate the route files

```bash
npx @mintlify/scraping@latest openapi-file v1/openapi_spec_v1.json  -o v1
```

This will generate files in [api-reference](api-reference) folder. These routes should be added to the [mint.json](mint.json) file under navigation, under respective group.

NOTE: For working with V2 API reference, replace every occurrence of `v1` with `v2` in above commands