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tanz
New Member
2 months ago

Server Variables - can it be refrenced?

i am using openapi:3.0.0
i have five servers define in swagger
inside it i am using variables specific to servers.
something like this


servers:
 - url: https://server1/api/{version}
  description:  server
  variables:
    version:
    description: versioning of api
    enum:
      - v1
    default: v1
- url: https://server2/api/{version}
  description: server
  variables:
   version:
   description: versioning of api
   enum:
    - v1
  default: v1


Can we declare variables once and can we reference in multiple servers?

here i am breaking "DRY" by declaring same variables again and again.

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  • frankkilcommins's avatar
    frankkilcommins
    Staff
    19 days ago

    tanz No that's not supported by the OpenAPI Specification. You can always request changes at https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/issues

    If you have a common pattern in your servers, then perhaps you can approach it slightly differently:

    servers:
  - url: 'https://{env}.domain.com/api/{version}'
    variables:
      env:
        description: Environment - staging or production
        default: staging
        enum:
          - staging
          - production
      version:
        description: API version
        default: v1
        enum:
          - v1
          - v2