Unazalishaje API documentation kwa Swagger?

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NestJS inajumuishwa na **Swagger/OpenAPI** kupitia `@nestjs/swagger` ili **kuzalisha kiotomatiki API documentation inayoingiliana** kutoka kwa code yako — controllers, routes, DTOs, na decorators. Inazalisha UI inayoweza kuvinjariwa ambapo developers wanaweza kuchunguza na kujaribu endpoints, ikiwekwa katika usawazishaji na code.

## Kuanzisha Swagger

```ts
// main.ts
import { SwaggerModule, DocumentBuilder } from "@nestjs/swagger";

const config = new DocumentBuilder()
  .setTitle("Users API")
  .setDescription("The users API documentation")
  .setVersion("1.0")
  .addBearerAuth()                       // document JWT auth
  .build();

const document = SwaggerModule.createDocument(app, config);
SwaggerModule.setup("api/docs", app, document);   // serve the UI at /api/docs
```

Kwa mistari michache, Swagger inachanganua app yako na kutoa docs zinazoingiliana katika `/api/docs` — ikionyesha kiotomatiki routes, parameters, na DTOs zako.

## Kuandika documentation ya DTOs na responses

```ts
export class CreateUserDto {
  @ApiProperty({ example: "ann@example.com", description: "User email" })
  email: string;

@ApiProperty({ minLength: 8 })
  password: string;

@ApiPropertyOptional()                 // optional field in the docs
  age?: number;
}
```

Decorators za `@ApiProperty` zinaongeza maelezo, mifano, na vigezo kwa DTO fields, zikiboresha schema iliyozalishwa. (Mengi yanagunduliwa kiotomatiki kutoka kwa TypeScript types na decorators za `class-validator` — `CLI plugin` inaweza kupunguza hata boilerplate hii.)

## Kuandika documentation ya endpoints

```ts
@ApiTags("users")                        // group endpoints in the UI
@Controller("users")
export class UsersController {
  @Post()
  @ApiOperation({ summary: "Create a user" })
  @ApiResponse({ status: 201, description: "User created", type: User })
  @ApiResponse({ status: 400, description: "Invalid input" })
  create(@Body() dto: CreateUserDto) {}
}
```

Decorators kama `@ApiTags`, `@ApiOperation`, na `@ApiResponse` zinaongeza maelezo, zinakusanya endpoints, na zinaandika documentation ya majibu yanayowezekana.

## Unachopata

```text
✓ Interactive UI (Swagger UI) — browse, read, and TEST endpoints in the browser
✓ Auto-generated, always in sync with the code (no separate doc to maintain)
✓ The OpenAPI spec (JSON) — usable to generate client SDKs, for contract testing, etc.
✓ Request/response schemas, validation rules, auth requirements all documented
```

## Kwa nini ni muhimu

API documentation ni muhimu kwa API yoyote inayotumiwa na wengine — frontend teams, mobile apps, third-party integrators, au hata wewe wa baadaye — na ujumuishaji wa Swagger wa NestJS unafanya kuzalisha docs za ubora wa juu kuwa rahisi na thabiti sana.

Faida muhimu ni kwamba documentation **inazalishwa kiotomatiki kutoka kwa code** (controllers, routes, DTOs, na decorators), kwa hivyo inabaki katika **usawazishaji** na utekelezaji halisi badala ya kutoka nje ya wakati kama docs zilizoandikwa kwa mkono zinavyofanya bila kuepukika.

Kuelewa hili ni wa thamani kwa sababu API docs nzuri zinaboresha kwa kiasi kikubwa developer experience na kupunguza msuguano wa integration: **Swagger UI** inayoingiliana inawaruhusu watumiaji kuchunguza na *kujaribu* endpoints moja kwa moja katika browser, na **OpenAPI spec** iliyozalishwa inaweza kuendesha client SDK generation na contract testing.

Kujua jinsi ya kuanzisha Swagger, kuboresha docs kwa decorators (`@ApiProperty`, `@ApiTags`, `@ApiOperation`, `@ApiResponse`), na kuandika documentation ya authentication ni maarifa ya kivitendo, yanayohitajika mara kwa mara — API zilizoandikwa documentation vizuri ni kiwango cha kitaalamu na alama ya kazi bora ya back-end.

Kwa kuwa NestJS inatumia muundo wake wa decorator/DTO kuzalisha mengi kiotomatiki (kwa juhudi ndogo ya ziada), kuna kisingizio kidogo cha kutokuwa na docs bora, ikifanya hii kuwa uwezo muhimu, wa thamani ya juu katika miradi halisi ya NestJS.