Lesson 9. Magic directive MACRO

Example 9.1. Directives MACRO and PASTE

JSIGHT 0.3
 
GET /cats // Get all cats
  200 [@cat]
  PASTE @errorResponses
 
GET /cats/{id} // Get a cat by its id.
  200 @cat
  PASTE @errorResponses
 
TYPE @cat // Type “Cat”
{
  "id"  : 1,
  "name": "Tom"
}
 
MACRO @errorResponses
  400 any
  401 any
  405 any
  500 any

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The provided example demonstrates how to use the directive MACRO. This directive allows you to name a group of directives and then reuse them throughout the project with the directive PASTE.

In our example, a set of directives-responses @errorResponses is declared (lines 19–26). This set is pasted in the requests GET /cats (line 5) and GET /cats/{id} (line 10).

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For more information about this topic, see:

• JSight API specification, chapter “Directive "MACRO"”.
• JSight API specification, chapter “Directive "PASTE"”.