Command line tool cannot accept a URL

[Cloudmersive]

Try running this command:

snc https://api.cloudmersive.com/specs/allapis.json

Expected: Works

Observed: Fails with stack trace

[fmvilas]

Right now the CLI only accepts files, not URLs. I agree that it would be a nice feature. A PR would be appreciated.

[jaspreetsingh2701]

Any updates?

[fmvilas]

Not yet. I'm working on something new this week. I'll try to include this feature as well. I'll keep you informed.

[fmvilas]

@Cloudmersive @jaspreetsingh2701 I recently created a new package to generate anything using OpenAPI 3, and it supports specifying a URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/openapi3-generator

Let me know if it suits your needs.

[crhistianramirez]

What if we replace our homegrown parsing with this lib? https://github.com/APIDevTools/swagger-parser. Apart from handling external urls it is well supported, handles v2/v3 formats, yml/json, dereferencing and more

I'd be happy to give this a shot if that sounds ok?