Zod OpenAPI

Zod OpenAPI Hono is an extended Hono class that supports OpenAPI. With it, you can validate values and types using Zod and generate OpenAPI Swagger documentation. On this website, only basic usage is shown.

First, define your schemas with Zod. The z object should be imported from @hono/zod-openapi:

import { z } from '@hono/zod-openapi'

const ParamsSchema = z.object({
  id: z
    .string()
    .min(3)
    .openapi({
      param: {
        name: 'id',
        in: 'path',
      },
      example: '1212121',
    }),
})

const UserSchema = z
  .object({
    id: z.string().openapi({
      example: '123',
    }),
    name: z.string().openapi({
      example: 'John Doe',
    }),
    age: z.number().openapi({
      example: 42,
    }),
  })
  .openapi('User')

Next, create a route:

import { createRoute } from '@hono/zod-openapi'

const route = createRoute({
  method: 'get',
  path: '/users/{id}',
  request: {
    params: ParamsSchema,
  },
  responses: {
    200: {
      content: {
        'application/json': {
          schema: UserSchema,
        },
      },
      description: 'Retrieve the user',
    },
  },
})

Finally, set up the app:

import { OpenAPIHono } from '@hono/zod-openapi'

const app = new OpenAPIHono()

app.openapi(route, (c) => {
  const { id } = c.req.valid('param')
  return c.json({
    id,
    age: 20,
    name: 'Ultra-man',
  })
})

// The OpenAPI documentation will be available at /doc
app.doc('/doc', {
  openapi: '3.0.0',
  info: {
    version: '1.0.0',
    title: 'My API',
  },
})

You can start your app just like you would with Hono. For Cloudflare Workers and Bun, use this entry point:

export default app

See also

• Zod OpenAPI Hono