# ruma-api-macros
**ruma-api-macros** provides a procedural macro for easily generating [ruma-api]-compatible API endpoints.
You define the endpoint's metadata, request fields, and response fields, and the macro generates all the necessary types and implements all the necessary traits.
[ruma-api]: https://github.com/ruma/ruma/tree/main/ruma-api
## Usage
This crate is not meant to be used directly; instead, you can use it through the re-exports in ruma-api.
Here is an example that shows most of the macro's functionality:
```rust
pub mod some_endpoint {
use ruma_api::ruma_api;
ruma_api! {
metadata: {
description: "Does something.",
method: GET, // An `http::Method` constant. No imports required.
name: "some_endpoint",
path: "/_matrix/some/endpoint/:baz", // Variable path components start with a colon.
rate_limited: false,
authentication: None,
}
request: {
// With no attribute on the field, it will be put into the body of the request.
pub foo: String,
// This value will be put into the "Content-Type" HTTP header.
#[ruma_api(header = CONTENT_TYPE)]
pub content_type: String
// This value will be put into the query string of the request's URL.
#[ruma_api(query)]
pub bar: String,
// This value will be inserted into the request's URL in place of the
// ":baz" path component.
#[ruma_api(path)]
pub baz: String,
}
response: {
// This value will be extracted from the "Content-Type" HTTP header.
#[ruma_api(header = CONTENT_TYPE)]
pub content_type: String
// With no attribute on the field, it will be extracted from the body of the response.
pub value: String,
}
// An error can also be specified or defaults to `ruma_api::error::MatrixError`.
error: crate::Error
}
}
```