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# `preview-docs`
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Preview the API reference docs on your local machine.
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## Introduction
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If you have a license key, you will have a preview of the premium Redocly API reference docs. The [`login`](./login.md) command also generates a preview of the premium Redocly API reference docs.
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With this command, you can preview the API reference docs on your local machine.
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Otherwise, you'll get a preview of Redoc community edition.
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If you have a license key, you will get a preview of the premium Redocly API reference docs. If you don't, you will get a preview of Redoc community edition.
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:::success Tip
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To preview docs using the premium Redocly API reference docs, you must authenticate to the API registry first via the [`login`](./login.md) command.
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:::
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### `preview-docs` usage
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## Usage
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```shell
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Positionals:
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entrypoint [string] [required]
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Options:
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--version Show version number. [boolean]
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--help Show help. [boolean]
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--port, -p Preview port. [number] [default: 8080]
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--skip-preprocessor Ignore certain preprocessors. [array]
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--skip-decorator Ignore certain decorators. [array]
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--use-community-edition Force using Redoc CE for docs preview. [boolean]
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--force, -f Produce bundle output even when errors occur.
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[boolean]
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--config Specify path to the config file. [string]
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```bash
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openapi preview-docs <entrypoint>
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openapi preview-docs <entrypoint> [--config=<path>] [--port=<value>]
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openapi preview-docs <entrypoint> [--force] [--help] [--version]
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openapi preview-docs <entrypoint> --version
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```
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## Options
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### How to preview the docs on a custom port
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option | type | required? | default | description
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`entrypoint` | `string` | yes | - | Path to the API definition filename that you want to generate preview for. (See [the section below](#entrypoints) for more options)
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`--config` | `string` | no | - | Specify path to the config file
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`--force`, `-f` | `boolean` | no | - | Generate preview output even when errors occur
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`--help` | `boolean` | no | - | Show help
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`--port`, `-p` | `number` | no | 8080 | Preview port
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`--skip-decorator` | `array` | no | - | Ignore certain decorators
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`--skip-preprocessor` | `array` | no | - | Ignore certain preprocessors
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`--use-community-edition` | `boolean` | no | - | Force using Redoc Community Edition for docs preview
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`--version` | `boolean` | no | - | Show version number
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By default, without providing a port, the preview starts on port 8080, and can be accessed at `http://localhost:8080`.
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## Examples
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This command starts a preview on port 8888, and you can access the docs at `http://localhost:8888` after running it.
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### Entrypoints
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The command behaves differently depending on how you pass an entrypoint to it and whether the [configuration file](#custom-configuration-file) exists. There are the following options:
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```shell
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#### Pass entrypoint directly
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```bash
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openapi preview-docs openapi/openapi.yaml
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```
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In this case, `preview-docs` will preview the definition that was passed to the command. The configuration file is ignored.
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#### Pass entrypoint without extension
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You can omit entrypoint's file extension when executing the `preview-docs` command. In this way, you can reference either `.yaml` or `.json` file.
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```bash
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# preview-docs will preview either petstore.yaml or petstore.json file in the current working directory
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openapi preview-docs petstore
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# preview-docs will preview either sandbox.yaml or sandbox.json file in the openapi/extra directory
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openapi preview-docs openapi/extra/sandbox
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```
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#### Pass entrypoint via configuration file
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Instead of a full path, you can use an alias assigned in your `apiDefinitions` within your `.redocly.yaml` configuration file as entrypoints. For example, `petstore`:
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```bash command
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openapi preview-docs petstore
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```
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```yaml .redocly.yaml
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apiDefinitions:
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petstore: ./openapi/petstore-definition.json
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```
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In this case, after resolving the path behind the `petstore` alias (see the `.redocly.yaml` tab), `preview-docs` will preview the `petstore.json` definition file. The presence of the `.redocly.yaml` configuration file is mandatory.
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### Custom configuration file
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By default, the CLI tool looks for a `.redocly.yaml` configuration file in the current working directory. Use the optional `--config` argument to provide an alternative path to a configuration file.
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```bash
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openapi preview-docs --config=./another/directory/config.yaml
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```
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### Custom port for preview
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By default, without providing the port option, the preview starts on port `8080`, so you can access the docs at `http://localhost:8080`
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To specify a custom port for the preview, pass the desired value using either short or long option format:
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```bash short format
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openapi preview-docs -p 8888 openapi/openapi.yaml
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```
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```bash long format
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openapi preview-docs -port 8888 openapi/openapi.yaml
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```
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Both commands will start the preview on port `8888`, so you can access the docs at `http://localhost:8888`
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