@specbook/codegen 0.6.1 → 0.8.0

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@specbook/codegen",
-  "version": "0.6.1",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Turns an OpenAPI or Swagger document into types, examples, schemas and metadata, in Node or in a browser.",
   "keywords": [
     "specbook",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "swagger2openapi": "7.0.8"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@specbook/core": "0.6.1",
+    "@specbook/core": "0.8.0",
     "@types/node": "24.19.2",
     "@types/swagger2openapi": "7.0.4",
     "typescript": "7.0.2"

package/src/build.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import { conforms, makeValueIndex } from './hints'
 import {
+  clearExampleCaches,
   jsdoc,
   objectType,
   pascal,
@@ -233,6 +235,22 @@ export function generateFromDoc(
   files: GeneratedFile[]
   operations: ManifestOperation[]
   metas: Record<string, OperationMeta>
+} {
+  try {
+    return generateAll(doc, opts, flags)
+  } finally {
+    clearExampleCaches()
+  }
+}
+
+function generateAll(
+  doc: any,
+  opts: Omit<GenerateOptions, 'spec'>,
+  flags: GenerateFlags,
+): {
+  files: GeneratedFile[]
+  operations: ManifestOperation[]
+  metas: Record<string, OperationMeta>
 } {
   const core = opts.corePackage ?? '@specbook/core'
   const ts = !flags.dataOnly
@@ -253,6 +271,20 @@ export function generateFromDoc(
   const firstExample = (examples: Record<string, any> | undefined) =>
     resolveAny<any>(Object.values(examples ?? {})[0])?.value
 
+  // what the spec says about a field elsewhere in the document; read on first use
+  const index = makeValueIndex(doc)
+  /**
+   * The response example the spec gives, when it has one. The one `example` is shown as written; a named one only
+   * when it satisfies the response schema, since specs' own examples often leave out a required field.
+   */
+  const specExample = (media: any, schema: Schema, status: number): unknown => {
+    if (media?.example !== undefined) return sanitizeExample(media.example, '', undefined, status)
+    const named = firstExample(media?.examples)
+    if (named === undefined) return undefined
+    const value = sanitizeExample(named, '', undefined, status)
+    return conforms(schema, value, resolve) ? value : undefined
+  }
+
   const files: GeneratedFile[] = []
   const operations: ManifestOperation[] = []
 
@@ -360,9 +392,9 @@ export function generateFromDoc(
             hasDefault = true
             if (ts) defaultType = tsType(found.schema, '  ', 'T.')
             defaultSchema = toJsonSchema(found.schema, `${defsId}#/$defs/`)
-            const example = found.media?.example
-              ? sanitizeExample(found.media.example, '', undefined, -1)
-              : synthesize(found.schema, resolve, 0, [], '', -1)
+            const example =
+              specExample(found.media, found.schema, -1) ??
+              synthesize(found.schema, resolve, 0, [], '', -1, false, index)
             exampleFiles.push({
               path: `examples/${id}/default.response.json`,
               content: `${JSON.stringify(example, null, 2)}\n`,
@@ -380,9 +412,9 @@ export function generateFromDoc(
             `${code}: ${found?.schema ? tsType(found.schema, '  ', 'T.') : 'unknown'}`,
           )
         if (found?.schema) {
-          const example = found.media?.example
-            ? sanitizeExample(found.media.example, '', undefined, Number(code))
-            : synthesize(found.schema, resolve, 0, [], '', Number(code))
+          const example =
+            specExample(found.media, found.schema, Number(code)) ??
+            synthesize(found.schema, resolve, 0, [], '', Number(code), false, index)
           exampleFiles.push({
             path: `examples/${id}/${code}.response.json`,
             content: `${JSON.stringify(example, null, 2)}\n`,
@@ -406,7 +438,8 @@ export function generateFromDoc(
           const out: Record<string, unknown> = {}
           for (const p of group(where)) {
             if (p.example !== undefined) out[p.name] = p.example
-            else if (p.required) out[p.name] = synthesize(p.schema, resolve, 0, [], p.name)
+            else if (p.required)
+              out[p.name] = synthesize(p.schema, resolve, 0, [], p.name, undefined, false, index)
           }
           return Object.keys(out).length ? out : undefined
         }
@@ -447,7 +480,7 @@ export function generateFromDoc(
       const plain = {
         ...paramsFor(),
         body: body?.schema
-          ? bodyFor(synthesize(body.schema, resolve, 0, [], '', undefined, true))
+          ? bodyFor(synthesize(body.schema, resolve, 0, [], '', undefined, true, index))
           : undefined,
       }
       docs.push({ name: take('default'), title: 'Default', source: 'generated', ...plain })

package/src/hints.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,408 @@
+// What a spec says about the value of a field, beyond its type: a description that names values, the same field's
+// example elsewhere in the document, a pattern, and the limits a value must fit.
+
+type Schema = Record<string, any>
+
+/** Spec examples that are just the type name (Swagger editor defaults and the like) carry no information. */
+export const PLACEHOLDER_VALUE = /^(string|str|<string>|\{string\}|string\d+|null)$/i
+
+export function clearHintCaches() {
+  regexes = new Map()
+  made = new Map()
+}
+
+// ---------------- limits ----------------
+
+let regexes = new Map<string, RegExp | null>()
+function regexOf(pattern: string): RegExp | null {
+  let re = regexes.get(pattern)
+  if (re === undefined) {
+    try {
+      re = new RegExp(pattern)
+    } catch {
+      re = null
+    }
+    regexes.set(pattern, re)
+  }
+  return re
+}
+
+const FORMATS: Record<string, RegExp> = {
+  'date-time': /^\d{4}-\d\d-\d\dT/,
+  date: /^\d{4}-\d\d-\d\d$/,
+  email: /^[^@\s]+@[^@\s]+$/,
+  uuid: /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i,
+  uri: /^[a-z][\w+.-]*:/i,
+  url: /^[a-z][\w+.-]*:/i,
+}
+
+/** Whether `value` has the JSON type the schema declares and respects its limits (schemas with no plain `type` always fit). */
+export function fits(schema: Schema, value: unknown): boolean {
+  if (Array.isArray(schema.enum) && value !== null && !schema.enum.includes(value)) return false
+  if (schema.const !== undefined && value !== schema.const) return false
+  const type = Array.isArray(schema.type)
+    ? schema.type.find((t: string) => t !== 'null')
+    : schema.type
+  if (value === null) return true
+  switch (type) {
+    case 'string': {
+      if (typeof value !== 'string') return false
+      if (schema.maxLength !== undefined && value.length > schema.maxLength) return false
+      if (schema.minLength !== undefined && value.length < schema.minLength) return false
+      if (schema.pattern && !regexOf(schema.pattern)?.test(value)) return false
+      const f = schema.format && FORMATS[schema.format]
+      return !f || f.test(value)
+    }
+    case 'integer':
+    case 'number':
+      return (
+        typeof value === 'number' &&
+        (type === 'number' || Number.isInteger(value)) &&
+        (schema.minimum === undefined || value >= schema.minimum) &&
+        (schema.maximum === undefined || value <= schema.maximum)
+      )
+    case 'boolean':
+      return typeof value === 'boolean'
+    case 'array':
+      return Array.isArray(value)
+    case 'object':
+      return typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value)
+    default:
+      return true
+  }
+}
+
+/** Whether a null is allowed here: `nullable`, a `null` type, or a `null` branch. */
+export function nullable(
+  schema: Schema | undefined,
+  resolve: (ref: string) => Schema | undefined,
+  d = 0,
+): boolean {
+  if (!schema || d > 8) return false
+  if (schema.$ref) return nullable(resolve(schema.$ref), resolve, d + 1)
+  const type = schema.type
+  return (
+    schema.nullable === true ||
+    type === 'null' ||
+    (Array.isArray(type) && type.includes('null')) ||
+    [...(schema.anyOf ?? []), ...(schema.oneOf ?? [])].some((b: Schema) =>
+      nullable(b, resolve, d + 1),
+    )
+  )
+}
+
+/** The JSON kind a schema describes (following refs and taking the first branch of a union). */
+function kindOf(
+  s: Schema | undefined,
+  resolve: (ref: string) => Schema | undefined,
+  d = 0,
+): string | undefined {
+  if (!s || d > 8) return undefined
+  if (s.$ref) return kindOf(resolve(s.$ref), resolve, d + 1)
+  const first = s.anyOf?.[0] ?? s.oneOf?.[0] ?? s.allOf?.[0]
+  if (first) return kindOf(first, resolve, d + 1)
+  const type = Array.isArray(s.type) ? s.type.find((t: string) => t !== 'null') : s.type
+  return type ?? (s.properties ? 'object' : s.items ? 'array' : undefined)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether a value a spec supplies satisfies its schema: required fields present, types, enums and limits
+ * right. A spec example that does not (GitHub's often leave out a required field) is not shown as the answer.
+ */
+export function conforms(
+  schema: Schema | undefined,
+  value: unknown,
+  resolve: (ref: string) => Schema | undefined,
+  d = 0,
+): boolean {
+  if (!schema || d > 30) return true
+  if (schema.$ref) return conforms(resolve(schema.$ref), value, resolve, d + 1)
+  if (value === null) return nullable(schema, resolve)
+  if (schema.allOf && !schema.allOf.every((b: Schema) => conforms(b, value, resolve, d + 1)))
+    return false
+  // the viewer checks a value against the first branch of its own kind, so that is the branch it has to fit
+  const alts: Schema[] | undefined = schema.oneOf ?? schema.anyOf
+  if (alts?.length) {
+    const want = Array.isArray(value) ? 'array' : typeof value
+    const same = (b: Schema) => {
+      const k = kindOf(b, resolve)
+      return k === want || (k === 'integer' && want === 'number')
+    }
+    if (!conforms(alts.find(same) ?? alts[0], value, resolve, d + 1)) return false
+  }
+  if (!fits(schema, value)) return false
+  if (Array.isArray(value))
+    return (
+      !schema.items || value.slice(0, 3).every((x) => conforms(schema.items, x, resolve, d + 1))
+    )
+  if (typeof value === 'object') {
+    const have = value as Record<string, unknown>
+    if ((schema.required as string[] | undefined)?.some((k) => !(k in have))) return false
+    const props = schema.properties as Record<string, Schema> | undefined
+    return (
+      !props ||
+      Object.entries(have).every(([k, v]) => !props[k] || conforms(props[k], v, resolve, d + 1))
+    )
+  }
+  return true
+}
+
+// ---------------- descriptions ----------------
+
+const LIST =
+  /(?:options are|possible values|allowed values|valid values)[^`"]{0,120}?[`"]([^`"\n]{1,80})[`"]/i
+const DIRECT =
+  /(?:can be(?: one of)?|one of|either|defaults? to|default:|e\.g\.,?|for example|such as)[\s:*(-]*[`"]([^`"\n]{1,80})[`"]/i
+const NOT_A_VALUE = /^(true|false|null)$/i
+
+/** A worked value after "E.g." that is not quoted (`E.g. 2023-12-31 for ...`). */
+const WORKED = /\be\.g\.,?\s+(\d[\w:.+-]{3,30})/i
+
+/** Standards a description cites, with the value that follows them. Only what the text itself says. */
+const STANDARDS: [RegExp, (d: string) => string][] = [
+  [/ISO 4217|three-letter[^.]{0,60}currency/i, (d) => (/upper ?case/i.test(d) ? 'USD' : 'usd')],
+  [/ISO 3166-1|two-letter (?:ISO )?country code/i, () => 'US'],
+  [/ISO 639|two-letter language code/i, () => 'en'],
+  [/last (?:four|4) (?:digits|characters)/i, () => '4242'],
+  [/\bYYYY-MM-DD\b/, () => '2024-05-14'],
+  [/^(?:the )?id of\b|^(?:a )?unique identifier\b/i, () => 'a1b2c3d4'],
+  [/^(?:the )?url\b/i, () => 'https://example.com/resource'],
+  [/^(?:the )?(?:customer's )?email address\b/i, () => 'jane.doe@example.com'],
+  [/^(?:the )?(?:customer's )?phone number\b/i, () => '+1-555-0100'],
+  [
+    /ISO 8601/i,
+    (d) => (/\bdate\b/i.test(d) && !/time/i.test(d) ? '2024-05-14' : '2024-05-14T09:30:00Z'),
+  ],
+]
+
+/** The value a description gives: one it names after a phrase like "Can be", "e.g." or "Defaults to" (`Defaults to the `id`` names none), or the standard it cites. */
+export function fromDescription(description: unknown): string | undefined {
+  if (typeof description !== 'string' || description.length < 8) return undefined
+  const m = LIST.exec(description) ?? DIRECT.exec(description)
+  const v = (m?.[1] ?? WORKED.exec(description)?.[1])?.trim()
+  if (v && !NOT_A_VALUE.test(v)) return v
+  for (const [re, value] of STANDARDS) if (re.test(description)) return value(description)
+  return undefined
+}
+
+// ---------------- patterns ----------------
+
+const CLASS_ESCAPES: Record<string, string> = {
+  d: '1',
+  w: 'a',
+  s: ' ',
+  D: 'a',
+  W: '-',
+  S: 'a',
+  n: '\n',
+  t: '\t',
+  b: '',
+  B: '',
+}
+let made = new Map<string, string | undefined>()
+
+/** A string for a simple regex (literals, classes, groups, `|`, quantifiers); undefined when it cannot be sure. */
+export function fromPattern(pattern: string): string | undefined {
+  if (made.has(pattern)) return made.get(pattern)
+  let out: string | undefined
+  try {
+    out = generate(pattern)
+    if (!regexOf(pattern)?.test(out)) out = undefined
+  } catch {
+    out = undefined
+  }
+  made.set(pattern, out)
+  return out
+}
+
+function generate(src: string): string {
+  let i = 0
+  const literal = (c: string | undefined) => (c === undefined ? '' : (CLASS_ESCAPES[c] ?? c))
+  const klass = (): string => {
+    let first: string | undefined
+    if (src[i] === '^') i++
+    while (i < src.length && (src[i] !== ']' || first === undefined)) {
+      const c = src[i++] as string
+      if (first === undefined) first = c === '\\' ? literal(src[i++]) : c
+    }
+    i++
+    return first ?? ''
+  }
+  const seq = (): string => {
+    let out = ''
+    while (i < src.length && src[i] !== '|' && src[i] !== ')') {
+      const c = src[i++] as string
+      if (c === '^' || c === '$') continue
+      let atom: string
+      if (c === '(') {
+        if (src[i] === '?') {
+          if (!src.startsWith('?:', i)) throw new Error('unsupported group')
+          i += 2
+        }
+        atom = alt()
+        i++
+      } else if (c === '[') atom = klass()
+      else if (c === '\\') atom = literal(src[i++])
+      else if (c === '.') atom = 'a'
+      else atom = c
+      let times = 1
+      const q = src[i]
+      if (q === '?' || q === '*') {
+        times = 0
+        i++
+      } else if (q === '+') i++
+      else if (q === '{') {
+        const m = /^\{(\d+)(?:,\d*)?\}/.exec(src.slice(i))
+        if (!m) throw new Error('bad quantifier')
+        times = Number(m[1])
+        i += m[0].length
+      }
+      if (src[i] === '?') i++
+      if (times > 256) throw new Error('too long')
+      out += atom.repeat(times)
+    }
+    return out
+  }
+  const alt = (): string => {
+    const first = seq()
+    while (src[i] === '|') {
+      i++
+      seq()
+    }
+    return first
+  }
+  return alt()
+}
+
+// ---------------- the same field elsewhere in the spec ----------------
+
+/**
+ * The values the document gives a field of this name, most common first. `get` holds what the spec shows for it
+ * (an example, a default); `weak` what it only allows or mentions (an enum value, a value a description names).
+ */
+export interface ValueIndex {
+  get(key: string): unknown[]
+  weak(key: string): unknown[]
+}
+
+/** Names too generic to carry over from one object to another (a Tag's `name` is not a Pet's). */
+const GENERIC = new Set([
+  'id',
+  'name',
+  'title',
+  'label',
+  'value',
+  'key',
+  'type',
+  'kind',
+  'description',
+  'data',
+  'message',
+  'text',
+  'body',
+  'code',
+  'error',
+  'detail',
+  'summary',
+  'object',
+  'url',
+  'status',
+  'state',
+  'reason',
+  'from',
+  'to',
+  'action',
+  'event',
+  'path',
+  'content',
+  'mode',
+  'level',
+  'role',
+])
+
+/** Descriptions worth reading for a value (most say nothing, so they skip the pattern matching). */
+const MENTIONS = /`|"|ISO|e\.g|digits|YYYY|identifier|\bID of\b/i
+
+/** A cap on nodes visited, so one huge inline example cannot dominate. */
+const NODE_BUDGET = 60_000
+const MAX_DEPTH = 8
+
+/** Reads every field's example or default, and the leaves of spec examples, once and on first use. */
+export function makeValueIndex(doc: unknown): ValueIndex {
+  type Tally = Map<string, Map<string, [unknown, number]>>
+  let ready: { strong: Map<string, unknown[]>; weak: Map<string, unknown[]> } | undefined
+  const build = () => {
+    const strong: Tally = new Map()
+    const weak: Tally = new Map()
+    let left = NODE_BUDGET
+    const add = (into: Tally, key: string, v: unknown) => {
+      if (!key || GENERIC.has(key.toLowerCase())) return
+      if (typeof v === 'string' ? v === '' || PLACEHOLDER_VALUE.test(v) : typeof v !== 'number')
+        return
+      const seen = into.get(key) ?? new Map<string, [unknown, number]>()
+      const id = JSON.stringify(v)
+      const had = seen.get(id)
+      if (had) had[1]++
+      else seen.set(id, [v, 1])
+      into.set(key, seen)
+    }
+    const known = (s: Schema) =>
+      s.const ?? s.example ?? (Array.isArray(s.examples) ? s.examples[0] : undefined) ?? s.default
+    /** What the spec only allows or mentions for a field: an enum value, or one its description names. */
+    const mentioned = (key: string, s: Schema) => {
+      const choice = Array.isArray(s.enum) ? s.enum.find((v: unknown) => v !== '') : undefined
+      if (choice !== undefined) add(weak, key, choice)
+      else if (typeof s.description === 'string' && MENTIONS.test(s.description))
+        add(weak, key, fromDescription(s.description))
+    }
+    const leaves = (v: unknown, key: string, depth: number) => {
+      if (--left < 0 || depth > MAX_DEPTH || v === null) return
+      if (Array.isArray(v)) for (const x of v.slice(0, 3)) leaves(x, key, depth + 1)
+      else if (typeof v === 'object')
+        for (const [k, x] of Object.entries(v)) leaves(x, k, depth + 1)
+      else add(strong, key, v)
+    }
+    const walk = (node: any, depth: number) => {
+      if (--left < 0 || depth > 40 || node === null || typeof node !== 'object') return
+      if (Array.isArray(node)) {
+        for (const x of node) walk(x, depth + 1)
+        return
+      }
+      if (node.properties && typeof node.properties === 'object')
+        for (const [k, s] of Object.entries<any>(node.properties))
+          if (s && typeof s === 'object') {
+            add(strong, k, known(s))
+            mentioned(k, s)
+          }
+      if (typeof node.name === 'string' && node.in && node.schema) {
+        add(strong, node.name, node.example ?? known(node.schema))
+        mentioned(node.name, node.schema)
+      }
+      if (node.example !== undefined && typeof node.example === 'object')
+        leaves(node.example, '', 0)
+      if (node.examples && typeof node.examples === 'object')
+        for (const e of Object.values<any>(node.examples).slice(0, 3))
+          leaves(e && typeof e === 'object' && 'value' in e ? e.value : e, '', 0)
+      for (const v of Object.values(node)) walk(v, depth + 1)
+    }
+    walk(doc, 0)
+    const rank = (t: Tally) => {
+      const out = new Map<string, unknown[]>()
+      for (const [k, seen] of t)
+        out.set(
+          k,
+          [...seen.values()].sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1]).map(([v]) => v),
+        )
+      return out
+    }
+    return { strong: rank(strong), weak: rank(weak) }
+  }
+  const read = () => {
+    ready ??= build()
+    return ready
+  }
+  return {
+    get: (key) => read().strong.get(key) ?? [],
+    weak: (key) => read().weak.get(key) ?? [],
+  }
+}

package/src/schema.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 // OpenAPI schema -> TypeScript type source, and deterministic example synthesis.
+import {
+  clearHintCaches,
+  fits,
+  fromDescription,
+  fromPattern,
+  nullable,
+  PLACEHOLDER_VALUE,
+  type ValueIndex,
+} from './hints'
 
 export type Schema = Record<string, any>
 
@@ -138,8 +147,8 @@ const ERROR_MESSAGES: Record<number, string> = {
   503: 'Service unavailable',
 }
 
-/** `status` is the response code being illustrated; -1 means "an error, code unknown" (a `default` response). */
-function exampleString(key: string, format?: string, status?: number): string {
+/** A value for a string `format`, when it has one. */
+function byFormat(format?: string): string | undefined {
   switch (format) {
     case 'date-time':
       return '2024-05-14T09:30:00Z'
@@ -165,7 +174,28 @@ function exampleString(key: string, format?: string, status?: number): string {
     case 'binary':
       return 'example'
   }
-  const k = key.toLowerCase()
+}
+
+/** `status` is the response code being illustrated; -1 means "an error, code unknown" (a `default` response). */
+function exampleString(key: string, format?: string, status?: number): string {
+  return ruleString(key, format, status) ?? (key ? `Example ${humanize(key)}` : 'Example text')
+}
+
+/** What the name and format rules give, or undefined when none of them applies (what is left is the "Example …" text). */
+function ruleString(key: string, format?: string, status?: number): string | undefined {
+  const id = `${key}|${format}|${status}`
+  const had = named.get(id)
+  if (had !== undefined) return had === null ? undefined : had
+  const out = chooseString(key, format, status)
+  named.set(id, out ?? null)
+  return out
+}
+let named = new Map<string, string | null>()
+
+function chooseString(key: string, format?: string, status?: number): string | undefined {
+  const formatted = byFormat(format)
+  if (formatted !== undefined) return formatted
+  const k = key.replace(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/g, '$1_$2').toLowerCase()
   const isError = status !== undefined && (status === -1 || status >= 400)
   if (isError) {
     if (/^(message|detail|reason|error_?description|title)$/.test(k)) {
@@ -180,6 +210,9 @@ function exampleString(key: string, format?: string, status?: number): string {
         : 'request_failed'
     if (/^(documentation_?url)$/.test(k)) return 'https://docs.example.com/errors'
   }
+  // a link to an image names its file type (`image_url_png`)
+  const image = /^(.*?)_?(?:url|uri|link)_(png|svg|jpe?g|gif|webp)$/.exec(k)
+  if (image) return `https://api.example.com/${image[1] || 'image'}.${image[2]}`
   if (/(^|_)(url|uri|href|link)$/.test(k) || k.endsWith('url')) {
     const base = k.replace(/_?(html_)?(url|uri|href|link)$/, '').replace(/_/g, '/')
     return `https://${k.includes('html') ? 'example.com' : 'api.example.com'}${base ? `/${base}` : ''}`
@@ -189,17 +222,19 @@ function exampleString(key: string, format?: string, status?: number): string {
     [/^(login|username|user_name|handle)$/, 'octocat'],
     [/^first_?name$|^given_?name$/, 'Jane'],
     [/^last_?name$|^family_?name|^surname$/, 'Doe'],
-    [/^(full_?name|display_?name|customer_?name)$/, 'Jane Doe'],
+    [/^(full_?name|display_?name|customer_?name)$|(^|_)holder_name$/, 'Jane Doe'],
     [/^name$/, 'Example name'],
     [/^title$/, 'Example title'],
     [/^(description|summary|bio|about)$/, 'A short description of this item.'],
-    [/^(body|content|text|comment|note|notes)$/, 'Example text content.'],
+    [/^(body|content|text|comment|note|notes)$|_text$/, 'Example text content.'],
+    [/_html$/, '<p>Example text content.</p>'],
+    [/^(homepage|website|site_url)$/, 'https://example.com'],
     [/^(message|detail|reason)$/, 'The operation completed successfully.'],
     [/^(error|error_?description)$/, 'Something went wrong.'],
     [/node_?id$/, 'MDQ6VXNlcjE='],
     [/(^|_)sha$|commit_?id$|^oid$/, 'a3f5c1e9b7d24c68f0e1a2b3c4d5e6f708192a3b'],
     [/^ref$/, 'refs/heads/main'],
-    [/^(branch|default_branch)$/, 'main'],
+    [/(^|_)branch$/, 'main'],
     [/^(color|colour)$/, '0e8a16'],
     [/^language$/, 'TypeScript'],
     [/^(phone|phone_?number|mobile)$/, '+1-555-0100'],
@@ -209,26 +244,38 @@ function exampleString(key: string, format?: string, status?: number): string {
     [/^(postal_?code|zip|zip_?code)$/, '98101'],
     [/^(line1|address|street|address_?line_?1)$/, '123 Main Street'],
     [/^line2$/, 'Suite 400'],
-    [/^currency$/, 'usd'],
-    [/^(company|organization|org)$/, 'Example Inc.'],
-    [/^(token|access_?token|api_?key|secret)$/, 'example_token_8f3a2b'],
+    [/(^|_)currency$/, 'usd'],
+    [/^(company|organization)$/, 'Example Inc.'],
+    [/^org$/, 'octo-org'],
+    [/(^|_)(token|api_?key|secret)$/, 'example_token_8f3a2b'],
     [/^(version|api_?version)$/, '1.0.0'],
     [/^(locale|lang)$/, 'en-US'],
     [/^(timezone|time_?zone)$/, 'America/Los_Angeles'],
     [/^(type|kind|category)$/, 'standard'],
     [/^(status|state)$/, 'active'],
+    [/^last4$/, '4242'],
+    [/^owner$/, 'octocat'],
+    [/^repo$/, 'hello-world'],
+    [/(^|_)slug$/, 'my-slug'],
+    [/fingerprint$/, 'Xt5EWLLDS7FJjR1c'],
+    [/^number$/, '0001'],
+    [/^(topic|tag)$/, 'api'],
     [/^object$/, 'object'],
     [/(^|_)id$/, 'a1b2c3d4'],
     [/(^|_)(at|date|time|timestamp)$/, '2024-05-14T09:30:00Z'],
   ]
   for (const [re, v] of rules) if (re.test(k)) return v
-  return k ? `Example ${humanize(key)}` : 'Example text'
 }
 
 function exampleNumber(key: string, integer: boolean, min?: number): number {
   const k = key.toLowerCase()
   if (/(^|_)(created|updated|deleted|expires|arrival|paid|canceled)(_at)?$|_at$|timestamp$/.test(k))
     return 1715679000
+  if (integer && /(^|_)(start|end|arrival|due|effective)_date$/.test(k)) return 1715679000
+  if (/(^|_)(exp|expiry|expiration)_year$|^year$/.test(k)) return k === 'year' ? 2024 : 2030
+  if (/(^|_)(exp|expiry|expiration)_month$/.test(k)) return 12
+  if (k === 'month') return 5
+  if (k === 'day') return 14
   if (/^(amount|total|subtotal|price|balance)(_.*)?$/.test(k)) return integer ? 2000 : 19.99
   if (/(^|_)(count|total_count|number)$/.test(k) || k.endsWith('_count')) return 3
   if (k === 'quantity' || k === 'qty') return 1
@@ -247,12 +294,142 @@ function exampleBoolean(key: string): boolean {
   )
 }
 
+/** The value a schema's own example, `const` or (3.1) first `examples` entry gives. */
+const exampleOf = (s: Schema | undefined) =>
+  s?.const ?? s?.example ?? (Array.isArray(s?.examples) ? s.examples[0] : undefined)
+
+/** A string for a field: what the spec says (description, the same field elsewhere), then the name rules, kept inside the schema's limits. */
+function stringValue(schema: Schema, key: string, status?: number, index?: ValueIndex): string {
+  const failing = status !== undefined && (status === -1 || status >= 400)
+  const ok = (v: unknown): v is string => typeof v === 'string' && fits(schema, v)
+  let v: unknown
+  if (!failing) {
+    let named = described.get(schema)
+    if (named === undefined) {
+      named = fromDescription(schema.description) ?? ''
+      described.set(schema, named)
+    }
+    v = named || undefined
+    if (!ok(v)) v = byFormat(schema.format)
+    if (!ok(v) && index) v = index.get(key).find(ok)
+  }
+  if (!ok(v)) v = ruleString(key, schema.format, status)
+  if (!ok(v) && !failing && index) v = index.weak(key).find(ok)
+  if (!ok(v)) v = exampleString(key, schema.format, status)
+  let out = v as string
+  if (!fits(schema, out) && schema.pattern) out = fromPattern(schema.pattern) ?? out
+  if (schema.maxLength !== undefined) out = out.slice(0, schema.maxLength)
+  if (schema.minLength !== undefined && out.length < schema.minLength)
+    out = out.padEnd(schema.minLength, out.slice(-1) || 'a')
+  return out
+}
+let described = new WeakMap<object, string>()
+
+/** Forgets what one generation run worked out, so a long-lived page or worker does not keep it. */
+export function clearExampleCaches() {
+  named = new Map()
+  described = new WeakMap()
+  inherited = new WeakMap()
+  embedded = new WeakMap()
+  clearHintCaches()
+}
+
+/** A number for a field, inside the schema's bounds and a multiple of `multipleOf`. */
+function numberValue(schema: Schema, key: string, integer: boolean, index?: ValueIndex): number {
+  const step = integer ? 1 : 0.01
+  let lo = schema.minimum as number | undefined
+  if (typeof schema.exclusiveMinimum === 'number') lo = schema.exclusiveMinimum + step
+  else if (schema.exclusiveMinimum === true && lo !== undefined) lo += step
+  let hi = schema.maximum as number | undefined
+  if (typeof schema.exclusiveMaximum === 'number') hi = schema.exclusiveMaximum - step
+  else if (schema.exclusiveMaximum === true && hi !== undefined) hi -= step
+  const bounded = { type: integer ? 'integer' : 'number', minimum: lo, maximum: hi }
+  if (schema.format === 'unix-time') return 1715679000
+  const borrowed = index?.get(key).find((v) => fits(bounded, v))
+  let n = (borrowed as number | undefined) ?? exampleNumber(key, integer, lo)
+  if (lo !== undefined && n < lo) n = lo
+  if (hi !== undefined && n > hi) n = hi
+  const m = schema.multipleOf
+  if (typeof m === 'number' && m > 0) {
+    n = Math.ceil(n / m) * m
+    if (hi !== undefined && n > hi) n = Math.floor(hi / m) * m
+    n = Number(n.toFixed(10))
+  }
+  return n
+}
+
+/** A branch that has no description of its own reads the wrapper's (`anyOf: [{ type: string }, …]` described as "ID of the customer"). */
+let inherited = new WeakMap<object, Schema>()
+function describedAs(pick: Schema, wrapper: Schema): Schema {
+  if (pick.$ref || pick.description !== undefined || !wrapper.description) return pick
+  const had = inherited.get(pick)
+  if (had) return had
+  const merged = { ...pick, description: wrapper.description }
+  inherited.set(pick, merged)
+  return merged
+}
+
+/** An object with an `id` and several fields of its own: another resource, not a part of this one. */
+const RESOURCE_FIELDS = 5
+
+/**
+ * Whether a schema is another resource embedded by value: a resource, a list of them, or a `{ data: [...] }`
+ * wrapper around them. An expandable reference (`anyOf: [string, resource]`) is not: the string is what is shown.
+ */
+let embedded = new WeakMap<object, boolean>()
+function embeds(
+  s: Schema | undefined,
+  resolve: (ref: string) => Schema | undefined,
+  d = 0,
+): boolean {
+  if (!s || d > 6) return false
+  const known = embedded.get(s)
+  if (known !== undefined) return known
+  let yes = false
+  if (s.$ref) yes = embeds(resolve(s.$ref), resolve, d + 1)
+  else if (s.allOf) yes = s.allOf.some((b: Schema) => embeds(b, resolve, d + 1))
+  else if (s.oneOf || s.anyOf) {
+    const branches: Schema[] = s.oneOf ?? s.anyOf
+    yes = embeds(branches.find((b) => b.type !== 'null') ?? branches[0], resolve, d + 1)
+  } else if (s.type === 'array') yes = embeds(s.items, resolve, d + 1)
+  else if (s.properties) {
+    const props = s.properties as Record<string, Schema>
+    yes =
+      ('id' in props && Object.keys(props).length >= RESOURCE_FIELDS) ||
+      (!!props.data && embeds(props.data, resolve, d + 1))
+  }
+  embedded.set(s, yes)
+  return yes
+}
+
+/** What an error response is made of besides its required fields and spec values. */
+const ERROR_KEYS =
+  /^(message|code|type|param|detail|errors?|documentation_url|doc_url|status|title|reason|error_description|request_id)$/i
+
+/** The properties of an error object worth showing: required ones, spec values, and the usual error fields. */
+function errorKeys(
+  schema: Schema,
+  props: Record<string, Schema>,
+  resolve: (ref: string) => Schema | undefined,
+): Set<string> {
+  const keep = new Set<string>(schema.required ?? [])
+  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(props)) {
+    const s = v.$ref ? resolve(v.$ref) : v
+    if (
+      ERROR_KEYS.test(k) ||
+      exampleOf(s) !== undefined ||
+      exampleOf(v) !== undefined ||
+      s?.default !== undefined ||
+      s?.enum?.length
+    )
+      keep.add(k)
+  }
+  return keep
+}
+
 /** Deepest nesting of objects and arrays an example goes into before it settles for an empty one. */
 const MAX_DEPTH = 6
 
-/** Spec examples that are just the type name (Swagger editor defaults and the like) carry no information. */
-const PLACEHOLDER_VALUE = /^(string|str|<string>|\{string\}|string\d+|null)$/i
-
 /**
  * Replaces placeholder leaves inside a spec-provided example (`"string"`, `"0"`) with a sensible value for the
  * field's name and format, and leaves everything meaningful alone.
@@ -276,30 +453,6 @@ export function sanitizeExample(
   return value
 }
 
-/** Whether `value` has the JSON type the schema declares (schemas with no plain `type` always fit). */
-function fits(schema: Schema, value: unknown): boolean {
-  if (Array.isArray(schema.enum) && value !== null && !schema.enum.includes(value)) return false
-  const type = Array.isArray(schema.type)
-    ? schema.type.find((t: string) => t !== 'null')
-    : schema.type
-  if (value === null) return true
-  switch (type) {
-    case 'string':
-      return typeof value === 'string'
-    case 'integer':
-    case 'number':
-      return typeof value === 'number'
-    case 'boolean':
-      return typeof value === 'boolean'
-    case 'array':
-      return Array.isArray(value)
-    case 'object':
-      return typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value)
-    default:
-      return true
-  }
-}
-
 /** A hard stop for chains of *required* objects, which is all an example follows past MAX_DEPTH. */
 const HARD_DEPTH = 14
 
@@ -317,10 +470,11 @@ export function synthesize(
   key = '',
   status?: number,
   sparse = false,
+  index?: ValueIndex,
 ): unknown {
   if (!schema) return null
   const again = (s: Schema | undefined, k = key, d = depth, sn = seen) =>
-    synthesize(s, resolve, d, sn, k, status, sparse)
+    synthesize(s, resolve, d, sn, k, status, sparse, index)
   if (schema.$ref) {
     const target = resolve(schema.$ref)
     // a reference back into itself carries on as "required fields only", which the depth rules then end
@@ -328,10 +482,11 @@ export function synthesize(
     return again(target, key, depth, [...seen, schema.$ref])
   }
   // a spec example that contradicts its own schema (a string field whose example is an array) is ignored
-  if (schema.example !== undefined && fits(schema, schema.example))
-    return schema.enum
-      ? schema.example
-      : sanitizeExample(schema.example, key, schema.format, status)
+  const given = exampleOf(schema)
+  if (given !== undefined && fits(schema, given))
+    return schema.enum || schema.const !== undefined
+      ? given
+      : sanitizeExample(given, key, schema.format, status)
   if (schema.default !== undefined && fits(schema, schema.default)) return schema.default
   // an enum that lists "" (Stripe's way to clear a field) is not best shown as an empty value
   if (schema.enum?.length) return schema.enum.find((v: unknown) => v !== '') ?? schema.enum[0]
@@ -343,23 +498,46 @@ export function synthesize(
     }
     return merged
   }
-  const pick = schema.oneOf?.[0] ?? schema.anyOf?.[0]
-  if (pick) return again(pick)
+  const branches: Schema[] | undefined = schema.oneOf ?? schema.anyOf
+  // OpenAPI 3.1 writes an optional field as `anyOf: [{ type: 'null' }, ...]`: the first real branch shows the field
+  const pick = branches?.find((b) => b.type !== 'null') ?? branches?.[0]
+  if (pick) {
+    const out = again(describedAs(pick, schema))
+    const prop = schema.discriminator?.propertyName
+    if (prop && pick.$ref && out && typeof out === 'object' && !Array.isArray(out)) {
+      const mapped = Object.entries<string>(schema.discriminator.mapping ?? {}).find(
+        ([, ref]) => ref === pick.$ref,
+      )?.[0]
+      const value = mapped ?? (pick.$ref as string).split('/').pop()
+      const declared = resolve(pick.$ref)?.properties?.[prop]
+      if (!declared?.enum || declared.enum.includes(value))
+        (out as Record<string, unknown>)[prop] = value
+    }
+    return out
+  }
   const type = Array.isArray(schema.type)
     ? schema.type.find((t: string) => t !== 'null')
     : schema.type
   switch (type) {
     case 'string':
-      return exampleString(key, schema.format, status)
+      return stringValue(schema, key, status, index)
     case 'integer':
-      return exampleNumber(key, true, schema.minimum)
+      return numberValue(schema, key, true, index)
     case 'number':
-      return exampleNumber(key, false, schema.minimum)
+      return numberValue(schema, key, false, index)
     case 'boolean':
       return exampleBoolean(key)
-    case 'array':
-      if (depth >= MAX_DEPTH) return []
-      return [again(schema.items, singular(key), depth + 1)]
+    case 'array': {
+      if (depth >= MAX_DEPTH || schema.maxItems === 0) return []
+      // as many items as the schema asks for, distinct when it says they must be
+      const first = again(schema.items, singular(key), depth + 1)
+      const count = Math.min(Math.max(1, schema.minItems ?? 1), 5)
+      return Array.from({ length: count }, (_, i) =>
+        i && schema.uniqueItems && (typeof first === 'string' || typeof first === 'number')
+          ? `${first}${i + 1}`
+          : first,
+      )
+    }
     default: {
       if (schema.properties || type === 'object') {
         const out: Record<string, unknown> = {}
@@ -380,9 +558,25 @@ export function synthesize(
           'lastName',
           'username',
         ].some((p) => p in props)
-        const keep = sparse ? sparseKeys(schema, props, resolve) : undefined
+        // an error is its required fields, spec values and the usual error fields, not every resource it could point to
+        const failing = status !== undefined && (status === -1 || status >= 400)
+        const keep = sparse
+          ? sparseKeys(schema, props, resolve)
+          : failing
+            ? errorKeys(schema, props, resolve)
+            : undefined
         for (const [k, v] of Object.entries<Schema>(props)) {
           if (keep && !keep.has(k)) continue
+          // a server's own fields are not sent, and a secret it is given is not shown, unless the schema needs them
+          const own = v.$ref ? resolve(v.$ref) : v
+          const needed = (schema.required as string[] | undefined)?.includes(k)
+          if (!needed && (status === undefined ? own?.readOnly : own?.writeOnly)) continue
+          if (!needed && own?.deprecated) continue
+          // another resource embedded by value is shown as what it is when absent: null where allowed, else left out
+          if (!needed && status !== undefined && !failing && embeds(v, resolve)) {
+            if (nullable(v, resolve)) out[k] = null
+            continue
+          }
           const hint = person && k === 'name' ? 'full_name' : k
           out[k] = again(v, hint, depth + 1)
         }
@@ -420,7 +614,8 @@ function sparseKeys(
   const keep = new Set<string>(schema.required ?? [])
   for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(props)) {
     const s = v.$ref ? resolve(v.$ref) : v
-    const known = s?.example !== undefined || s?.default !== undefined || v.example !== undefined
+    const known =
+      exampleOf(s) !== undefined || s?.default !== undefined || exampleOf(v) !== undefined
     if (known || s?.enum?.length) keep.add(k)
   }
   // top up with a few plain scalars so the example still shows the shape of the object
@@ -487,7 +682,10 @@ function convertSchema(schema: Schema | undefined, refPrefix: string): Schema {
     const declared = Array.isArray(schema.type) ? schema.type[0] : schema.type
     const body: Schema = {
       ...(declared && declared !== 'string' ? { type: declared } : {}),
-      enum: schema.nullable ? [...schema.enum, null] : schema.enum,
+      enum:
+        schema.nullable || (Array.isArray(schema.type) && schema.type.includes('null'))
+          ? [...schema.enum.filter((v: unknown) => v !== null), null]
+          : schema.enum,
     }
     return schema.enum.every((v: unknown) => typeof v === 'string')
       ? withPlaceholder(body)