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Object Storage API
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This repository contains the RESTful API information for the OpenStack
Object Storage Service, also known as Swift. The Swift project
provides services for object storage and retrieval as well as
assigning metadata.
Prerequisites
=============
`Apache Maven <http://maven.apache.org/>`_ must be installed to build the
documentation.
To install Maven 3 for Ubuntu 12.04 and later,and Debian wheezy and later::
apt-get install maven
On Fedora 15 and later::
yum install maven3
Building
========
The manual is in the ``openstack-object-storage-dev`` directory.
To build a specific guide, look for a ``pom.xml`` file within a subdirectory,
then run the ``mvn`` command in that directory. For example::
cd openstack-object-storage-dev
mvn clean generate-sources
The generated PDF documentation file is::
openstack-object-storage-dev/target/docbkx/webhelp/api/openstack-object-storage/1.0/os-objectstorage-devguide-1.0.pdf
The root of the generated HTML documentation is::
openstack-object-storage-dev/target/docbkx/webhelp/api/openstack-object-storage/1.0/content/index.html
Testing of changes and building of the manual
=============================================
Install the python tox package and run ``tox`` from the top-level
directory to use the same tests that are done as part of our Jenkins
gating jobs.
If you like to run individual tests, run:
* ``tox -e checkniceness`` - to run the niceness tests
* ``tox -e checksyntax`` - to run syntax checks
* ``tox -e checkdeletions`` - to check that no deleted files are referenced
* ``tox -e checkbuild`` - to actually build the manual
tox will use the `openstack-doc-tools package
<https://github.com/openstack/openstack-doc-tools>`_ for execution of
these tests. openstack-doc-tools has a requirement on maven for the
build check.
Contributing
============
Our community welcomes all people interested in open source cloud
computing, and there are no formal membership requirements. The best
way to join the community is to talk with others online or at a meetup
and offer contributions through Launchpad, the OpenStack wiki, or
blogs. We welcome all types of contributions, from blueprint designs
to documentation to testing to deployment scripts.
Installing
==========
Refer to http://swift.openstack.org to learn more about installing an
OpenStack Object Storage server that can respond to these API
commands.