feat(openapi): support gin-style path params

Normalise Gin colon and wildcard route segments into OpenAPI template parameters so documented paths match the framework's route syntax.

Co-Authored-By: Virgil <virgil@lethean.io>

openapi.go

@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ func (sb *SpecBuilder) buildPaths(groups []RouteGroup) map[string]any {
 }
 
 // joinOpenAPIPath normalises a base path and relative route path into a single
-// OpenAPI path without duplicate or missing separators.
+// OpenAPI path without duplicate or missing separators. Gin-style parameters
+// such as :id and *path are converted to OpenAPI template parameters.
 func joinOpenAPIPath(basePath, routePath string) string {
 	basePath = strings.TrimSpace(basePath)
 	routePath = strings.TrimSpace(routePath)
@@ -190,30 +191,44 @@ func joinOpenAPIPath(basePath, routePath string) string {
 	}
 
 	basePath = normaliseOpenAPIPath(basePath)
-	routePath = strings.TrimLeft(routePath, "/")
+	routePath = normaliseOpenAPIPath(routePath)
 
 	if basePath == "/" {
-		return "/" + routePath
+		return routePath
 	}
 
-	return basePath + "/" + routePath
+	return strings.TrimRight(basePath, "/") + "/" + strings.TrimPrefix(routePath, "/")
 }
 
 // normaliseOpenAPIPath trims whitespace and collapses trailing separators
-// while preserving the root path.
+// while preserving the root path and converting Gin-style path parameters.
 func normaliseOpenAPIPath(path string) string {
 	path = strings.TrimSpace(path)
 	if path == "" {
 		return "/"
 	}
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
-		path = "/" + path
+
+	segments := strings.Split(path, "/")
+	cleaned := make([]string, 0, len(segments))
+	for _, segment := range segments {
+		segment = strings.TrimSpace(segment)
+		if segment == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(segment, ":") && len(segment) > 1:
+			segment = "{" + segment[1:] + "}"
+		case strings.HasPrefix(segment, "*") && len(segment) > 1:
+			segment = "{" + segment[1:] + "}"
+		}
+		cleaned = append(cleaned, segment)
 	}
-	path = strings.TrimRight(path, "/")
-	if path == "" {
+
+	if len(cleaned) == 0 {
 		return "/"
 	}
-	return path
+
+	return "/" + strings.Join(cleaned, "/")
 }
 
 // operationResponses builds the standard response set for a documented API

openapi_test.go

@@ -661,6 +661,66 @@ func TestSpecBuilder_Good_PathNormalisation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSpecBuilder_Good_GinPathParameters(t *testing.T) {
+	sb := &api.SpecBuilder{
+		Title:   "Test",
+		Version: "1.0.0",
+	}
+
+	group := &specStubGroup{
+		name:     "users",
+		basePath: "/api/",
+		descs: []api.RouteDescription{
+			{
+				Method:  "GET",
+				Path:    "users/:id",
+				Summary: "Get user",
+				Response: map[string]any{
+					"type": "object",
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Method:  "GET",
+				Path:    "files/*path",
+				Summary: "Get file",
+				Response: map[string]any{
+					"type": "object",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	data, err := sb.Build([]api.RouteGroup{group})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var spec map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &spec); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("invalid JSON: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	paths := spec["paths"].(map[string]any)
+
+	userOp := paths["/api/users/{id}"].(map[string]any)["get"].(map[string]any)
+	userParams := userOp["parameters"].([]any)
+	if len(userParams) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 parameter for gin path, got %d", len(userParams))
+	}
+	if userParams[0].(map[string]any)["name"] != "id" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected gin path parameter name=id, got %v", userParams[0])
+	}
+
+	fileOp := paths["/api/files/{path}"].(map[string]any)["get"].(map[string]any)
+	fileParams := fileOp["parameters"].([]any)
+	if len(fileParams) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 parameter for wildcard path, got %d", len(fileParams))
+	}
+	if fileParams[0].(map[string]any)["name"] != "path" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected wildcard parameter name=path, got %v", fileParams[0])
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSpecBuilder_Good_ExplicitParameters(t *testing.T) {
 	sb := &api.SpecBuilder{
 		Title:   "Test",