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Adding/editing swagger api docs

The api documentation is generated using swaggo from comments.

Documenting structs

You should always comment every field which will be exposed as a json in the api. These comments will show up in the documentation, it'll make it easier for developers using the api.

As an example, this is the definition of a list with all comments:

{{< highlight golang >}} // List represents a list of tasks type List struct { // The unique, numeric id of this list. ID int64 xorm:"int(11) autoincr not null unique pk" json:"id" param:"list" // The title of the list. You'll see this in the namespace overview. Title string xorm:"varchar(250)" json:"title" valid:"required,runelength(3|250)" minLength:"3" maxLength:"250" // The description of the list. Description string xorm:"varchar(1000)" json:"description" valid:"runelength(0|1000)" maxLength:"1000" OwnerID int64 xorm:"int(11) INDEX" json:"-" NamespaceID int64 xorm:"int(11) INDEX" json:"-" param:"namespace"

// The user who created this list.
Owner User `xorm:"-" json:"owner" valid:"-"`
// An array of tasks which belong to the list.
Tasks []*ListTask `xorm:"-" json:"tasks"`

// A unix timestamp when this list was created. You cannot change this value.
Created int64 `xorm:"created" json:"created"`
// A unix timestamp when this list was last updated. You cannot change this value.
Updated int64 `xorm:"updated" json:"updated"`

web.CRUDable `xorm:"-" json:"-"`
web.Rights   `xorm:"-" json:"-"`

} {{< /highlight >}}