Add openapi-mode configuration option

api.rst

@@ -1410,7 +1410,13 @@ This follows the same rules as :ref:`binary_output`.
 OpenAPI Support
 ===============
 
-Every API hosted by PostgREST automatically serves a full `OpenAPI <https://www.openapis.org/>`_ description on the root path. This provides a list of all endpoints(tables, foreign tables, views, functions), along with supported HTTP verbs and example payloads. For extra customization, the OpenAPI output contains a "description" field for every `SQL comment <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-comment.html>`_ on any database object. For instance,
+Every API hosted by PostgREST automatically serves a full `OpenAPI <https://www.openapis.org/>`_ description on the root path. This provides a list of all endpoints (tables, foreign tables, views, functions), along with supported HTTP verbs and example payloads.
+
+.. note::
+
+  By default, this output depends on the permissions of the role that is contained in the JWT role claim (or the :ref:`db-anon-role` if no JWT is sent). If you need to show all the endpoints disregarding the role's permissions, set the :ref:`openapi-mode` config to :code:`ignore_privileges`.
+
+For extra customization, the OpenAPI output contains a "description" field for every `SQL comment <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-comment.html>`_ on any database object. For instance,
 
 .. code-block:: sql
 

configuration.rst

@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ The user specified in the db-uri is also known as the authenticator role. For mo
 
 Here is the full list of configuration parameters.
 
-======================== ======= =========  ========
-Name                     Type    Default    Required
-======================== ======= =========  ========
-db-uri                   String             Y
-db-schema                String             Y
-db-anon-role             String             Y
+======================== ======= ================= ========
+Name                     Type    Default           Required
+======================== ======= ================= ========
+db-uri                   String                    Y
+db-schema                String                    Y
+db-anon-role             String                    Y
 db-pool                  Int     10
 db-pool-timeout          Int     10
 db-extra-search-path     String  public
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ server-host              String  !4
 server-port              Int     3000
 server-unix-socket       String
 server-unix-socket-mode  String  660
+openapi-mode             String  follow-privileges
 openapi-server-proxy-uri String
 jwt-secret               String
 jwt-aud                  String
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ pre-request              String
 app.settings.*           String
 role-claim-key           String  .role
 raw-media-types          String
-======================== ======= =========  ========
+======================== ======= ================= ========
 
 .. _db-uri:
 
@@ -175,6 +176,27 @@ server-unix-socket-mode
 
     server-unix-socket-mode = "660"
 
+.. _openapi-mode:
+
+openapi-mode
+------------
+
+  Specifies how the OpenAPI output should be displayed:
+
+  .. code:: bash
+
+    # Follows the privileges of the JWT role claim (or from db-anon-role if the JWT is not sent)
+    # Shows information depending on the permissions that the role making the request has
+    openapi-mode = "follow-privileges"
+
+    # Ignores the privileges of the JWT role claim (or from db-anon-role if the JWT is not sent)
+    # Shows all the exposed information, regardless of the permissions that the role making the request has
+    openapi-mode = "ignore-privileges"
+
+    # Disables the OpenApi output altogether.
+    # Throws a `404 Not Found` error when accessing the API root path
+    openapi-mode = "disabled"
+
 .. _openapi-server-proxy-uri:
 
 openapi-server-proxy-uri

releases/upcoming.rst

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Added
 * Allow :ref:`s_procs_variadic`.
   |br| -- `@wolfgangwalther <https://github.com/wolfgangwalther>`_
 
+* Config options for showing a full OpenAPI output regardless of the JWT role privileges and for disabling it altogether. See :ref:`openapi-mode`.
+  |br| -- `@steve-chavez <https://github.com/steve-chavez>`_
+
 * Documentation improvements
 
   + Added the :ref:`OPTIONS requests <options_requests>` section.