dotnet-odata4

dotnet-odata4 is a command-line tool for generation OData client proxy classes. It's based on OData Connected Services Extension.

Installation

The latest stable version is available on NuGet.

dotnet tool install dotnet-odata4 --global

Command-line arguments

Argument	Description
-m --metadata	The URI of the metadata document. The value must be set to a valid service document URI or a local file path. Examples: https://services.odata.org/TripPinRESTierService/(S(read))/ https://services.odata.org/TripPinRESTierService/(S(read))/$metadata c:\temp\metadata.xml c:\temp\metadata.edmx
-n --no-tracking	The use of this disables entity and property tracking
-ns --namespace	The namespace of the client code generated. Namespaces from metadata document are using as a default.
-na --no-alias	This flag indicates whether to disable naming alias.
-i --internal	If set to true, generated types will have an "internal" class modifier instead of "public"
-mf --multiple	This files indicates whether to generate the files into multiple files or single
-eoi	Comma-separated list of the names of operation imports to exclude from the generated code.
-ebo	Comma-separated list of the names of bound operations to exclude from the generated code.
-est	Comma-separated list of the names of entity types to exclude from the generated code.
-c	Custom container class name.
-o --outputdir	Full path to output directory. Current directory is using as a default.
-v --verbose	Turns on the console output.
-p --proxy	Proxy server settings. It needs for access to outside Odata V3 service from private networks. Format: domain\user:password@SERVER:PORT
-pl --plugins	List of postprocessing plugins. Format: Assembly.dll,Namespace.Class

Examples

OData V4 metadata endpoint and relative output directory:

  odata4 -m https://services.odata.org/TripPinRESTierService/(S(read))/$metadata -o ClientDirectory

OData V4 service endpoint, relative output directory and no tracking:

  odata4 -m https://services.odata.org/TripPinRESTierService/(S(read))/ -o ClientDirectory -n

OData V4 service endpoint, relative output directory and multiple files:

  odata4 -m https://services.odata.org/TripPinRESTierService/(S(read))/ -o ClientDirectory -mf

Metadata document, absolute output directory, output classes namespace and verbocity:

  odata4 -m c:\temp\metadata.xml -o c:\temp\OutClientDir -ns Client.Namespace -v

OData V4 metadata endpoint and proxy server settings:

  odata4 -m https://services.odata.org/TripPinRESTierService/(S(read))/$metadata -p domain\user:userpassword@proxyserver:8080

Metadata document and list of postprocessing plugins:

  odata4 -m c:\temp\metadata.xml -pl Plugin1Assembly.dll,Namespace.PluginClass1 -pl Plugin2Assembly.dll,Namespace.PluginClass2