SWAGGER API

by KAUSTUBH SHARMA on Oct. 12, 2021, 8:59 a.m. with 588 views

API

• Application Programming Interface
• Set of defined rules(protocols) that explain how computers or applications communicate with each other.

OPEN API

• OpenAPI Specification - API description format for REST APIs.
• OpenAPI File - Describe your entire API, which includes
  1. 1. Available endpoints (/users) & operations on each endpoint (GET /users, POST /users)
     2. Operation parameters Input and output for each operation
     3. Authentication methods
     4. Contact information, license, terms of use, and other information.
•  Written in YAML or JSON.

SWAGGER

• Set of open-source tools built around OpenAPI Specification that can help you design, build, document, and consume REST APIs.
• It includes:
  1. Swagger Editor – browser-based editor to write OpenAPI specs.
  2. Swagger UI – renders OpenAPI specs as interactive API documentation.
  3. Swagger Codegen – generates server stubs & client libraries from OpenAPI spec.

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