12 API visualization
This chapter covers
- Generating OpenAPI (previously known as Swagger UI) specifications for a project
- Accessing OpenAPI project specifications
- Visually inspecting project endpoints with the Swagger UI
- Utilizing the design-first approach to developing APIs—the process of creating an API design before implementing it with code
Originally developed in 2010 as a way for defining machine-readable interfaces to describe RESTful services, in 2016, the Swagger specification was rebranded as the OpenAPI specification under a new OpenAPI initiative sponsored by the Linux Foundation. Other benefits to an OpenAPI specification of a service follow:
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Creating interactive documentation of a service
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Automation of test cases based on ...
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