call (requests to make), their parameters, return values and any data format they require • Can be local • Can be remote (the focus of this presentation) • Providers offer their service over an API • Consumer requesting these services
due to interpretation differences. • Incomplete or non-existing documentation. • Outdated information. • Information in a language the reader does not understand.
(sometimes called Contract) is a machine-readable specification of an API. • It should strive to be as complete, and fully-detailed as possible • Enables automated processing • Generate boilerplate code • Auto-generated mock servers •
it into an OpenAPI Specification document har2openapi - Automatically generate OpenAPI 3.0 Spec by using network requests captured in one or more HAR files
other API description formats. laravel-openapi - Generate OpenAPI 3 specification for Laravel Applications. openapi-to-postman - Convert OpenAPI 3.0 specs to the Postman Collection (v2) format swagger2openapi - Upgrade files from OpenAPI v2.0 to v3.0, bundling into one mega file or respecting $refs. Part of oas-kit.
are lining up with the API description. OpenAPI HttpFoundation Testing - Strengthen your API tests by validating HttpFoundation responses against OpenAPI definitions openapi-psr7-validator - Using a PHP framework that supports PSR-7? Get free validation without writing a bunch of code, by registering this middleware and pointing it at your API description document. openapi-validator-bundle - Validates Request and Response using Symfony Framework
is valid OpenAPI. php-openapi - A PHP library for manipulating and validating OpenAPI 3.0 Descriptions Spectral - A flexible JSON/YAML object linter with portable "rulesets" and custom functions. @redocly/openapi-cli - OpenAPI 3 CLI toolbox with rich validation and bundling features.
so slightly less technical people can figure out how to work with the API. ReDoc - OpenAPI-generated API Reference Documentation Stoplight Docs - Create beautiful, customizable, interactive API documentation generated from OpenAPI, integrated with Stoplight Studio.
to memorize the entire OpenAPI specification. Stoplight Studio - Stoplight Studio is a GUI/text editor with linting and mocking built right in. It can run on the desktop with local files, and in the browser powered by your existing GitHub, GitLab, or BitBucket repos.
party API based on traffic, or are trying to switch to design-first at an organization with no OpenAPI at all, learning can help you move your API spec forward and keep it up to date. Response2Schema - Takes any JSON response and generates an OpenAPI definition document with the component schema and a default endpoint. Swagger Inspector - Run mock requests in a webapp and Swagger Inspector infers your OpenAPI description.
then route incoming HTTP requests to example responses or dynamically generates examples. openapi-data-mocker - Tiny library to generate basic OpenAPI Data Types. Consider it as extended Faker package. First version able to mock most of the data formats Prism - Turn any OAI file into an API server with mocking, transformations, validations, and more..
with them programmatically. Object Oriented OpenAPI Specification - An object oriented approach to generating OpenAPI Descriptions, implemented in PHP php-openapi - A PHP library for manipulating and validating OpenAPI 3.0 Descriptions psx-api - Parse and generate API specification formats
them avoid interacting at a HTTP level. janephp/open-api - Generate a PHP Client API (PSR-7 compatible) given a OpenAPI specification. OpenAPI Generator - A template-driven engine to generate documentation, API clients and server stubs in different languages by parsing your OpenAPI Description (community-driven fork of swagger-codegen)
look out for attack vectors you might not have noticed. API Insights - RestCase executes hundrends of security and quality checks against the API definition, the API insights report provides detailed security scoring for prioritization, and remediation advice to help developers define the best API definition possible.
your APIs. API Platform - REST and GraphQL framework to build modern API-driven projects Fusio - Open source API management platform yii2-app-api - Generate Server side API code with routing, models, data validation and database schema from an OpenAPI description. Based on Yii Framework. OpenAPI Generator
fly through command line or GUI interfaces. Spectator - Spectator provides light-weight OpenAPI testing tools you can use within your existing Laravel test suite. Swagger Inspector - Swagger Inspector is a free online tool to quickly execute any API request, validate its responses and generate a corresponding OpenAPI Description.
write OpenAPI, so you can see what docs might look like. VSCode OpenAPI - OpenAPI extension for Visual Studio Code - new file templates, navigation, intellisense, code snippets. SwaggerHub - API design and documentation platform to improve collaboration, standardize development workflow and centralize their API discovery and consumption. Stoplight
Single Source of Truth • Add OpenAPI Documents to Source Control • Make the OpenAPI Documents Available to the Users • There is Seldom Need to Write OpenAPI Documents by Hand • Do not repeat yourself ($ref) • Split the document into several files • Use tags to keep things organized • http://apistylebook.com/design/guidelines/