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The Swagger API project was created in 2011 by Tony Tam, technical co-founder of the dictionary site Wordnik.During the development of Wordnik's products, the need for automation of API documentation and client SDK generation became a major source of frustration.
In March 2015, SmartBear Software acquired the open-source Swagger API specification from Reverb Technologies, Wordnik's parent company. [ 6 ] In November 2015, SmartBear announced that it was donating the Swagger specification to a new organization called the OpenAPI Initiative, under the sponsorship of the Linux Foundation .
Swagger (now called OpenAPI) and WSDL documents can be loaded and parsed into APIs. APIs can be created by describing the input and output in the API Manager User Interface by configuration. APIs can then be decorated with additional data in the form of tags, binary documentation and documentation URLs.
Open APIs can significantly increase revenue without the business having to invest in hiring new developers making them a very profitable software application. [9] [10] However, opening back end information to the public can create a range of security and management challenges. [11]
The development of RAML will be overseen by a steering committee of API and UX practitioners, and there is an emerging ecosystem of third-party tools being developed around RAML [8] MuleSoft originally started using Swagger (now OpenAPI Specification ), but decided it was best suited to documenting an existing API, not for designing an API from ...
OpenAPI may refer to: Konica Minolta OpenAPI, an API and SDK from the MFP manufacturer Konica Minolta; Open API, a set of web technologies for inter-website communication; OpenAPI Specification, a specification and complete framework implementation (formerly named Swagger) for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful web services
The Web Application Description Language (WADL) is a machine-readable XML description of HTTP-based web services. [1] WADL models the resources provided by a service and the relationships between them. [1]
API documentation is traditionally found in documentation files but can also be found in social media such as blogs, forums, and Q&A websites. [ 54 ] Traditional documentation files are often presented via a documentation system, such as Javadoc or Pydoc, that has a consistent appearance and structure.