Secure and accelerate APIs' lifecycle with the OpenAPI specification
summary
OpenAPI (formerly Swagger) proves to be a machine-readable contract that teams use to generate mocks and interactive docs, run automated tests (Dredd, ReadyAPI, Postman), and auto-generate client/server code; it detects missing parameters and inconsistent responses, catches breaking changes by diffing two spec files, and embeds operational metadata via x- extensions for internal runbooks. Tools named include Swagger UI/Editor/Hub, Prism (Stoplight), Swagger Codegen/Inflector, API Matic and AWS API Gateway integration enabling CI/CD-driven documentation and governance.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to API fastness
- 1:24The Open API specification
- 4:00Improving API design process
- 7:23Testing and validation
- 10:29Advanced documentation
- 14:41Code generation and tooling
- 17:45Conclusion
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