API Blueprint
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- #Documentation
- #API
- #Design
- API Blueprint is a high-level API description language for web APIs, designed to be simple and accessible.
- It supports quick design and prototyping of APIs, as well as documentation and testing of deployed APIs.
- Encourages collaboration among stakeholders, developers, and customers throughout the API lifecycle.
- Completely open-sourced under the MIT license, with a transparent and open future using an RFC process.
- Recognized by GitHub with syntax highlighting for files with the .apib extension.
- Built to encourage better API designs through abstraction and modularity.
- Follows a design-first philosophy, similar to test-driven development, to improve API designs.
- Offers a plethora of tools for various purposes, including mock servers, documentation, and testing.
- Getting started requires a plain-text editor with syntax highlighting for Markdown or API Blueprint.