Re: Documentation for REST APIs

Subject: Re: Documentation for REST APIs
From: Tom Johnson <tomjohnson1492 -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Moshe Kruger <moshe -dot- kruger -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:32:51 -0700

I recently published an article on using Swagger in the ISTC and also made
it available here: http://idratherbewriting.com/pubapis_swagger_intro/

The article should provide a good grounding about how to use Swagger.

Tom

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On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 3:40 AM, Moshe Kruger <moshe -dot- kruger -at- gmail -dot- com>
wrote:

> I have had positive experiences with Swagger for documenting REST APIs.
>
> A recent project involved several development teams. The leader of one took
> the initiative in this regard and the others followed suite.
>
> On Sep 19, 2016 15:41, "Caroline Tabach" <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
> > Apologize for some spelling mistakes previously
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I am preparing documentation for the above.
> > > From research I can see that there are tools such as Swagger to
> > > automatically generate.
> > > 1. Is this how you make the documentation?
> > > 2. How do you edit the information the developers put in? In the
> source?
> > > 3. Do you then export the files or use as is?
> > >
> > > Or do you create a regular document with explanations?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Caroline
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Follow-Ups:

References:
Documentation for REST APIs: From: Caroline Tabach
Re: Documentation for REST APIs: From: Caroline Tabach
Re: Documentation for REST APIs: From: Moshe Kruger

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