API Documentation
Explore how to document REST APIs in Quarkus using the OpenAPI specification and Swagger tools. Learn to add the SmallRye OpenAPI extension, generate documentation automatically, and use Swagger UI to visualize and test your API endpoints.
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When building APIs, we always need to keep the consumer in mind. In a professional environment, we usually have to request APIs built by other teams. To help with this, we need to have reliable documentation.
Quarkus offers the ability to have such documentation using OpenAPI and Swagger.
OpenAPI
The OpenAPI Initiative (OAI) was created to help with the documentation of APIs by offering some common standards on how APIs are described.
The OAI is ...