Swagger macro
Documentation
Description
Swagger is a suite of tools for designing, building, documenting, and consuming RESTful web services. It uses a standard, language-agnostic interface to describe APIs, allowing both humans and computers to understand the capabilities of a service without access to its source code.
Use Cases
API Documentation: Swagger is widely used to automatically generate interactive and comprehensive API documentation from OpenAPI Specification (OAS) definitions. This makes it easier for developers to understand and use the API.
API Design and Development: Swagger provides tools for designing and prototyping APIs before they are built. This helps in visualizing the API structure and iterating on the design with stakeholders.
Client Code Generation: Swagger can generate client libraries, server stubs, and API documentation automatically from an API definition, saving time and ensuring consistency across different platforms and languages.
Testing and Debugging: Swagger tools include interactive documentation that allows developers to test API endpoints directly from the browser. This helps in debugging and verifying the behavior of the API.
API Standardization: Swagger promotes the use of the OpenAPI Specification, which is a widely adopted standard for defining APIs. This standardization improves interoperability and integration between different services and tools.
Additional options:
Name |
Type |
Function |
|---|---|---|
Username (for url access) |
text |
|
Password (for url access) |
text |
|
Access token (for url access) |
text |
|
Swagger UI version |
dropdown |
Allows user to choose Swagger UI version |
Filter by tag |
text |
Only displays matching results |
Max displayed tags |
number |
Limits amount of tags displayed |
Expand |
dropdown |
Select what elements are expanded by default |
Operations order |
dropdown |
Sort operations within a tag |
Enabled HTTP methods |
multiselect |
Specifies which methods can be used (doesn’t hide other methods, just disabled interaction) |
Model rendering |
dropdown |
Select preferred model rendering |
Display ID in the operations list |
check |
Displays ID in operations list |
Display request duration |
check |
Displays request duration (ms) |
Display vendor extensions (x-) |
check |
Displays vendor extensions |
Display of common extensions |
check |
Displays of common extensions |