Documenting a Go API with OpenAPI 3 Standard: A Practical Guide

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Swagger UI Landing Page

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Swagger UI

Swagger UI is a dependency-free collection of HTML, Javascript, and CSS assets that dynamically generate beautiful documentation from a Swag

Swagger UI: Swagger UI is a popular open-source tool for documenting REST APIs. It allows you to create interactive documentation for your API using OpenAPI, and provides a user-friendly interface for exploring your API.

#API Tools #APIs #Documentation 44 social mentions
Slack Landing Page

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Slack

A messaging app for teams who see through the Earth!

Integration: Can the tool integrate with other tools and platforms, such as GitHub, Jira, or Slack?

#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Chat 208 social mentions
Reqbin Landing Page

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Reqbin

Online API testing tool for REST & SOAP APIs. Test your API by making API calls directly from your browser.

This is a screenshot of when I tested the Go book API using ReqBin. The box highlighted in 'Magenta' is for the GET request URL, while the one highlighted in 'Red-orange' is for the 'Response'.

#REST Client #API Tools #Testing 23 social mentions
ReadMe Landing Page

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ReadMe

A collaborative developer hub for your API or code.

Readme: Readme is a popular documentation platform that can be used for API documentation. It provides a user-friendly interface for creating and publishing API documentation, and supports both OpenAPI and Swagger.

#Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Knowledge Base 18 social mentions
OpenAPI Generator Landing Page
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OpenAPI Generator

OpenAPI Generator enables you to generate documentation, clients, and servers from OpenAPI 2.0/3.x documents without hassle.
Pricing:
- Open Source
OpenAPI Generator: The OpenAPI generator is a code generator that can automatically create documentation for your API using the OpenAPI specification. This specification is a standardised format for describing RESTful APIs, which makes it easy to generate documentation in a consistent and predictable way. The OpenAPI generator supports a wide range of programming languages, including Go, Java, Python, and many others.

#Development #Tool #Online Services 39 social mentions
GraphQL Landing Page
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GraphQL

GraphQL is a data query language and runtime to request and deliver data to mobile and web apps.
Pricing:
- Open Source
GraphQL is a newer API technology that provides a more flexible way of requesting data. It allows developers to send a single request to the server, specifying the exact data they need. This can help reduce the number of requests needed to retrieve data, and can improve performance.

#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Framework 223 social mentions
GitHub Landing Page
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GitHub

Originally founded as a project to simplify sharing code, GitHub has grown into an application used by over a million people to store over two million code repositories, making GitHub the largest code host in the world.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Integration: Can the tool integrate with other tools and platforms, such as GitHub, Jira, or Slack?

#Code Collaboration #Git #Version Control 2043 social mentions