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What does an OpenAPI "path" definition (like `/users/{id}`) describe, and how does it handle a path parameter like `{id}`?
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What does an OpenAPI "path" definition (like `/users/{id}`) describe, and how does it handle a path parameter like `{id}`?
What is a general reason a company's public, externally-facing API (used by third-party developers) would specifically benefit from a well-maintained, published OpenAPI specification and interactive Swagger UI documentation?
What is a common way an OpenAPI specification describes an API's authentication requirements, e.g. that a particular endpoint requires a Bearer token?
What is a general tradeoff/consideration when choosing whether to describe an API using OpenAPI/Swagger (for a REST API) versus not investing in this kind of formal specification at all for a small, simple, internal-only API?
What is a "$ref" (reference) in an OpenAPI specification, and what problem does it solve for large, complex API specifications?
What is "Swagger UI," and what does it provide for an API described by an OpenAPI document?
What does "API versioning" documentation look like within an OpenAPI specification, and why might a team maintain SEPARATE OpenAPI documents for different API versions (like v1 and v2)?
What is "contract testing" in the context of an API with an OpenAPI specification, and how does it help catch a specific class of bug?
What is "Swagger Editor," and what is it typically used for?
What is the difference between a "design-first" and a "code-first" approach to creating an OpenAPI specification for a new API?
What is a general benefit of maintaining an API's OpenAPI specification as the SOURCE OF TRUTH for that API's documentation, rather than writing/maintaining documentation as a completely separate, manually-updated document?
What is a general reason a team building a REST API might invest in maintaining a thorough, accurate OpenAPI specification, beyond just generating nicer-looking documentation?