API Documentation Fundamentals
Documenting REST APIs — authentication, endpoints, parameters, examples, errors and OpenAPI specifications.
- REST
- OpenAPI
- Code samples
Planned: A planned subject in the curriculum roadmap. The outline below is a proposed structure, not a finished course.
Learning outcomes
By the end, learners will be able to:
- 01
Explain how REST APIs work
- 02
Document endpoints, parameters and responses
- 03
Write useful code samples and error references
- 04
Use OpenAPI to describe an API
Proposed module outline
A proposed structure — refined during curriculum development.
HTTP methods, status codes and JSON.
Parameters, bodies and responses.
Keys, tokens and security notes.
Samples in multiple languages.
Specifications and generated docs.
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