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Hands-On .NET Web API Documentation with Swagger/OpenAPI

Documenting ASP.NET Core Web API with Swashbuckle, NSwag, Swagger, and OpenAPI through a step-by-step approach

Praveenkumar Bouna

Created by Praveenkumar Bouna

Learn to document your ASP.NET Core Web APIs using Swagger and OpenAPI tools, including Swashbuckle and NSwag. Build clear, developer-friendly API documentation that helps teams integrate faster and with fewer errors. Gain practical skills you can apply right away to your own projects.

Packt | Feb 2022 | 198 min

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LevelBeginner
CategoriesWeb & Application Development, API Development Tools, Frameworks and Best Practices, Swagger

What You Will Learn

You'll start by exploring why API documentation matters and how OpenAPI and Swagger work. Step by step, you'll use Swashbuckle and NSwag to generate and customize documentation for real ASP.NET Core Web APIs. Along the way, you'll apply best practices for documenting endpoints, handling versioning, and making your APIs easy for others to use.

Key Features

  • Create clear, interactive API docs with Swagger, Swashbuckle, and NSwag
  • Use XML comments and data annotations to enrich your API documentation
  • Handle versioning and automate documentation for evolving APIs

Target Audience

If you're a backend web developer or software architect with basic ASP.NET Core API experience, this course is for you. It's ideal if you want to make your APIs easier to understand and use, whether for internal teams or third-party partners. You'll walk away ready to document your own APIs clearly and efficiently.

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