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Design & document all your REST APIs in one collaborative platform.
Standardize your APIs with projects, style checks, and reusable domains.
Instantly evaluate the functionality of any API
Generate server stubs and client SDKs from OpenAPI Specification definitions
API editor for designing APIs with the OpenAPI and AsyncAPI specifications.
Visualize OpenAPI Specification definitions in an interactive UI.
Deploy faster and avoid breaking changes with design first API contract testing.
Design first API contract testing
Improve time to market and the quality of your software with design-first API contract testing using PactFlow in the SwaggerHub editor. Give API developers and designers immediate feedback on proposed changes to their APIs removing the risk of issues in production.
Benefits of design-first API contract testing:
Why contract testing with PactFlow?
Contract testing answers the question “Will my API behave the way that we agree it should?” It calms the chaos caused by complex, scaling microservices architectures. Here’s why companies like M1 Finance, Cera Care, Forto and Wesfarmers love contract testing:
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Additional reading
Put simply, an API design-first approach is all about speaking the same language. The highly popularized approach advocates for upfront design of API specifications, before writing any code, and recording this in a way that both humans and computers can understand.
Some may argue that this approach is slower; however, if we consider more than just the API design aspect of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), we will see that getting API design aligned upfront can be highly beneficial for the speed of delivery overall. Read the blog.