Swagger provides a set of great tools for designing APIs and improving the work with web services: Swagger Editor – enables to write API documentation, design and describe new APIs, and edit the existing ones. ... Swagger Inspector allows to easily validate and test APIs with no limits on what you test.

What is the purpose of swagger API?

Swagger is a set of open-source tools built around the OpenAPI Specification that can help you design, build, document and consume REST APIs. The major Swagger tools include: Swagger Editor – browser-based editor where you can write OpenAPI specs. Swagger UI – renders OpenAPI specs as interactive API documentation.

Is Swagger still used?

The use of the term Swagger persists in the API space, however, and for good reason. As of 2021, we can think of it like this: OpenAPI = The specification itself, formerly known as Swagger specification.