Ask HN: Best Tool to Document APIs? 2 points by siavosh 4y ago ↗ HN Looking for a tool to document an API for other developers? Preferably free, nice design.
[–] tconfrey 4y ago ↗ Stripes Markdoc got some press recently: https://markdoc.io/ [–] verdverm 4y ago ↗ That is a markdown rendering tool with a bunch of extras for your markdownSure they use it for their APIs among other things, but it's not purpose built for API documentation with ease
[–] verdverm 4y ago ↗ That is a markdown rendering tool with a bunch of extras for your markdownSure they use it for their APIs among other things, but it's not purpose built for API documentation with ease
[–] verdverm 4y ago ↗ Have you looked into https://swagger.io/ ?You'll want to invest some time into automating doc generation to some degree as well. That depends on your tech stack and libraries used. Lots of choices / variability therein
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 14.4 ms ] threadSure they use it for their APIs among other things, but it's not purpose built for API documentation with ease
You'll want to invest some time into automating doc generation to some degree as well. That depends on your tech stack and libraries used. Lots of choices / variability therein