Backendless lets you instantly generate API documentation for your API Services. Docs you generate are available via a URL or as a downloadable file. We support several doc formats including Swagger and OpenAPI 3.0. Your API docs can be used to streamline your client-server integration workflow. These docs also enable the use of external management tools for your API Services running in Backendless.
Feature
Generate API Docs
At A Glance
Excellent for Prototyping
Creating a fully-functional API service prototype with Backendless is as fast as deciding on your method signatures. The API service becomes live the moment you deploy your Java/JavaScript code or Codeless logic. The API docs you generate can be used to establish the client-server integration. This is particularly useful when your client-side team needs a functional backend to integrate with. While your backend developers work on the complete implementation of the service, your client-side team can be integrating with a functional service prototype.
External Service Management
API Management tools use API documentation for “service discovery” – determining the API endpoint for the service to connect to. API documentation generated by Backendless makes your API Services discoverable by any external service management tool that can read those docs. Thus, if you want to create and store APIs in Backendless while managing them externally, we give you the power to do so.
Multiple Doc Formats
Backendless can generate API documentation in seven different formats for every API Service you run in Backendless. We validated our implementation against each format’s specifications to guarantee full compatibility. Whether you use Swagger, OpenAPI 3.0, or API Blueprints, we make it very easy to integrate with your API services.
No-Code API Builders Integration
Most no-code and low-code client-side (UI) builders import API documents to integrate with an external service. Backendless is designed to easily integrate with almost any frontend builder available. With the wide array of API doc formats that we support, it’s easy to establish a client-server connection between Backendless and your UI apps built with app builders.