Course Overview

Designing APIs efficiently and clearly is essential for modern software development, and OpenAPI 3.1 is a leading standard for achieving this. OpenAPI enables teams to create robust, standardized, and well-documented APIs that are easy to maintain and consume. Learning OpenAPI 3.1 equips developers, architects, and technical writers with critical skills to design, describe, and maintain APIs that meet industry best practices and accelerate application development.

This course begins with an introduction to APIs and highlights the importance of detailed API descriptions. It then traces the evolution of OpenAPI from Swagger to its current significance. Learners dive into OpenAPI reference documentation, covering definitions, formats, versioning, and JSON schema standards. Next, the course guides the creation of a first OpenAPI document, setting up API metadata, defining paths, managing operations, and using reusable components. Further sections explore describing security schemes like OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and Mutual TLS, followed by advanced features such as links, callbacks, webhooks, schema inheritance, and document splitting. The course concludes with a look at OpenAPI tooling to resolve references, mock APIs, and interact with endpoints.

By the end of this course, you will confidently design, document, secure, and interact with APIs using OpenAPI 3.1.

What You Will Learn

  • The importance of documenting an API
  • The OpenAPI landscape
  • The advantages of the API-First Design
  • The tools out there that can make use of OpenAPI specifications

Program Curriculum

  • What is an API
  • The Importance of Describing an API
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  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Swagger and OpenAPI
  • The Bigger Picture
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Definitions
  • Format
  • Versioning
  • JSON Schema and Other Standards
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Preparing Your Environment
  • The API Metadata
  • Defining the First Path
  • JSON Data
  • Request Parameters
  • Organizing Operations
  • Reusable Components
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Security Schemes
  • HTTP Security
  • API Key
  • OAuth 2.0
  • OpenID Connect
  • Mutual TLS
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Links
  • File Uploads
  • Callbacks
  • Webhook
  • Schema Inheritance
  • Examples
  • Server’s Variables
  • Extensions
  • Splitting the Documents
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Tooling Landscape
  • Preparing Your Environment
  • Resolving References
  • Mocking the API
  • Interacting With the API
  • Chapter 7 Quiz
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Instructor

Pedro do Vale

Pedro V has been working in the IT department, and his programming language of preference is Java, powered by the Spring Framework to implement (mostly) APIs. He has developed key wrapping algorithms for a platform that exposes the CSC API, which gained academic and industry acceptance. He also extended Spring Security to provide an implementation of one of OAuth’s recent drafts. Currently, Pedro applies principles such as API-First design and relies on OpenAPI to play an active role in making a service available to clients. He recognizes the potential APIs have in today’s world, as many companies are exposing their back-end services. He also works towards well-designed APIs, the only way to build reliable, scalable, and customer-friendly solutions.

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