# OpenAPI Specification

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/rest/openapi-specification/  
**Provider:** REST — https://apis.io/providers/rest/  
**Documentation:** https://spec.openapis.org/oas/latest.html

OpenAPI Specification is one of 4 APIs that [REST](https://apis.io/providers/rest/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include API Design, API Documentation, OpenAPI, and Specification. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The OpenAPI Specification (OAS) defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to RESTful APIs which allows both humans and computers to discover and understand capabilities of a service without access to source code, documentation, or network traffic inspection.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://spec.openapis.org/oas/latest.html
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification

## Other REST APIs (3)

- [REST Architectural Style](https://apis.io/apis/rest/rest-architectural-style/)
- [HTTP Semantics](https://apis.io/apis/rest/http-semantics/)
- [JSON:API](https://apis.io/apis/rest/json-api/)

## Tags

API Design, API Documentation, OpenAPI, Specification

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