# AsyncAPI Initiative

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/test-specifications/asyncapi-initiative/  
**Provider:** Test Specifications — https://apis.io/providers/test-specifications/  
**Base URL:** https://www.asyncapi.com/  
**Documentation:** https://www.asyncapi.com/

AsyncAPI Initiative is one of 8 APIs that [Test Specifications](https://apis.io/providers/test-specifications/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include AsyncAPI, Event-Driven, and Specification. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

AsyncAPI is an open specification standard for event-driven and message-based APIs. AsyncAPI documents define the channels, messages, and schemas of asynchronous interfaces, providing a test specification baseline for contract and integration testing of Kafka, WebSocket, AMQP, and MQTT APIs.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.asyncapi.com/docs
- **GitHubOrg** — https://github.com/asyncapi/spec

## Other Test Specifications APIs (7)

- [OpenAPI Initiative](https://apis.io/apis/test-specifications/openapi-initiative/)
- [JSON Schema](https://apis.io/apis/test-specifications/json-schema/)
- [Gherkin / Cucumber BDD](https://apis.io/apis/test-specifications/gherkin-cucumber-bdd/)
- [Pact Contract Testing](https://apis.io/apis/test-specifications/pact-contract-testing/)
- [Swagger Editor](https://apis.io/apis/test-specifications/swagger-editor/)
- [Optic API](https://apis.io/apis/test-specifications/optic-api/)
- [Spectral](https://apis.io/apis/test-specifications/spectral/)

## Tags

AsyncAPI, Event-Driven, Specification

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