Templates

A cross-industry subject-matter collection covering API design templates, code templates, documentation templates, API specification templates, and templating engines used in API development and integration workflows. Covers OpenAPI templates, AsyncAPI templates, JSON Schema templates, Postman collection templates, and SDK code generation templates.

Templates publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Templates, API Design, Code Generation, Documentation, and OpenAPI.

The Templates catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

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17.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemium

6 APIs

Templates API Design Code Generation Documentation OpenAPI AsyncAPI

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 17.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 2.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13

Contract Governance 3.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Mustache Templates

Mustache is a logic-less template syntax available for HTML, config files, source code, and more. Used widely for API client SDK generation, documentation generation, and config...

Handlebars.js

Handlebars provides the power necessary to let you build semantic templates effectively with no frustration. Widely used in API documentation generation, email templates, and AP...

Jinja2

Jinja is a fast, expressive, and extensible templating engine for Python. Used in API code generation (Cookiecutter templates), OpenAPI spec generation, Ansible playbooks, and i...

OpenAPI Generator

OpenAPI Generator allows generation of API client libraries (SDK generation), server stubs, documentation and configuration automatically given an OpenAPI Spec. Supports 50+ lan...

Cookiecutter

A command-line utility that creates projects from project templates. Widely used for API project bootstrapping including FastAPI, Flask, Django REST, and microservice templates ...

Yeoman

Yeoman is a scaffolding tool for modern webapps and APIs. Generators provide templates for REST APIs, Express apps, OpenAPI-first projects, and full-stack applications following...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Templates Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Templates Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

API Template

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/templates.png
name: Templates
description: A cross-industry subject-matter collection covering API design templates, code templates, documentation templates,
  API specification templates, and templating engines used in API development and integration workflows. Covers OpenAPI templates,
  AsyncAPI templates, JSON Schema templates, Postman collection templates, and SDK code generation templates.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/templates/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025'
modified: '2026-05-03'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Templates
- API Design
- Code Generation
- Documentation
- OpenAPI
- AsyncAPI
apis:
- name: Mustache Templates
  description: Mustache is a logic-less template syntax available for HTML, config files, source code, and more. Used widely
    for API client SDK generation, documentation generation, and configuration templating.
  humanURL: https://mustache.github.io/
  tags:
  - Templating
  - Code Generation
  - Developer Tools
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://mustache.github.io/mustache.5.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/mustache/mustache
- name: Handlebars.js
  description: Handlebars provides the power necessary to let you build semantic templates effectively with no frustration.
    Widely used in API documentation generation, email templates, and API portal theming.
  humanURL: https://handlebarsjs.com/
  tags:
  - Templating
  - JavaScript
  - Documentation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://handlebarsjs.com/guide/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js
- name: Jinja2
  description: Jinja is a fast, expressive, and extensible templating engine for Python. Used in API code generation (Cookiecutter
    templates), OpenAPI spec generation, Ansible playbooks, and infrastructure-as-code templates.
  humanURL: https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/
  tags:
  - Templating
  - Python
  - Code Generation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/latest/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pallets/jinja
- name: OpenAPI Generator
  description: OpenAPI Generator allows generation of API client libraries (SDK generation), server stubs, documentation and
    configuration automatically given an OpenAPI Spec. Supports 50+ languages and frameworks via configurable templates.
  humanURL: https://openapi-generator.tech/
  tags:
  - OpenAPI
  - Code Generation
  - SDK
  - Templates
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi-generator.tech/docs/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator
- name: Cookiecutter
  description: A command-line utility that creates projects from project templates. Widely used for API project bootstrapping
    including FastAPI, Flask, Django REST, and microservice templates with standardized structure.
  humanURL: https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/
  tags:
  - Project Templates
  - Python
  - Scaffolding
  - Developer Tools
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter
- name: Yeoman
  description: Yeoman is a scaffolding tool for modern webapps and APIs. Generators provide templates for REST APIs, Express
    apps, OpenAPI-first projects, and full-stack applications following community best practices.
  humanURL: https://yeoman.io/
  tags:
  - Scaffolding
  - JavaScript
  - Node.js
  - Developer Tools
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://yeoman.io/learning/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/yeoman/yeoman
common:
- type: License
  name: MIT
  url: https://github.com/mustache/mustache/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/templates-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://mustache.github.io/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/mustache/mustache
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/templates-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/templates-template-schema.json
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/templates-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com

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