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Supraja Tangella
Supraja Tangella

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๐—ก๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐Ÿš€

APIs are like restaurants. ๐Ÿด
Your menu = Endpoints
Your dishes = Data/Services
Your customers = Other apps

But how do customers know what to order?
๐Ÿ‘‰ Thatโ€™s where ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ด steps in.

What is NSwag?

  • A tool for .NET & ASP.NET Core APIs
  • Creates documentation automatically
  • Gives you an interactive UI to test APIs
  • Generates client code (C#, TypeScript) so others can call your API easily

Think of it as a Swiss army knife ๐Ÿ”ช for API developers.

Books API Example ๐Ÿ“š

Endpoints:

  • GET /books โ†’ Get all books
  • GET /books/{id} โ†’ Get book by ID
  • POST /books โ†’ Add a new book

With NSwag, you get:
โœ”๏ธ Swagger UI to test requests
โœ”๏ธ Ready-made C# client methods like:

var books = await todoClient.GetAsync();
await todoClient.CreateAsync(new Book { Title = "New Book" });

No manual HTTP coding needed. ๐Ÿš€

Advantages:

  • Auto-generates OpenAPI/Swagger spec
  • Serves Swagger UI & Redoc
  • Produces client code (C#, TS)
  • Easy to customize & document

Note: Use [ProducesResponseType] and XML comments so your API docs are always clear and accurate.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Have you used NSwag before, or are you still writing HTTP requests manually?

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