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API Guides Portal: Definitions, Examples, and Tutorials to Get Started | Stoplight

Welcome to the API Guides Portal

Look no further! Your all-inclusive portal to find answers to all of your API industry questions. Find answers to all of your API industry questions. Whether it's nailing the basics, diving deep into design, or maximizing on the advice from other industry leaders, you can find it here.

Getting Started Management Guides Technical Guides

Getting Started

Getting Started with Stoplight

Learn how to design, document, and build APIs faster.

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What is an API?

Definitions, examples, and resources to get started with APIs.

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What is OpenAPI?

Discussing the OpenAPI specification standard, what benefits OpenAPI provides to development, and what OpenAPI tools are available.

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JSON Schema Guide

Learn how the JSON standard is defined and how to put it to use in your code and in your APIs.

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Types of API Guides

What type of API do you need, and what protocols and standards should it use?

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API Glossary New

A breakdown of all lingo, verbiage, and relevant terms that you need to know before designing, documenting, or developing an API program.

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Management Guides

API Roadmap eBook

Secrets to API strategy success featuring expert advice from industry leaders.

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API-as-a-Product Guide

Learn how to create an API product strategy.

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Microservices Guide

Characteristics of microservices, best practices of microservice architecture, and tips for developers.

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Technical Guides

API Design Guide

Learn about API Design through our comprehensive guide covering Web API Design principles and best practices.

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API Development Guide

Learn about planning, testing, and automation that can support your API development.

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API Design Style Guides

API guidelines, what they are, and best practices for how to create, use, and enforce them at your organization.

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API Documentation Guide

In this API documentation guide, we’ll cover the basics of how to document APIs and different types of documentation.

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API Mocking Guide

Learn how to quickly mock data to design, build, and test APIs using a mock or dummy API Server.

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