beginnerAPI Documentation with OpenAPI / Swagger
Why does an event-driven microservice still need REST API documentation via OpenAPI/Swagger?
Even in an event-driven system, most services still expose synchronous REST endpoints for queries, admin operations, or triggering actions, and other teams/services integrating with those endpoints need accurate, generated-from-code documentation rather than a hand-written doc that drifts out of sync with the actual implementation over time.
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