encode/apistar

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  root((API Star))
    What it does
      OpenAPI schema tooling
      Validation and docs
      CLI API requests
    Key Commands
      Validate schema errors
      Docs server
      Call API operations
    Tech Stack
      Python 3.6 plus
      OpenAPI Swagger YAML
    Notes
      No web server since v0.6
      BSD license permissive

mindmap root((API Star)) What it does OpenAPI schema tooling Validation and docs CLI API requests Key Commands Validate schema errors Docs server Call API operations Tech Stack Python 3.6 plus OpenAPI Swagger YAML Notes No web server since v0.6 BSD license permissive

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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Validate an OpenAPI or Swagger YAML schema from the command line and get a specific list of errors to fix before sharing the spec.

USE CASE 2

Spin up a local documentation website for your API in one command so your team can browse available endpoints and parameters in a browser.

USE CASE 3

Send API requests from the terminal by referencing operation names defined in your OpenAPI schema, passing parameters as key-value pairs instead of writing raw curl commands.

Tech stack

PythonOpenAPISwaggerYAML

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Install with pip and point at an OpenAPI YAML file, no external services required beyond a small YAML config file.

BSD license: use freely in personal or commercial projects with no restrictions beyond keeping the copyright notice.

In plain English

API Star is a Python toolkit built around OpenAPI and Swagger schemas. OpenAPI is a standard format for describing how a web API works, including what endpoints exist, what parameters they accept, and what responses to expect. The toolkit reads those description files and uses them to do three things: build developer documentation with a built-in web server, check the schema file for mistakes and report specific errors, and send API requests by referencing the operations defined in the schema. To get started, you install it with Python's package manager and point it at a schema file. A small YAML configuration file tells it where your schema lives and what format it uses. From there, a single command validates the schema and reports any problems, another command spins up a documentation site you can browse in a browser, and a third lets you call specific API operations from the command line by name, passing parameters as key-value pairs. The project changed direction starting with version 0.6. Before that, API Star included a full web server framework for building APIs. That server component was removed, and the project now focuses entirely on tooling: documentation, validation, and client-side requests. If you have existing code depending on the older server behavior, the 0.5 branch is still on GitHub and installable from the Python package index. API Star requires Python 3.6 or newer and is released under the BSD license, a permissive open-source license that allows use in commercial projects. The README makes clear that this toolkit is for working with API description files, not for serving a web application. It does not cover advanced configuration or plugin details beyond the basic workflow described above.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Using API Star, write the YAML config file and the exact command to validate my openapi.yaml schema file and print all validation errors.

Prompt 2

I have a Swagger 2.0 spec at ./api-spec.yaml. Show me the API Star commands to launch a local documentation server on port 8080 so I can browse the endpoints.

Prompt 3

Using API Star's client mode, show me how to call the createUser operation from my OpenAPI spec, passing firstName and email as parameters from the command line.

Prompt 4

I'm using an old API Star version 0.5 that included a web framework. Show me the key differences from the current toolkit-only version and how to migrate a route definition to a separate framework.

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