RESTful API Documentation

Clothing Essentials API – RESTful API Documentation

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Project Overview

A complete OpenAPI 3.0 documentation project for a fictional e-commerce backend. This API allows for product catalog management and order creation, featuring:

• Fully-documented endpoints for Products and Orders
• Data models with real-world properties, pagination, and filtering
• Detailed request/response examples
• Robust error handling and security definitions (API Key)
• Rate limiting and realistic error scenarios

Key Endpoints

• GET /products — List products, filter by collection, with pagination
• GET /products/{product_id} — Get details for a specific product
• POST /orders — Create a customer order

Schema Highlights

• ProductSummary & ProductDetail: All relevant product data, including variants
• OrderConfirmation: Order status and tracking
• Comprehensive error model

Advanced Features

• Rate limiting (429 Too Many Requests) and custom response headers
• Security (API Key in header)
• View YAML code on GitHub

Why I Built This

I created this project to demonstrate my ability to design and document APIs according to modern standards (OpenAPI/Swagger), including advanced topics like error modeling, reusable components, and API security. The documentation is intended for developers integrating with e-commerce or inventory systems.

Technologies Used

• OpenAPI 3.0 (Swagger)
• YAML
• SwaggerHub

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