Need to write your first API document but don’t know where to start?
API Template MS Word – Use this 28-page MS Word template to document your REST/Web APIs. This template pack includes detailed examples, guidelines, and screenshots.
API Writing Tutorial – It also includes a 16 page How to Write API Document tutorial that explains how to write each section in your API reference documentation. It includes helpful explanatory text that walks you through the process of documenting each section in the API, including the parameters, endpoints, requests, responses, and endpoints.
You can change everything in the document – text, images, and tables. There are no special plug-ins, macros, or installation files.
If your company develops APIs, then you can use this MS Word template to write reference documentation for each API available with the product. The API documentation describes the common components used by each of the APIs for iOS, Android, and other platforms. Use the API reference documentation to explain the data structures available through the APIs.
This will increase the usage and popularity of your APIs and encourage developers, testers, and integrators to use your API products.
This API template was written for the following:
The API template includes the following chapters:
1.0 Overview
1.2. Current Version
1.4. HTTP Redirects
1.5. HTTP Requests
1.6. HTTP Methods
1.9. Rate Limiting
2.0 API Reference Documentation
3.0 Resource Name [with instructions]
3.1. Resource Information
4. Resource Name [#1]
4.1. Resource Information
5. Resource Name [#2]
5.1. Resource Information
6. Query Parameters
7. Status Codes
You also get a 16 page How to Write API Document tutorial that explains how to write each section in your API reference documentation.
It includes helpful explanatory text that walks you through the process of documenting each section in the API, including the parameters, endpoints, requests, responses, and endpoints.
The How to Write API Document ebook is:
The API Documentation Template is:
