Enable Swagger in a Flask REST API

Swagger provides a nice UI to interact with a REST API. Here’s how to do it.

Integrating Swagger with Flask can significantly enhance API development and documentation.

This powerful combination allows developers to create well-documented, interactive APIs that are easier to understand, test, and maintain.

The benefits of using Swagger:

• Improved Developer Experience: Swagger provides clear and concise API documentation, making it easier for developers to understand and interact with your API.

• Reduced Errors: By allowing developers to test API calls directly from the Swagger UI, it can help identify and fix potential integration issues early on.

• Increased Accessibility: Swagger makes your API more discoverable and user-friendly for a wider developer audience.

Let me show you in this article how I did it for my first project in Python 3 months ago.

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