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OpenAPI Specification

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Last updated 11 months ago

Every API MUST be described using an API description format. The API description format used MUST be the OR the .

Every API description MUST be published in adidas and it SHOULD be stored in version control system (Bitbucket, GitHub) in the same repository as the API implementation.

Language

The API description MUST be written in American English.

OpenAPI Specification (formerly known as Swagger Specification) version 2.0
OpenAPI Specification (formerly known as Swagger Specification) version 3.0.x
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