As an enterprise developer, you care about API quality. That's why at Cisco we are putting so much attention on the design, implementation, and documentation of our APIs published for internal or external consumption.

For many of our APIs -from security and network controllers, to collaboration and IoT -we have standardized on a REST style and invested in methodology and tooling around the OpenAPI Specification (OAS).

What is the OpenAPI Specification?

Perhaps you have been consuming or implementing APIs for some time, but have not paid too much attention to the OpenAPI Specification (OAS). No worries, we've got you covered! 

Simply put, OAS defines a standard description language which allows both humans and computers to discover and understand the capabilities of a RESTful API. 

Who benefits from the OpenAPI Specification? 

I started putting my hands on OAS in 2013, as Swagger was in its early days. Ten years later, I am still regularly amazed by the possibilities that come when leveraging OAS and the pace of innovation in the OpenAPI community.

It turns out that OAS is not only a great format to describe an API, it is also a central piece of information that can benefit developers consuming APIs, engineering providing these APIs, and organizations overseeing the quality and security of their APIs.

Let's take a look at some of the benefits for these different job roles:

What you can expect at Cisco Live

Good news! For Cisco Live 2022 we have organizeda large set of classes and hands-on workshops that will bring you up to speed on the OpenAPI Specifications. We will also share Cisco learnings and latest innovations with OAS toolsets.

Joining these sessions, you'll learn about OpenAPI, latest findings and product updates from Cisco:

Container Security and their APIs; Two Sides of the Same Security Coin -BRKSEC-2080
Join Peter Bosch, Distinguished Engineer at Cisco, to discuss the security problems and vulnerabilities exposed through APIs. See how Cisco SecureCN addresses both sides of the security coin -container workload and API security -in one tool.
Monday, June 13, 11:00 AM -11:45 AM PDT

Living on the Edge: From Developers to Ops-INTDEV-1250
Join this session with Grace Francisco, VP of Cisco Developer Relations Strategy and Experience, to discover how organizations can harness developer-led innovations to gain new insights, increase operational efficiency, and realize the transformative potential in systems, services, and software.
Tuesday, June 14 4:00 PM -4:30 PM PDT

The 12 facets of the OpenAPI standard-DEVNET-1346
Join St