We’re excited to announce that our SDK team has just open-sourced OpenAPI specifications for several of our REST APIs. If you’re a developer building on top of APS, this is a game-changer. With OpenAPI specs you can now explore, integrate, and automate against APS APIs faster and with more confidence than ever before!
Wait, What’s OpenAPI?
The OpenAPI Specification is a widely adopted standard for describing RESTful APIs in a machine-readable format (YAML or JSON). It lets you define your API’s endpoints, request/response structures, authentication methods, and more—all in a way that tools and humans can both understand.
Think of it as a blueprint for how your API works.
Why This Matters for APS Developers
Having access to OpenAPI specs means you can:
- Quickly explore endpoints using tools like Postman without combing through documentation
- Auto-generate client SDKs in your preferred language
- Auto-generate integrations with AI and LowCode/NoCode platforms
- Validate requests/responses and catch errors earlier in development
… and much more.
What’s Available Now?
To start, we’re publishing OpenAPI specs for a few of the most commonly used APS APIs. Over time, we’ll expand coverage and improve the specs based on your feedback.
You can find the specs on our official GitHub repo here: https://github.com/autodesk-platform-services/aps-sdk-openapi
What’s Next?
This is the first in a series of blog posts where we’ll dive into practical examples of how to use these OpenAPI specs—whether it’s generating SDKs, Power Automate connectors, or AI agents.
Stay tuned for the next post where we’ll walk through how to generate and use Postman collections from the OpenAPI specs to streamline API testing, collaboration, and onboarding.
As always, we’d love your feedback. Let us know what specs you want to see next, and how we can make them more useful for your projects.
Happy building! 🛠️
