# Autogenerating API documentation from OpenAPI

DevFeed: [Autogenerating API documentation from OpenAPI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/autogenerating-api-documentation-from-openapi-31096.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/steps-to-autogenerate>)

Author: Hahnbee Lee

Published: 2023-09-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Mintlify Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mintlify-blog.md>)

Topics: [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [OpenAPI Specification](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openapi.md>), [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>), [YAML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/yaml.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-documentation.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [openapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openapi.md>), [swagger](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/swagger.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>), [yaml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yaml.md>)

## AI overview

A step-by-step tutorial showing how to generate API documentation from OpenAPI specifications using Mintlify. It covers preparing and validating an OpenAPI 3.0+ specification, configuring documentation, setting up deployment, generating endpoint MDX files, and organizing the resulting API documentation.

## Source excerpt

If you're using OpenAPI and looking for a quick and efficient method to create beautiful API documentation, you're in the right place.