The experience choosing a framework for documenting APIs
summary
A benchmarking process compares ReadMe, GitBook and Stoplight to build a developer portal for Telco aggregator APIs, producing a sandbox with aggregator APIs and a reference site. GitBook publishes a full site from Markdown in minutes; ReadMe provides an interactive try‑it console and analytics but requires a multi‑step OAuth token flow to test APIs and lists pricing roughly ReadMe ≈ $4,000/yr vs GitBook ≈ $1,700/yr for five users. ReadMe works well until a core try‑it feature is deprecated, forcing re‑evaluation.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00API documentation frameworks intro
- 2:16Missing API docs challenge
- 8:06Developer docs research
- 14:22Redoc vs Stoplight vs Swagger UI
- 20:30Choosing Redoc
- 22:01Redoc implementation issues
- 27:28Switching to Redly
- 28:36Final recommendations & Q&A
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