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Cleanup "Documenting your API" 3rd party recommendations (#7057)

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* [cookiecutter-django-rest][cookiecutter-django-rest] - A cookiecutter template that takes care of the setup and configuration so you can focus on making your REST apis awesome.
* [djangorestrelationalhyperlink][djangorestrelationalhyperlink] - A hyperlinked serializer that can can be used to alter relationships via hyperlinks, but otherwise like a hyperlink model serializer.
* [django-rest-swagger][django-rest-swagger] - An API documentation generator for Swagger UI.
* [django-rest-framework-proxy][django-rest-framework-proxy] - Proxy to redirect incoming request to another API server.
* [gaiarestframework][gaiarestframework] - Utils for django-rest-framework
* [drf-extensions][drf-extensions] - A collection of custom extensions
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[djangorestframework-rapidjson]: https://github.com/allisson/django-rest-framework-rapidjson
[djangorestframework-chain]: https://github.com/philipn/django-rest-framework-chain
[djangorestrelationalhyperlink]: https://github.com/fredkingham/django_rest_model_hyperlink_serializers_project
[django-rest-swagger]: https://github.com/marcgibbons/django-rest-swagger
[django-rest-framework-proxy]: https://github.com/eofs/django-rest-framework-proxy
[gaiarestframework]: https://github.com/AppsFuel/gaiarestframework
[drf-extensions]: https://github.com/chibisov/drf-extensions

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#### Django REST Swagger
Marc Gibbons' [Django REST Swagger][django-rest-swagger] integrates REST framework with the [Swagger][swagger] API documentation tool. The package produces well presented API documentation, and includes interactive tools for testing API endpoints.
Django REST Swagger supports REST framework versions 2.3 and above.
Mark is also the author of the [REST Framework Docs][rest-framework-docs] package which offers clean, simple autogenerated documentation for your API but is deprecated and has moved to Django REST Swagger.
This package is fully documented, well supported, and comes highly recommended.
![Screenshot - Django REST Swagger][image-django-rest-swagger]
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### DRF AutoDocs
Oleksander Mashianovs' [DRF Auto Docs][drfautodocs-repo] automated api renderer.
Collects almost all the code you written into documentation effortlessly.
Supports:
* functional view docs
* tree-like structure
* Docstrings:
* markdown
* preserve space & newlines
* formatting with nice syntax
* Fields:
* choices rendering
* help_text (to specify SerializerMethodField output, etc)
* smart read_only/required rendering
* Endpoint properties:
* filter_backends
* authentication_classes
* permission_classes
* extra url params(GET params)
![whole structure](http://joxi.ru/52aBGNI4k3oyA0.jpg)
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#### Apiary
There are various other online tools and services for providing API documentation. One notable service is [Apiary][apiary]. With Apiary, you describe your API using a simple markdown-like syntax. The generated documentation includes API interaction, a mock server for testing & prototyping, and various other tools.
![Screenshot - Apiary][image-apiary]
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## Self describing APIs
The browsable API that REST framework provides makes it possible for your API to be entirely self describing. The documentation for each API endpoint can be provided simply by visiting the URL in your browser.
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To implement a hypermedia API you'll need to decide on an appropriate media type for the API, and implement a custom renderer and parser for that media type. The [REST, Hypermedia & HATEOAS][hypermedia-docs] section of the documentation includes pointers to background reading, as well as links to various hypermedia formats.
[cite]: https://roy.gbiv.com/untangled/2008/rest-apis-must-be-hypertext-driven
[drf-yasg]: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg/
[image-drf-yasg]: ../img/drf-yasg.png
[drfautodocs-repo]: https://github.com/iMakedonsky/drf-autodocs
[django-rest-swagger]: https://github.com/marcgibbons/django-rest-swagger
[swagger]: https://swagger.io/
[open-api]: https://openapis.org/
[rest-framework-docs]: https://github.com/marcgibbons/django-rest-framework-docs
[apiary]: https://apiary.io/
[markdown]: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
[hypermedia-docs]: rest-hypermedia-hateoas.md
[image-django-rest-swagger]: ../img/django-rest-swagger.png
[image-apiary]: ../img/apiary.png
[image-self-describing-api]: ../img/self-describing.png
[metadata-docs]: ../api-guide/metadata/
[schemas-examples]: ../api-guide/schemas/#examples
[swagger-ui]: https://swagger.io/tools/swagger-ui/
[redoc]: https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc
[image-drf-yasg]: ../img/drf-yasg.png
[image-self-describing-api]: ../img/self-describing.png
[drf-yasg]: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg/
[markdown]: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
[open-api]: https://openapis.org/
[redoc]: https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc
[swagger]: https://swagger.io/
[swagger-ui]: https://swagger.io/tools/swagger-ui/