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Clarify deprecation of built-in OpenAPI documentation (#9874)

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> — Roy Fielding, [REST APIs must be hypertext driven][cite]
REST framework provides a range of different choices for documenting your API. The following
is a non-exhaustive list of the most popular ones.
REST framework provides a range of different choices for documenting your API. The following is a non-exhaustive list of some of the most popular options.
## Third party packages for OpenAPI support
## Third-party packages for OpenAPI support
REST framework recommends using third-party packages for generating and presenting OpenAPI schemas, as they provide more features and flexibility than the built-in (deprecated) implementation.
### drf-spectacular
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## Built-in OpenAPI schema generation (deprecated)
**Deprecation notice: REST framework's built-in support for generating OpenAPI schemas is
deprecated in favor of 3rd party packages that can provide this functionality instead.
As replacement, we recommend using the [drf-spectacular](#drf-spectacular) package.**
!!! warning
**Deprecation notice:** REST framework's built-in support for generating OpenAPI schemas is deprecated in favor of third-party packages that provide this functionality instead. As a replacement, we recommend using **drf-spectacular**.
There are a number of packages available that allow you to generate HTML
documentation pages from OpenAPI schemas.