Dropbox, Inc.
Interface description language for application programming interfaces

Abstract:

An application programming interface (API) analysis engine can validate and parse an API specification. It can determine if the API specification (or portion thereof) contains major or minor changes from a previous version of the API specification. The analysis engine can create an intermediate representation of the API. Using the intermediate representation, the analysis engine can generate multiple outputs, such as a client-side SDK, library, etc. as well as documentation and server-side programs. The analysis engine can compare the API specification with a previous API specification and determine backwards compatibility for the API specification. The analysis engine can assign a version number to the API specification. The analysis engine can also provide developer feedback regarding changes that have been made.