Introducing Twilio’s OpenAPI Specification GA
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Today, we are thrilled to share the news that we have officially open-sourced the OpenAPI specification for every Twilio API.
As a commitment to supporting and streamlining the development process for our users, we have long provided helper libraries and tooling in various popular programming languages and environments. With this announcement, we are taking it one step further by offering Twilio API documentation in compliance with the widely adopted OpenAPI Specification. This empowers developers to effortlessly integrate Twilio into their projects, regardless of their preferred language or tools.
What can you do with OpenAPI?
Client Library Generation
Using the power of the Twilio OpenAPI specification and open-sourced OpenAPI generator, you can now generate new client libraries. This makes it much more convenient to use Twilio in your preferred programming language, without writing complex methods and functions. As an example, it is now possible to programmatically build a strongly-typed Rust library for Twilio’s API methods.
To learn more about helper library generation see our OpenAPI Generator Project on GitHub or Twilio docs on helper library generation.
Mock Testing
Using the OpenAPI Specification, you can now mock Twilio’s API to emulate real API calls locally, which makes test suite integration with Twilio faster and less brittle.
For example, you can now easily make a mock server of Twilio’s API portable with Docker.
To learn more about mock testing, see our docs.
Postman Support
We have also added support for Postman, which is a free, straightforward development tool for making API calls with a variety of helpful features. Instead of referencing the Twilio Docs and creating your own collection, you can visit the Twilio Postman Collection page where you will find collections maintained by the Twilio team. You can also browse the Twilio Postman APIs visually using Postman.
Head over to our docs to read more about using Twilio's Postman Collections.
Try it Out!
We can’t wait to see all the amazing things you’ll build with Twilio’s OpenAPI Specification! 🚀
If you have any questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to reach out at gjones[at]twilio.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
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