apispec
A pluggable API specification generator. Currently supports the OpenAPI Specification (f.k.a. the Swagger specification).. (by marshmallow-code)
flask-restx
Fork of Flask-RESTPlus: Fully featured framework for fast, easy and documented API development with Flask (by python-restx)
| apispec | flask-restx | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | |
| 1,199 | 2,220 | |
| 0.2% | 0.5% | |
| 7.6 | 4.9 | |
| 3 days ago | 7 months ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
apispec
Posts with mentions or reviews of apispec.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-17.
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21 tools to document your Python project
apispec is not a framework, but a library that provides a Pythonic interface to OpenAPI constructs. It has multiple integrations with different tools and frameworks, including Flask, Pyramid, aiohttp, and Falcon. The list of integrations is available on the ecosystem page.
flask-restx
Posts with mentions or reviews of flask-restx.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-04-07.
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Flask API Tutorial: Build, Document, and Secure a REST API
For this project, we’ll use Flask and Flask-RESTX.
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Faster time-to-market with API-first
When it comes to Flask, in particular, there’re plenty of choices. And in fairness, not all frameworks are created equal. You’ve got flasgger, restx (successor of flask-restplus), flask-RESTful, and flask-smorest, to mention a few. How do you choose among those???
- What's best library for swagger + flask?
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OpenAPI Specification: The Complete Guide
Flask-RESTX is an extension that adds support for quickly building REST APIs - GitHub - python-restx/flask-restx
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Como vocês documentam APIS?
Dependendo da linguagem, existem algumas ferramentas que auxiliam na geração automática das docs do Swagger. Por exemplo, no Python+flask existe o flask-restx
- What is your go-to Rest/API framework for Flask?
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Unsure how to register API endpoints using namespaces in flask-restx
However, after following [the example](https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx/tree/88497ced96674916403fa7829de693eaa3485a08/examples/zoo_app), [more complex tutorials](https://github.com/TheMorpheus407/Tutorials/tree/master/Flask/RestplusAPI) or other [basic tutorials](https://blog.ordix.de/rest), I still only receive 404s when calling get on /api or the endpoints I tried to define.
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Using flask-rest-jsonapi along with flask-restx
I have a flask app which is a REST API endpoint built using flask-restx. The APIs are organized neatly using namespaces. I now need to add a new set of API to access mysql data and flask-rest-jsonapi seems to be good fit for it. However I would like to add these new APIs implemented inside a flask-restx namespace.
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How to set up a REST API in Flask in 5 steps
But if you are using a Flask based app, I recently tried Flask-RESTX library which includes some great features:
- The Ultimate Face-off: Flask vs. FastAPI
What are some alternatives?
When comparing apispec and flask-restx you can also consider the following projects:
flasgger - Easy OpenAPI specs and Swagger UI for your Flask API
flask-smorest - DB agnostic framework to build auto-documented REST APIs with Flask and marshmallow
flask-restful - Simple framework for creating REST APIs
pyswagger - An OpenAPI (fka Swagger) client & converter in python, which is type-safe, dynamic, spec-compliant.
Flask RestPlus - Fully featured framework for fast, easy and documented API development with Flask