REST API - ALPS UI (Swagger UI like) [closed]

Question

I am evaluating Spring Data REST at the moment and I really like it.

What I am missing is a nicely presented, interactive documentation possibility similar to Swagger UI.

I know that Spring Data REST is not a static API and that there is HAL Browser, but unfortunately the HAL Browser does not show any documentational metadata about the corresponding url/GET/POST/etc.

Spring Data REST produces ALPS metadata (see here).

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Why is this needed?
Well, it would be pretty useful for frontend developers and increase productivity from my point of view. Additionally every kind of auto-generated documentation saves a lot of time.

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Long story short:
Is there something like "Swagger UI for ALPS/Hypermedia aware REST APIs"?

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Additional information:
I already found a similar question that describes the problem, but I wasn't sure if its ok to reraise it, so I created this new one. Maybe in the meantime there are possible solutions.

Answer 1

Put this in your dependencies and smoke it:

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-data-rest-hal-browser</artifactId>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

referenced at: /api/browser

I was just looking for the same thing today. ALPS is the metadata -- but SRD produces hal -- all you need is something to navigate HAL data and you're done.