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RAML vs YAML: What are the differences?

What is RAML? RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML) makes it easy to manage the whole API lifecycle from design to sharing. RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML) makes it easy to manage the whole API lifecycle from design to sharing. It's concise - you only write what you need to define - and reusable. It is machine readable API design that is actually human friendly.

What is YAML? A straightforward machine parsable data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction. A human-readable data-serialization language. It is commonly used for configuration files, but could be used in many applications where data is being stored or transmitted.

RAML belongs to "API Tools" category of the tech stack, while YAML can be primarily classified under "Languages".

According to the StackShare community, RAML has a broader approval, being mentioned in 9 company stacks & 6 developers stacks; compared to YAML, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.

Pros of RAML

Pros of YAML

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API Specification
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Human Readable
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API Documentation
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Design Patterns & Code Reuse
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API Modeling
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Automatic Generation of Mule flow
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Unit Testing
1
SDK Generation
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API Mocking

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What is RAML?

RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML) makes it easy to manage the whole API lifecycle from design to sharing. It's concise - you only write what you need to define - and reusable. It is machine readable API design that is actually human friendly.

What is YAML?

A human-readable data-serialization language. It is commonly used for configuration files, but could be used in many applications where data is being stored or transmitted.

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What are some alternatives to RAML and YAML?

Apiary

It takes more than a simple HTML page to thrill your API users. The right tools take weeks of development. Weeks that apiary.io saves.

JSON

JavaScript Object Notation is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language.

REST

An architectural style for developing web services. A distributed system framework that uses Web protocols and technologies.

Postman

It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.

Amazon API Gateway

Amazon API Gateway handles all the tasks involved in accepting and processing up to hundreds of thousands of concurrent API calls, including traffic management, authorization and access control, monitoring, and API version management.

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Open API and RAML: Better Together

(www.programmableweb.com)

Apr 28, 2017

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