Glossary · Protocols & Standards

OpenAPI

An industry-standard specification for describing HTTP APIs, used by Naftiko as a source format for consuming and elevating existing APIs into capabilities.

What is OpenAPI?

OpenAPI (formerly Swagger) is the most widely adopted specification for describing HTTP APIs. It defines endpoints, request/response schemas, authentication methods, and other metadata in a machine-readable format (YAML or JSON).

OpenAPI in Naftiko

Naftiko uses OpenAPI specifications as inputs when consuming upstream APIs. Teams can reference existing OpenAPI specs to bootstrap capability definitions, mapping OpenAPI operations to capability operations and applying progressive abstraction to shape the integration.

Why it matters

Most enterprise API portfolios already have OpenAPI specs. Naftiko’s ability to consume these specs means teams can elevate existing APIs into governed capabilities without starting from scratch – protecting years of API investment while enabling new AI and automation use cases.

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