API Generation Software automates the process of creating APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), enabling developers to quickly build backend services from databases, data models, or specifications like OpenAPI. It simplifies API development by generating endpoints, setting up authentication and authorization for security, and producing interactive, standardized documentation. Many tools also support data validation, versioning, and error handling to ensure reliability. By reducing manual coding and repetitive tasks, API generation software speeds up development, ensures consistency across services, and helps teams deliver secure, scalable, and well-documented APIs. It is widely used by backend developers, full-stack engineers, software architects, and product teams looking to accelerate API delivery and maintain high-quality development standards.
Gartner defines the application programming interface (API) management market as the market for software to manage, govern and secure APIs. Organizations use APIs to modernize their architectures; APIs provide access to systems, services, partners and data services. API management software enables organizations to plan, deploy, secure, operate, version control and retire APIs, regardless of their size, region or industry.