API Blueprint

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API Blueprint is an open source programming language created in 2013.

Source code:

git clone https://github.com/apiaryio/api-blueprint

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API Blueprint

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API Blueprint is developed on GitHub and has 8,411 stars
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There are at least 14,496 API Blueprint repos on GitHub
API Blueprint first developed in API Blueprint
file extensions for API Blueprint include apib
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The Google BigQuery Public Dataset GitHub snapshot shows 698 users using API Blueprint in 810 repos on GitHub
GitHub supports syntax highlighting for API Blueprint
apiblueprint.org was registered in 2013

Example from Linguist:

FORMAT: 1A

# The Simplest API
This is one of the simplest APIs written in the **API Blueprint**.
One plain resource combined with a method and that's it! We will explain what is going on in the next installment - [Resource and Actions](02.%20Resource%20and%20Actions.md).

**Note:** As we progress through the examples, do not also forget to view the [Raw](https://raw.github.com/apiaryio/api-blueprint/master/examples/01.%20Simplest%20API.md) code to see what is really going on in the API Blueprint, as opposed to just seeing the output of the Github Markdown parser.

Also please keep in mind that every single example in this course is a **real API Blueprint** and as such you can **parse** it with the [API Blueprint parser](https://github.com/apiaryio/drafter) or one of its [bindings](https://github.com/apiaryio/drafter#bindings).

## API Blueprint
+ [This: Raw API Blueprint](https://raw.github.com/apiaryio/api-blueprint/master/examples/01.%20Simplest%20API.md)
+ [Next: Resource and Actions](02.%20Resource%20and%20Actions.md)

# GET /message
+ Response 200 (text/plain)

        Hello World!

Feature	Supported	Token	Example
Comments	✓		# A comment
Line Comments	✓	#	# A comment
Semantic Indentation	X

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