Respect

Respect your API.
Align docs to reality with Arazzo.

An open-source tool to run OpenAPI Arazzo workflows, identify gaps in schemas, status codes, and content types, and evaluate success criteria—all in one simple command.

With Respect, your APIs get the respect they deserve.

Respect automates API monitoring, ensuring status codes and content types are correct, while also validating response schemas to prevent silent failures.

Why use Respect?

Catch issues, ensure quality, and integrate with CI/CD

Catch API Issues Early

Detect potential API issues early in the development process, preventing inconsistencies and errors from making it to production.

Automate OpenAPI Quality Checks

Automate the process of running OpenAPI quality checks with Arazzo workflows, ensuring your API follows industry best practices and is free from common issues.

Integrate with CI/CD

Easily incorporate into your existing CI/CD pipeline, automating API testing and validation as part of your development workflow.

Open Source & Free

Completely open source and free to use, designed with developers in mind. Enjoy full access without any hidden fees.

/ How it works

Quickly install and run with a single command

With a single command you can run Arazzo workflows, which send real API requests to a server, and interpret the real API responses.

Access comprehensive insights to improve your API

Gain insights with detailed reports on schema gaps, status codes, and content types, helping you align your OpenAPI description with best practices for seamless integration.

Improve & Validate

Take action: correct your OpenAPI descriptions or fix your actual underlying API depending on the issue. Then, run Respect regularly to prevent regressions.

Quick installation and setup guide for Respect

npx @redocly/cli respect important.arazzo.yaml

/ Built for developers

Respect is designed to fit effortlessly into your workflow. Whether you're building new APIs or maintaining existing ones, it helps you enforce high standards with minimal effort.

Use it Locally

Run it on your machine for quick checks.

Automate in CI/CD

Add it to your GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or any pipeline.

Customizable Rules

Adapt checks to your organization's needs.

/ Monitoring as a service

Track critical workflows with real-time insights

Redocly can monitor your critical API workflows and provide you with alerts and graphical dashboards.

Redocly can monitor your critical API workflows and provide you with alerts and graphical dashboards. For a premium service with more advanced API monitoring and governance tools

Start Respecting
Your API Today

Run Respect, check your specs,
and keep your APIs respectable.