▁test ▁cases ▁given ▁an ▁interface ▁file . ▁ ▁History ▁Sw agger ▁development ▁began ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁by ▁Tony ▁Tam , ▁who ▁was ▁working ▁at ▁online ▁dictionary ▁company ▁called ▁Word nik . ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Sm art B ear ▁Software ▁acquired ▁the ▁open - source ▁Sw agger ▁API ▁specification ▁from ▁Re verb ▁Techn ologies , ▁Word nik ' s ▁parent ▁company . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Sm art B ear ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁creating ▁a ▁new ▁organization ▁called ▁the ▁Open API ▁In iti ative ▁under ▁the ▁spons or ship ▁of ▁the ▁Linux ▁Foundation . ▁Other ▁found ing ▁member ▁companies ▁included ▁ 3 Scale , ▁Ap ige e , ▁Capital ▁One , ▁Google , ▁IBM , ▁Int uit , ▁Microsoft , ▁Pay Pal , ▁and ▁Rest let . ▁Sm art B ear ▁don ated ▁the ▁Sw agger ▁specification ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁group . ▁RA ML ▁and ▁API ▁Blue print ▁were ▁also ▁under ▁consideration ▁by ▁the ▁group . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁Sw agger ▁specification ▁was ▁renamed ▁the ▁Open API ▁Spec ification ▁( O AS ), ▁and ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁new ▁GitHub ▁repository . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁API ▁World ▁conference ▁presented ▁an ▁API ▁In frastr ucture ▁award ▁to ▁Sm art B ear ▁for ▁its ▁on going ▁work ▁on ▁Sw agger . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁Open API ▁In iti