---
id: aiohttp-swagger
version: "1.0.16"
license: BSD
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# aiohttp-swagger — Swagger API Documentation builder for aiohttp server

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 222.9K/mo

## What it is and what it does

aiohttp-swagger is a plugin that integrates Swagger API documentation generation into aiohttp web servers. It lets you annotate your route handlers and automatically generates both machine-readable API specs and an interactive Swagger UI console for exploring and testing your endpoints. The package depends on aiohttp for the web framework, pyYAML for spec serialization, and jinja2 for rendering the documentation interface.

The project is actively maintained but explicitly seeking new maintainers. It has been in use since its 2016 release and maintains a modest but steady download rate. The codebase is permissively licensed under BSD, making it suitable for most use cases.

Use it for:

- Auto-generate interactive API documentation for aiohttp REST services without manual spec maintenance
- Provide a built-in Swagger UI console for developers to test endpoints directly from the browser
- Integrate API documentation into existing aiohttp applications with minimal boilerplate
- Export machine-readable Swagger specs for API clients and third-party tools

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Generates Swagger API documentation and interactive UI for aiohttp web servers, allowing you to document REST endpoints and browse them through a Swagger console.

Yes, if you are actively using aiohttp and need Swagger documentation. The low install friction, permissive license, and active maintenance status make it a reasonable choice. However, verify compatibility with your Python version and aiohttp release before committing, and be aware that the maintainer is seeking new contributors—consider whether long-term support aligns with your project's needs.

## Install

pip install aiohttp-swagger
uv add aiohttp-swagger
poetry add aiohttp-swagger

## Installing aiohttp-swagger

Before you install: Low install friction with three lightweight runtime dependencies (pyYAML, jinja2, aiohttp). Maintenance status is active, though the last release was in 2021 and the project explicitly seeks maintainers.

License in practice: BSD license is permissive, allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions—suitable for most projects that can include a license notice.

Quickstart:

pip install aiohttp-swagger

from aiohttp import web
from aiohttp_swagger import setup_swagger

app = web.Application()
setup_swagger(app)

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package works with Python versions beyond 3.8 (classifiers list 3.5–3.8, but requires_python is unspecified)
- Current compatibility with recent aiohttp releases and whether breaking changes have occurred since 2021
- Whether Swagger 2.0 or OpenAPI 3.0 spec is supported

## Package facts

- License: BSD (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 222.9K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

swagger documentation for aiohttp, api documentation builder aiohttp, swagger ui aiohttp server, rest api docs aiohttp, openapi documentation aiohttp, aiohttp api explorer, api-documentation, swagger, aiohttp

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