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name: "Resolve and validate OpenAPI specs with remote refs before client generation or review with Prance"
slug: "resolve-and-validate-openapi-specs-with-remote-refs-before-client-generation-or-review-with-prance"
description: "Validate an OpenAPI document, resolve external references, and emit a clean compiled spec before codegen or contract review."
github_stars: 261
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/RonnyPfannschmidt/prance"
author: "Ronny Pfannschmidt"
publisher_type: "individual"
category: "Library & API Reference"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "RonnyPfannschmidt/prance"
github_stars: 261
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# Resolve and validate OpenAPI specs with remote refs before client generation or review with Prance
Validate an OpenAPI document, resolve external references, and emit a clean compiled spec before codegen or contract review.
## Prerequisites
Python, pip, OpenAPI or Swagger spec file or URL
## Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- $ pip install prance
- $ pip install prance[osv,icu,cli]
- Make sure you have ICU Unicode Library <http://site.icu-project.org/home>__ installed,
- $ pip install openapi-spec-validator
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- |License| |PyPI| |Python Versions| |Package Format| |Package Status|
- 2.0 and 3.0 <http://swagger.io/specification/>__ API specifications in Python.
- with providing relative file paths, whereas JSON references require URIs
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- =====
- ------------
- Prance is available from PyPI, and can be installed via pip:
- Source: https://github.com/RonnyPfannschmidt/prance
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RonnyPfannschmidt/prance/HEAD/README.rst
## Documentation
- https://github.com/RonnyPfannschmidt/prance
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/resolve-and-validate-openapi-specs-with-remote-refs-before-client-generation-or-review-with-prance/)
