# Why no wadl for rest services? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 14, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-wadl-for-rest-services/37154 "2015-12-14T17:59:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joel\_Stewart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joel_stewart/32/21622_2.png) [@Joel\_Stewart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joel_Stewart)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-wadl-for-rest-services/37154/1 "2015-12-14T17:59:52Z")
I am curious why there is no wadl. I think the client api implementations are great, but sometimes reading a wadl is more convenient. I have been using Soap UI to do some development maintenance tasks, and it would be nice to be able to auto import everything rather than manually create these as I go. So - anyone care to comment on why no wadl? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![polyfractal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/polyfractal/32/48162_2.png) [@polyfractal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/polyfractal)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-wadl-for-rest-services/37154/2 "2015-12-14T18:11:50Z")
No particular reason really, just has never been a priority (or requested that much to be honest). We have the REST-API-Spec, which is used by the various clients to stay current with ES API and parameters. You can find it [inside the main ES repo.](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/tree/master/rest-api-spec). It basically provides the same information as a WADL (I believe), but in JSON format. Note: it only covers the URI + parameters, the request body is not specified since it can be highly variable. There is a [community-contributed Swagger Plugin](https://github.com/timschlechter/swagger-for-elasticsearch) which can build a complete Swagger doc of the APIs, which some people find useful too. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-wadl-for-rest-services/37154/3 "2017-07-05T23:31:13Z")