SpringDoc OpenAPI using "springdoc-openapi-ui" vs "springdoc-openapi-webmvc-core"

Question

Trying to implement spring doc for my microservices at the Spring Cloud gateway level.

Came across these two dependencies. Want to know what is the difference between

"springdoc-openapi-ui" vs "springdoc-openapi-webmvc-core"

and

"springdoc-openapi-ui" vs "springdoc-openapi-ui"

Which dependency to prefer?

Answer 1

Upon checking the source code of springdoc-openapi-ui It has a maven dependency on

<!-- springdoc-core -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
        <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-webmvc-core</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
    </dependency>

springdoc-openapi-ui gives both swaggerUI and json API (along with yaml format).
springdoc-openapi-webmvc-core will only provide the swagger api alone.