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FDA Drug Shortages Scraper: Export Shortage Data OpenAPI definition

OpenAPI is a standard for designing and describing RESTful APIs, allowing developers to define API structure, endpoints, and data formats in a machine-readable way. It simplifies API development, integration, and documentation.

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You can download the OpenAPI definitions for FDA Drug Shortages Scraper from the options below:

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