# Publishing your OpenAPI specification While the OpenAPI spec produced by createOpenAPIFromControllers is fully formed and valid, you may wish to strip away metadata describing the handlers before publishing it. The `stripSOCExtensions` function is provided to do this. ```typescript let docs = createOpenAPIFromControllers(info, types); docs = stripSOCExtensions(docs); ``` This will generate a copy of the documentatin that has all @simply-openapi/controllers extensions removed from it. ## Hosting your spec with swagger As with any OpenAPI document object, you can host it from your own application using `swagger-ui-express` ```typescript import express from "express"; import { serve as swaggerServe, setup as swaggerSetup, } from "swagger-ui-express"; import { createOpenAPIFromControllers, stripSOCExtensions } from "@simply-openapi/controllers"; import { controllers } from "./controllers"; const app = express(); const docs = createOpenAPIFromControllers(..., controllers); ... // This step is optional. const strippedDocs = stripSOCExtensions(docs); app.use("/openapi", swaggerServe, swaggerSetup(strippedDocs)); app.listen(8080); ``` ## Hosting your spec with Stoplight Elements For a more feature packed and polished OpenAPI UI, you may wish to use (Stoplight Elements)\[]. This can be easily integrated into your application with unpkg.com: ```typescript import express, { Router } from "express"; import { createOpenAPIFromControllers, stripSOCExtensions } from "@simply-openapi/controllers"; import { escape } from "html-escaper"; import { controllers } from "./controllers"; const app = express(); const docs = createOpenAPIFromControllers(..., controllers); ... // This step is optional. const strippedDocs = stripSOCExtensions(docs); app.use("/openapi", createDocumentationRouter(strippedDocs)); app.listen(8080); function createDocumentationRouter(spec: OpenAPIObject) { const router = Router(); router.get("/", (req, res) => { res.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); res.send(JSON.stringify(spec, null, 2)); }); router.get("/elements", (req, res) => { res.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/html"); res.send(` ${escape(spec.info.title)} `); }); } ```