diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a6e27fae..ee78ee85 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ gem 'gaffe'
 gem 'ruby-filemagic'
 gem 'mime-types'
 gem 'midi-smtp-server'
+gem 'rswag-api'
+gem 'rswag-ui'
 
 # we use the git version of acts_as_versioned, and need to include it in this Gemfile
 gem 'acts_as_versioned', git: 'https://github.com/technoweenie/acts_as_versioned.git'
@@ -118,4 +120,5 @@ group :test do
   # api
   gem 'apivore', require: false
   gem 'hashie', '~> 3.4.6', require: false # https://github.com/westfieldlabs/apivore/issues/114
+  gem 'rswag-specs'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c53687fb..7f5e5912 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -430,6 +430,16 @@ GEM
     rspec-rerun (1.1.0)
       rspec (~> 3.0)
     rspec-support (3.11.1)
+    rswag-api (2.7.0)
+      railties (>= 3.1, < 7.1)
+    rswag-specs (2.7.0)
+      activesupport (>= 3.1, < 7.1)
+      json-schema (>= 2.2, < 4.0)
+      railties (>= 3.1, < 7.1)
+      rspec-core (>= 2.14)
+    rswag-ui (2.7.0)
+      actionpack (>= 3.1, < 7.1)
+      railties (>= 3.1, < 7.1)
     rubocop (1.36.0)
       json (~> 2.3)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
@@ -617,6 +627,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec-core
   rspec-rails
   rspec-rerun
+  rswag-api
+  rswag-specs
+  rswag-ui
   rubocop
   rubocop-rails
   rubocop-rspec
diff --git a/config/initializers/rswag_api.rb b/config/initializers/rswag_api.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d72f687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/rswag_api.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Rswag::Api.configure do |c|
+
+  # Specify a root folder where Swagger JSON files are located
+  # This is used by the Swagger middleware to serve requests for API descriptions
+  # NOTE: If you're using rswag-specs to generate Swagger, you'll need to ensure
+  # that it's configured to generate files in the same folder
+  c.swagger_root = Rails.root.to_s + '/swagger'
+
+  # Inject a lambda function to alter the returned Swagger prior to serialization
+  # The function will have access to the rack env for the current request
+  # For example, you could leverage this to dynamically assign the "host" property
+  #
+  #c.swagger_filter = lambda { |swagger, env| swagger['host'] = env['HTTP_HOST'] }
+end
diff --git a/config/initializers/rswag_ui.rb b/config/initializers/rswag_ui.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a768c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/rswag_ui.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Rswag::Ui.configure do |c|
+
+  # List the Swagger endpoints that you want to be documented through the
+  # swagger-ui. The first parameter is the path (absolute or relative to the UI
+  # host) to the corresponding endpoint and the second is a title that will be
+  # displayed in the document selector.
+  # NOTE: If you're using rspec-api to expose Swagger files
+  # (under swagger_root) as JSON or YAML endpoints, then the list below should
+  # correspond to the relative paths for those endpoints.
+
+  c.swagger_endpoint '/api-docs/v1/swagger.yaml', 'API V1 Docs'
+
+  # Add Basic Auth in case your API is private
+  # c.basic_auth_enabled = true
+  # c.basic_auth_credentials 'username', 'password'
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 5b27eba4..83e65707 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
+  mount Rswag::Ui::Engine => '/api-docs'
+  mount Rswag::Api::Engine => '/api-docs'
   get "order_comments/new"
 
   get "comments/new"
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e1e23fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+require 'swagger_helper'
+
+describe 'Users API', type: :request do
+  path '/user' do
+    get 'info about the currently logged-in user' do
+      tags '1. User'
+      produces 'application/json'
+
+      response '200', 'success' do
+        run_test! do |response|
+          let(:Authorization) { "Basic #{::Base64.strict_encode64('jsmith:jspass')}" }
+          data = JSON.parse(response.body)
+          # expect(data[])
+        end
+      end
+
+      response '401', 'not logged-in' do
+        run_test!
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/swagger_helper.rb b/spec/swagger_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cfa8370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/swagger_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  # Specify a root folder where Swagger JSON files are generated
+  # NOTE: If you're using the rswag-api to serve API descriptions, you'll need
+  # to ensure that it's configured to serve Swagger from the same folder
+  config.swagger_root = Rails.root.join('swagger').to_s
+
+  # Define one or more Swagger documents and provide global metadata for each one
+  # When you run the 'rswag:specs:swaggerize' rake task, the complete Swagger will
+  # be generated at the provided relative path under swagger_root
+  # By default, the operations defined in spec files are added to the first
+  # document below. You can override this behavior by adding a swagger_doc tag to the
+  # the root example_group in your specs, e.g. describe '...', swagger_doc: 'v2/swagger.json'
+  config.swagger_docs = {
+    'v1/swagger.yaml' => {
+      openapi: '3.0.1',
+      info: {
+        title: 'API V1',
+        version: 'v1'
+      },
+      paths: {},
+      components: {
+        securitySchemes: {
+          oauth2: {
+            type: :oauth2,
+            in: :header,
+            name: 'Authorization',
+            flows: {
+              implicit: {
+                authorizationUrl: 'http://localhost:3000/f/oauth/authorize',
+                scopes: {
+                  'config:user': 'reading Foodsoft configuration for regular users',
+                  'config:read': 'reading Foodsoft configuration values',
+                  'config:write': 'reading and updating Foodsoft configuration values',
+                  'finance:user': 'accessing your own financial transactions',
+                  'finance:read': 'reading all financial transactions',
+                  'finance:write': 'reading and creating financial transactions',
+                  'user:read': 'reading your own user profile',
+                  'user:write': 'reading and updating your own user profile',
+                  offline_access: 'retain access after user has logged out',
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      servers: [
+        {
+          url: 'http://{defaultHost}/f/api/v1',
+          variables: {
+            defaultHost: {
+              default: 'localhost:3000'
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      security: [
+        oauth2: [
+          'user:read',
+        ],
+      ],
+    }
+  }
+
+  # Specify the format of the output Swagger file when running 'rswag:specs:swaggerize'.
+  # The swagger_docs configuration option has the filename including format in
+  # the key, this may want to be changed to avoid putting yaml in json files.
+  # Defaults to json. Accepts ':json' and ':yaml'.
+  config.swagger_format = :yaml
+end
diff --git a/swagger/v1/swagger.yaml b/swagger/v1/swagger.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..549db1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swagger/v1/swagger.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+---
+openapi: 3.0.1
+info:
+  title: API V1
+  version: v1
+paths:
+  "/user":
+    get:
+      summary: info about the currently logged-in user
+      tags:
+      - 1. User
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: success
+        '401':
+          description: not logged-in
+components:
+  securitySchemes:
+    oauth2:
+      type: oauth2
+      in: header
+      name: Authorization
+      flows:
+        implicit:
+          authorizationUrl: http://localhost:3000/f/oauth/authorize
+          scopes:
+            config:user: reading Foodsoft configuration for regular users
+            config:read: reading Foodsoft configuration values
+            config:write: reading and updating Foodsoft configuration values
+            finance:user: accessing your own financial transactions
+            finance:read: reading all financial transactions
+            finance:write: reading and creating financial transactions
+            user:read: reading your own user profile
+            user:write: reading and updating your own user profile
+            offline_access: retain access after user has logged out
+servers:
+- url: http://{defaultHost}/f/api/v1
+  variables:
+    defaultHost:
+      default: localhost:3000
+security:
+- oauth2:
+  - user:read