diff --git a/posthog/settings.py b/posthog/settings.py
index 4561d980008..d3752197bf0 100644
--- a/posthog/settings.py
+++ b/posthog/settings.py
@@ -164,4 +164,7 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
 }
 
 # You can pass a comma deliminated list of domains with which users can sign up to this service
-RESTRICT_SIGNUPS = os.environ.get('RESTRICT_SIGNUPS', False)
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+RESTRICT_SIGNUPS = os.environ.get('RESTRICT_SIGNUPS', False)
+
+if os.environ.get('INCLUDE_DOCS', False):
+    INSTALLED_APPS.push('drf_yasg')
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diff --git a/posthog/urls.py b/posthog/urls.py
index 3179917d65a..65af97ce135 100644
--- a/posthog/urls.py
+++ b/posthog/urls.py
@@ -12,6 +12,23 @@ from .models import Team, User
 import json
 import posthoganalytics
 
+from rest_framework import permissions
+from drf_yasg.views import get_schema_view
+from drf_yasg import openapi
+
+schema_view = get_schema_view(
+   openapi.Info(
+      title="PostHog API",
+      default_version='v1',
+      description="PostHog's API allows you to do anything you can do in the PostHog frontend.",
+      contact=openapi.Contact(email="hey@posthog.com"),
+      license=openapi.License(name="MIT License"),
+   ),
+   public=True,
+   permission_classes=(permissions.AllowAny,),
+)
+
+
 def render_template(template_name: str, request, context=None) -> HttpResponse:
     template = get_template(template_name)
     html = template.render(context, request=request)
@@ -101,6 +118,11 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('login', login_view, name='login'),
     path('signup', signup_view, name='signup'),
     path('setup_admin', setup_admin, name='setup_admin'),
+    re_path(r'^swagger(?P<format>\.json|\.yaml)$', schema_view.without_ui(cache_timeout=0), name='schema-json'),
+    re_path(r'^swagger/$', schema_view.with_ui('swagger', cache_timeout=0), name='schema-swagger-ui'),
+    re_path(r'^redoc/$', schema_view.with_ui('redoc', cache_timeout=0), name='schema-redoc'),
+
+
 
     # react frontend
     re_path(r'^.*', decorators.login_required(home)),
diff --git a/preview.Dockerfile b/preview.Dockerfile
index 284fcbec2bd..df35ec090b0 100644
--- a/preview.Dockerfile
+++ b/preview.Dockerfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ USER root
 
 COPY requirements.txt /code/
 # install dependencies but ignore any we don't need for dev environment
-RUN pip install $(grep -ivE "psycopg2|ipdb|mypy|ipython|ipdb|pip|djangorestframework-stubs|django-stubs|ipython-genutils|mypy-extensions|Pygments|typed-ast|jedi" requirements.txt) --no-cache-dir --compile\
+RUN pip install $(grep -ivE "drf-yasg|spsycopg2|ipdb|mypy|ipython|ipdb|pip|djangorestframework-stubs|django-stubs|ipython-genutils|mypy-extensions|Pygments|typed-ast|jedi" requirements.txt) --no-cache-dir --compile\
     && pip install psycopg2-binary --no-cache-dir --compile\
     && pip uninstall ipython-genutils pip -y \
     && rm -rf /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/numpy/core/tests \
diff --git a/production.Dockerfile b/production.Dockerfile
index 8213404359e..10b909c37c6 100644
--- a/production.Dockerfile
+++ b/production.Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ WORKDIR /code
 
 COPY requirements.txt /code/
 # install dependencies but ignore any we don't need for dev environment
-RUN pip install $(grep -ivE "psycopg2|ipdb|mypy|ipython|ipdb|pip|djangorestframework-stubs|django-stubs|ipython-genutils|mypy-extensions|Pygments|typed-ast|jedi" requirements.txt) --no-cache-dir --compile\
+RUN pip install $(grep -ivE "drf-yasg|psycopg2|ipdb|mypy|ipython|ipdb|pip|djangorestframework-stubs|django-stubs|ipython-genutils|mypy-extensions|Pygments|typed-ast|jedi" requirements.txt) --no-cache-dir --compile\
     && pip install psycopg2-binary --no-cache-dir --compile\
     && pip uninstall ipython-genutils pip -y
 COPY frontend/ /code/frontend
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f31a4dfb0a5..83ac2f6f61c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ django-loginas==0.3.8
 django-stubs==1.4.0
 djangorestframework==3.11.0
 djangorestframework-stubs==1.1.0
+drf-yasg==1.17.0
 freezegun==0.3.14
 gunicorn==20.0.4
 idna==2.8