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🌐 Wikipedia for Web APIs. Directory of REST API definitions in OpenAPI 2.0/3.x format
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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9 sources> I'm maintainer of the collection of 250+ Swagger specs for public APIs: https://github.com/APIs-guru/openapi-directory
Ah cool, thanks for the link and effort. Will have a look at it as time allow.
> It is pretty easy to generate Schema.org type based on Swagger/OpenAPI spec.
Do you have any example or gist of a snipped of code to accomplish this?
> API catalogs aren't scalable solutions for API discovery. That's why I'm pushing this.
But does the API catalog not enable auto discovery? Agreeing you maintaining a list is not scalable.
In API Discovery: Can we do better?Here is the main site: https://apis.guru
And here is github repo: https://github.com/APIs-guru/openapi-directory
In API Discovery: Can we do better?Hi,
I'm the author, and I definitely know about Swagger/OpenAPI. By coincidence, I'm maintainer of the collection of 250+ Swagger specs for public APIs: https://github.com/APIs-guru/openapi-directory
But I have learned the hard truth over last two years: API catalogs aren't scalable solutions for API discovery. That's why I'm pushing this.
P.S. it is pretty easy to generate Schema.org type based on Swagger/OpenAPI spec.
In API Discovery: Can we do better?I think API owner need to see some value in publishing spec.
And SDK generation, not a strong argument for publishing since it can be done on API owner side with more control and better quality.
IMHO key component here is automatic integration, you simply publish a link to your spec and you magically have integration with a number of 3rd-party tools/services.
I currently work on catalog which does exactly this, and you can see list of integrations here:
https://github.com/APIs-guru/api-models#existing-integration...
In Why isn't your API specification public?Hi @gabamnml
I'm maintainer of this API collection: https://github.com/APIs-guru/api-models
Thank you for sharing a word about my project.
One thing to note is http://apis-guru.github.io/ was created as proof of concept and example of what you can do with API to collection: https://github.com/APIs-guru/api-models/blob/master/API.md
So it's more like side-project to API catalog.
Adding tags is tricky since it require a lot of manual work. Go through a documentation for all 200+ APIs and manually tag them.
If someone decide to volunteer for this task I created issue on Github: https://github.com/APIs-guru/api-models/issues/54
Biggest upcoming feature is "Run in Postman" button:
https://www.getpostman.com/docs/run_button_ux
Spoke with guys from Postman and waiting for them to open up API to their Postman Cloud.
In Wikipedia for REST WEB APIsYes! Over 200 specs are provided for free by APIs.guru:
https://github.com/apis-guru/api-models
In The Open API InitiativeSwagger 2.0 API models supplied by APIs Guru:
https://github.com/APIs-guru/api-models
Any feedback appreciated!
In Show HN: AnyAPI – Over 100 High-Quality APIs