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		namtab00 on Oct 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: OpenAPI DevTools – Chrome extension that ... Care to share what would it be useful for? I mean, and I'm asking as a backend dev, if you have to integrate with some API, you use the provided docs/swagger ui. Why/when would you care to rely on an API integration when it's interface is not publicly shared?

imhoguy on Oct 25, 2023 | [–]

Because this is for these edge cases where docs are crap and Swagger spec is non-existent.

zoover2020 on Oct 25, 2023 | [–]

Reverse engineering? You just described it

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