API Parrot
Dev tools
api reverse engineering
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How HN took it
12 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 11 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Idea: 4 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 6 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Intuitive and useful for mapping vendor APIs and legacy systems
From 3 comments
Nice project, I was able to use it to map out some parts of a vendor's API that's been giving me grief today. I'm pretty amateur and this was really intuitive. Happily putting…
spacecadet404 on HNThis is incredible. We’ve spent ages and ages figuring out the weird internals of certain legacy systems that we’ve ended up having to use bots or RPA to integrate with. If you…
sebmellen on HNI've just gone through the "Docs" section and I appreciate how it covers the intended workflow and use cases. I'm on Debian/Intel and other than the need to install Chrome I only…
speakspokespok on HN
Good documentation and tutorial
From 1 comment
I've just gone through the "Docs" section and I appreciate how it covers the intended workflow and use cases. I'm on Debian/Intel and other than the need to install Chrome I only…
speakspokespok on HN
Objections
Requests like sites with CAPTCHAs and fingerprinting may defeat it
From 1 comment
This is the easy part. One of the issues with these tools is that more and more websites now employ multiple aggressive CAPTCHAs, fingerprints, device check, etc, rendering tools…
colesantiago on HN
Crashes on large GraphQL responses and fails to capture some main-page requests
From 2 comments
Nice tool! I tested it against imdb.com with its large graphql responses and after a few requests API Parrot crashed.
MK2k on HNInteresting but... The first website I've tried it (which I'm currently working on due to a change of platform) couldn't find anything other than the main request, and I know for…
YaBa on HN
Closed source with no code in the repository
From 1 comment
Impressive project. I was curious how it discovers data relationships and was going to check the repo, but it looks like there's no code, only issues and releases. Is that right?…
brushfoot on HN
Name may clash with Traffic Parrot
From 1 comment
Nice project! Just so you know, there is an app called Traffic Parrot (https://trafficparrot.com/). They operate on the same market, so they may not like the name you chose.
255kb on HN
Requests
macOS version
From 3 comments
Any current plans for a macOS release?
yawndex on HNLooks great, but no Mac app?
victor106 on HNFantastic Tool ... Mac version is paramount
enricotal on HN
OpenAPI/Swagger export
From 2 comments
Looks very interesting. Does it produce an OpenAPI file? That'd help immensely in documenting APIs that lack specifications.
remoquete on HNLove the idea. I’m always finding myself writing little user scripts / browser extensions to extend websites I use all the time, and trying to use an API I found in the devtools…
jknutson on HN
WebSocket support
From 1 comment
can it reverse websocket-protocols ? If so, how does it do binary decoding etc ?
m00dy on HN
Install location and UI tweaks for the Linux app
From 1 comment
I've just gone through the "Docs" section and I appreciate how it covers the intended workflow and use cases. I'm on Debian/Intel and other than the need to install Chrome I only…
speakspokespok on HN
Questions
How does it discover data relationships?
From 1 comment
Impressive project. I was curious how it discovers data relationships and was going to check the repo, but it looks like there's no code, only issues and releases. Is that right?…
brushfoot on HN
How does it compare to existing tools like mitmproxy2swagger, Integuru and Postman?
From 3 comments
How does it compare to mitmmitmproxy2swagger? https://github.com/alufers/mitmproxy2swagger
rynn on HNHow is this different from Integuru? They posted a few weeks back here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41983409
sumanyusharma on HNThis has been built in to postman for years
user3939382 on HN
Is it closed source and does it cost money?
From 1 comment
Impressive project. I was curious how it discovers data relationships and was going to check the repo, but it looks like there's no code, only issues and releases. Is that right?…
brushfoot on HN
Alternatives named
Integuru
From 2 comments
How is this different from Integuru? They posted a few weeks back here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41983409
sumanyusharma on HNIntegru has been really great for us. Curious how you think about differentiation?
teichman on HN
Postman
From 1 comment
This has been built in to postman for years
user3939382 on HN
mitmproxy2swagger
From 1 comment
How does it compare to mitmmitmproxy2swagger? https://github.com/alufers/mitmproxy2swagger
rynn on HN