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Re: Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP APIs

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Post by pvarghav » Thu, Jan 02, 2025, 10:40 AM UTC

arshxyz wrote: post #87

Interesting project, I've often looked for something like this but haven't found anything that does the job. I'm on a mac and can't wait to try this out. Can I ask what you're using adblock-rs for?

Glad you like the project! I'm working on getting the macOS version built and released as soon as possible. If you'd like to be notified when it's ready, you can sign up for the newsletter here: https://apiparrot.com/#newsletter.

As for adblock-rs, I'm using it to detect and automatically disable requests related to ads and other unnecessary stuff. This helps cut down on noise and saves some time for developers.

Re: Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP APIs

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Post by MK2k » Thu, Jan 02, 2025, 10:50 AM UTC

yawndex wrote: post #15

Any current plans for a macOS release?

Try a Hackintosh, e.g. as a virtual machine on your Windows or Linux host.

Re: Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP APIs

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Post by MK2k » Thu, Jan 02, 2025, 10:55 AM UTC

Nice tool! I tested it against imdb.com with its large graphql responses and after a few requests API Parrot crashed.

Re: Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP APIs

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Post by arshxyz » Thu, Jan 02, 2025, 11:19 AM UTC

pvarghav wrote: post #91

arshxyz wrote: post #87

Interesting project, I've often looked for something like this but haven't found anything that does the job. I'm on a mac and can't wait to try this out. Can I ask what you're using adblock-rs for?

Glad you like the project! I'm working on getting the macOS version built and released as soon as possible. If you'd like to be notified when it's ready, you can sign up for the newsletter here: https://apiparrot.com/#newsletter . As for adblock-rs, I'm using it to detect and automatically disable requests related to ads and other unnecessary stuff. This helps cut down on noise and saves some time for developers.

I was able repackage it for macOS. I can help you test it too. Shot you an email at contact@apiparrot.com

Re: Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP APIs

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Post by martinkostov » Thu, Jan 02, 2025, 11:36 AM UTC

sumanyusharma wrote: post #42

How is this different from Integuru? They posted a few weeks back here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41983409

I'm curious too

Re: Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP APIs

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Post by luismedel » Thu, Jan 02, 2025, 12:07 PM UTC

setheron wrote: post #25

yoavmmn wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nowadays everything runs on docker anyway

You'd never see a Windows developer work in MacOS or a iOS developer work in Linux but Linux developers (server side) routinely work in MacOS Unnecessary abstraction

Define "unnecessary", please.

> [...] or a iOS developer work in Linux

In the past I did a lot of successful work on iOS apps from a Windows system, thanks to Xamarin and a mac sitting on a shelf, acting as the remote system.

Also, please, remember what "cross compilation" mean.

Re: Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP APIs

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Post by 255kb » Thu, Jan 02, 2025, 12:20 PM UTC

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.

Re: Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP APIs

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Post by kaid » Thu, Jan 02, 2025, 12:35 PM UTC

UltraSane wrote: post #45

victorbjorklund wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? I mostly code on Mac and deploy on Linux (or FreeBSD). Never really encountered a situation where programming a web app on Mac has caused issues when deploying to the server.

What about issues with CPU architecture?

Nowadays there are automated pipelines that build artifacts for different archs and platforms; this shouldn't be a particular issue.

Re: Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP APIs

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Post by frafra » Thu, Jan 02, 2025, 2:55 PM UTC

Sardtok wrote: post #61

criddell wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or maybe some of the newer generation will take time to update Linux to be more competitive with macOS for developers. Could be a long term win for Linux fans.

Linux is good for development, but Apple hardware is pretty damned nice. Now if Framework laptops were available in Norway, I'd probably rather have that, even if they're not as powerful. Also, depending on where you work, there might be restrictions in the choice of platform. Usually limited to Mac or Windows.

I asked Framework that repeatedly, but no progress. I think they might be violating EU Regulation 2018/302, which is rather common, mostly due to ignorance. The problem is that it is rather hard to enforce such regulation to non-EU/EEA companies. You can still send your wishes to support@frame.work.

Re: Show HN: API Parrot – Automatically Reverse Engineer HTTP APIs

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Post by alp1n3_eth » Thu, Jan 02, 2025, 4:16 PM UTC

notcrazylol wrote: post #89

rynn wrote: post #38

How does it compare to mitmmitmproxy2swagger? https://github.com/alufers/mitmproxy2swagger

Probably a dumb question but if my web app uses graphql, how would I go about with the swagger generation?(since its just one endpoint) Thank you for sharing this though, I was looking for a tool like this :)

Have you tried something like GraphQL playground before? https://github.com/graphql/graphql-playground

There's other tools out there that can generate similar docs or playgrounds, given you have a schema/spec of some type.