[qcic]

Not GP, but the tagline above the fold doesn’t tell anything related to the actual value prop. Modular, extensions etc are implementation details. Git-native? I had an “idea” of what that meant, but had to scroll down to confirm.

[andybak]

I'm still not sure what an "API client" is in this context.

[kiselitza]

Not sure how else to reply to this one, but it is the same thing as in its definition. Think less of client-server, think more of Postman, but without gazillion tabs and with docs at the same place with your API endpoint definition, headers, body, etc.

[lawgimenez]

Or git-native means.

[andybak]

I just downloaded it and tried it and I still don't understand what it does.

It seems to be some kind of wysiwyg editor? With elements specific to API docs?

But then why does that make it an "API client". I'm guessing "API" specifically means HTTP API here. But "client" is completely throwing me. An API client is just software that talks to an API. So what's with the wysiwyg stuff?

Is it something like Jupyter notebooks?

[kiselitza]

The Jupyter comparison isn't completely off base if you'd like to rationalise it that way. Similarity would be blending the code and the docs in a single file, where you can then also execute something.

By definition, API Client is a devtool that makes it easier for devs (& co.) to design, test, document, and debug APIs. If it's confusing, we can take it to Postman, but it's an industry standard, been that way for a long while.

[andybak]

> By definition, API Client is a devtool that makes it easier for devs (& co.) to design, test, document, and debug APIs. If it's confusing, we can take it to Postman, but it's an industry standard, been that way for a long while.

That's not the definition of "API client" I'm familiar with. In fact it feels like a very specific definition of "API client" - which is a broad term that I am familiar with.

(Why does it sometimes feel like I am not getting the memos that everyone else is getting? It's like when a new job description for an old job suddenly appears and everyone pretends that what it's always been called!)

[kiselitza]

Maybe you thought of an SDK-like client/wrapper for calling certain APIs, so it sounds natural to call it an API client? Here you can check a list of currently OSS API clients (competitors to Voiden - the tool I posted about) https://github.com/stepci/awesome-api-clients Will join the list soon after we go OSS too. :)

[kiselitza]

It's an expression. Meaning it's not just allowing you to use some git sync workaround, but actually use it as if you would in your terminal, respecting all of its commands and conventions.