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  <a href="example.com">
    <img src="./assets/logo.svg" alt="Logo" width="80" height="80">
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<h3 align="center">Demystify</h3>

<p align="center">
    Generate OpenAPI Specifications in Real Time for Any API
    <br />
    <a href="https://www.awalsh.io/projects/demystify"><strong>Read more about how it works »</strong></a>
    <br />
    <br />
    <a href="https://andrewwalsh.github.io/demystify/">View Demo</a>
    &middot;
    <a href="https://github.com/AndrewWalsh/demystify/issues/new?labels=bug">Report Bug</a>
    &middot;
    <a href="https://github.com/AndrewWalsh/demystify/issues/new?labels=enhancement">Request Feature</a>
  </p>
</div>

<details>
  <summary>Table of Contents</summary>
  <ol>
    <li>
      <a href="#about-the-project">About The Project</a>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <a href="#features">Features</a>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="#getting-started">Getting Started</a>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <a href="#desktop">Desktop App</a>
          <ul>
            <li><a href="#mac">Mac</a></li>
            <li><a href="#linux">Linux</a></li>
            <li><a href="#windows">Windows</a></li>
          </ul>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="#browser-extension">Browser Extension<a>
          <ul>
            <li><a href="#chrome">Chrome</a></li>
            <li><a href="#firefox">Firefox</a></li>
          </ul>
        </li>
        <li><a href="#cli">CLI</a></li>
        <li><a href="#library">Library</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href="#screenshots">Screenshots</a></li>
    <li><a href="#contributing">Contributing</a></li>
    <li><a href="#license">License</a></li>
  </ol>
</details>

## About The Project

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5fdd075f-6191-4714-8fea-22b81c6459a2

Demystify is a suite of tools designed to help understand API behaviour. It generates accurate OpenAPI 3.1 specifications in real time from live network traffic or HAR files. The desktop app achieves this with a built-in proxy, while the browser extension works automatically for all requests in a given tab. The CLI tool works directly on files, and the library can be used in other contexts such as middleware to programmatically generate API specifications.

It identifies path parameters automatically without manual intervention. Data in the generated specification reflects all observed information across multiple status codes and mime types for request and response headers, bodies, query parameters, path parameters, and cookies for each endpoint.

### Features

- Everything in [OpenAPI DevTools](https://github.com/AndrewWalsh/openapi-devtools)
- Automated identification of [path parameters](https://www.abstractapi.com/guides/api-glossary/path-parameters)
- A desktop app that uses a proxy to generate specifications in real time (e.g. a real time version of [mitm2swagger](https://github.com/alufers/mitmproxy2swagger) that supports OpenAPI 3.1)
- A [website](https://andrewwalsh.github.io/demystify/) and [command line tool](https://www.npmjs.com/package/demystify) that generates OpenAPI specifications from HAR files (e.g. [har-to-openapi](https://github.com/jonluca/har-to-openapi) or [openapi-autospec](https://github.com/Adawg4/openapi-autospec))
- A [library](https://www.npmjs.com/package/demystify-lib) that learns from network traffic in real time, discovers API topography, and can generate a representation of an API such as the OpenAPI standard
- An integrated API client that populates automatically and can generate code such as curl commands via [Scalar](https://github.com/scalar/scalar)
- The capacity to generate different versions of OpenAPI or other HTTP-based standards such as GraphQL

## Getting Started

Demystify is available in a variety of formats on various platforms.

### Desktop

The desktop app has a built in proxy that captures network traffic and generates OpenAPI specifications in real time. It is designed to be simple and quick to use, and specifies a local port to listen to and a local or remote host to forward to.

#### Mac

[![Download for Mac][mac-shield]][mac-url]

#### Linux

[![Download for Linux][linux-shield]][linux-url]

#### Windows

[![Download for Windows][windows-shield]][windows-url]

### Browser Extension

The browser extension can be accessed in the DevTools of your chosen browser. While the tool is open it will record all network requests in the same tab and generate OpenAPI specifications in real time from network traffic.

#### Chrome

[![Download in the Chrome Web Store][chrome-shield]][chrome-url]

Locate the tool in [Chrome DevTools](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools).

#### Firefox

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Locate the tool in [Firefox DevTools](https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/).

### CLI

[![Use the CLI tool][cli-shield]][cli-url]

```sh
npx demystify --input <somefile.har>
```

```
Usage: demystify [options]

Example: demystify --input ./example.har

Options:
  -h, --help                 Show help information
  -i, --input  <string>      A path to a HTTP Archive file (HAR)
  -s, --stdout <boolean>     Optional: when "true", write a JSON array to stdout instead of writing files

This command writes OpenAPI 3.1 specifications to the current directory
Names of these files follow the convention {host}.{type}.json

Example host: api.example.com
Example type: openapi
```

### Library

[![Download the npm library][library-shield]][library-url]

```sh
npm install demystify-lib
```

```typescript
import { Representor } from "demystify-lib";
// Instantiate the representor
// Which "represents" an API in a particular way, such as OpenAPI or GraphQL
const representor = new Representor();
// Call upsert with a valid HAR entry to add it to the representor
// Repeat as many times as desired
representor.upsert(/* harEntry */);
// Call generate on the rest property of representor to generate OpenAPI documents
const doc = representor.rest.generate();
```

See test files for more information on usage.

## Screenshots

<div align="center">
  <div align="center">
    <img
      src="./assets/2_mainmenu.png"
      alt="some paths in the openapi specification, including one that has been parameterised" width="400">
    <p>Watch live network traffic or a HAR file become API specifications<br/> that update in real time in response to new requests</p>
  </div>
</div>

## Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are **greatly appreciated**.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement".

1. Fork the Project
2. Install and build `npm i && npm run build`
3. Create your Feature Branch (`git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature`)
4. Commit your Changes (`git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'`)
5. Test your changes, e.g. by loading the browser extension with `npm run dev` or validating the build in `apps/browser/.output`
6. Push to the Branch (`git push origin feature/AmazingFeature`)
7. Open a Pull Request

## License

Distributed under the MIT License. See `LICENSE.txt` for more information.

[license-url]: https://github.com/AndrewWalsh/demystify/blob/main/LICENSE.txt
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