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Modèle de documentation d'API
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An API documentation prompt gives you a complete, consistent template for documenting a single endpoint, the way developers expect to read it. Enter the path and HTTP method, and it produces the standard sections — summary, authentication, path and query parameters, request body, an example request, the success response with a sample payload, error responses by status code, and notes on rate limits and pagination. Backend engineers and technical writers use it to document an API uniformly, to make sure nothing developers rely on is missing, and to remember the error cases and auth details that thin docs always skip. Good API reference answers a developer's questions without forcing them to read source code or guess: every parameter typed, every error explained, and a copy-ready example for each call. Fill the template with your real schema, list each error status honestly, and keep the format identical across every endpoint.
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How to use
- Choose your options above
- Click Generate
- Copy your result
Detailed instructions
- Enter the endpoint path.
- Choose the HTTP method.
- Fill in your real parameters and schema.
- List every error status the endpoint can return.
Use Cases
- •Documenting a REST API endpoint consistently
- •Making sure auth, parameters, and errors are all covered
- •Providing copy-ready example requests and responses
- •Standardising the format across an entire API
- •Briefing engineers on what endpoint docs must include
Tips
- →Always include a copy-ready example request.
- →Type every parameter and mark required fields.
- →Document each error status, not just the happy path.
- →Keep the format identical across all endpoints.
FAQ
what do developers most want from API docs
A working example and a complete parameter list. Developers copy the example first, then check types and required fields. Clear error responses come next, so they know how to handle failure. Thin docs that omit these force them into the source code.
why document every error response
Because handling errors is half of integrating an API. Listing each status code and when it occurs — 400 for bad input, 401 for auth, 404 for missing, 429 for rate limits — lets developers build robust clients instead of discovering failures in production.
does the template change by method
Slightly. GET and DELETE requests usually have no body, while POST, PUT, and PATCH carry a JSON payload you must document field by field. The template adjusts the body section to the method so you document only what applies.
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