LiveAPI Beta Devlogs

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Meet Arjun, a seasoned backend engineer who could ship flawless APIs before his coffee cooled. However, despite working efficiently across a growing set of microservices, finding the right existing API became a daily scavenger hunt.

Every sprint planning session echoed the same confusion:

  • “Didn’t Payments expose a refund endpoint?”
  • “I think Analytics has that user-stats API—somewhere...”
  • “Check the Confluence page from last year—or maybe it's hidden in Slack?”

The consequences? Duplicate endpoints, redundant logic, and delayed releases, all because no one knew what APIs already existed or how to use them.

After yet another bug caused by "we didn't know that service already had an endpoint," Arjun snapped. He needed a solution that could:

  • Index every API automatically
  • Enable search across endpoints like code search
  • Instantly surface examples, rate limits, and deprecation notices

His search led him to LiveAPI — a lightning-fast API discovery tool that integrates seamlessly with your APIs. Now, Arjun simply hits ⌘ + K, types "refund," and instantly accesses matching endpoints, sample requests, and even test them out directly.

Instead of mornings wasted on detective work, Arjun now confidently ships features, building on existing services without duplication.

Why API Discovery Matters More Than Ever

This is a universal challenge faced by engineering teams worldwide. LiveAPI solves it by:

  • Managing and automatically updating your API documentation
  • Indexing APIs for fast, intuitive discovery
  • Supporting legacy systems with limited or no documentation

Even if you're working with legacy systems and undocumented APIs, LiveAPI has you covered, supporting a wide variety of languages and frameworks.
This article marks a major checkpoint, where we share recent upgrades, upcoming features, and major developer-focused enhancements.

We’d also like to extend a heartfelt thanks to the thousands of users who tested the beta and provided invaluable feedback!
Let's look at existing similar solutions and their drawbacks and how liveapi stands out:

Problems with Existing API Search Solutions

Although several tools exist, many fall short for critical reasons:

1. Pricing Barriers

Many solutions come with a hefty price tag—charging $100+ per project. Costs escalate even higher for startups and enterprise clients.

LiveAPI disrupts this model, offering support for 10 projects at just $20/month. A true game-changer for API discoverability.

2. Cross-Language Support Limitations

Other platforms often focus on just one or two frameworks. This becomes frustrating if you’re running microservices across multiple languages and tech stacks.

LiveAPI supports:

  • Top 10 most popular frameworks with high precision
  • 70+ additional frameworks with growing daily improvements

3. Poor Developer Experience (DX)

Other tools require:

  • Learning new specification formats
  • Adding heavy custom annotations
  • Manually syncing docs after every update

At LiveAPI, our focus is 100% on developer convenience:

  • No need to learn a new spec or waste time on annotations
  • Automatic documentation updates on every push
  • Instant webhook integration—no CI/CD changes required

Additionally, you can download, modify, and self-host your API documentation—perfect for open-source projects and internal tools.

4. Limited Git Platform Support

Many tools only integrate with GitHub, excluding teams using GitLab or Bitbucket.
LiveAPI supports:

  • GitHub
  • GitLab (including self-hosted versions)
  • Bitbucket (including self-hosted instances)

Now Let's see some advantages where LiveAPI stands out of this crowd.

5. GitHub/GitLab Search Lacks API Endpoint Detection

While GitHub and GitLab offer excellent code search capabilities, they do not natively detect or index API endpoints. Developers are often left guessing if an endpoint exists, buried somewhere deep inside a codebase.

LiveAPI bridges this gap by accurately indexing API endpoints, enabling endpoint-level search across repositories.

6. Setting Up Swagger Adds Manual Work and Maintenance

Swagger/OpenAPI is a popular choice for documenting APIs, but setting it up requires considerable manual work:

  • Writing and maintaining YAML/JSON spec files
  • Manually updating documentation for every code change
  • Risk of documentation getting outdated over time

With LiveAPI, documentation updates happen automatically at every push, eliminating manual upkeep and ensuring your docs are always fresh.

LiveAPI Developer Friendly Docs

Our philosophy centers around developer empowerment and fast API discovery.

Quickly search APIs using keywords, similar to code search in your favorite IDE.

2. Dynamic Navigation

Explore APIs effortlessly with global search or a structured sidebar showing routes and methods clearly.

3. Automatic Updates

Every code push triggers an automatic API documentation update, ensuring your docs are always accurate and up-to-date.

Here are some upcoming features that you can expect in the coming days.

Upcoming Features That Will Empower Developers Even Further

We’re pushing the boundaries by integrating AI and next-gen developer protocols into LiveAPI.

1. MCP (Model Context Protocol)

We are building an MCP server capable of:

  • Answering API-related questions in plain text
  • Assisting in creating APIs using large language models (LLMs)
  • Consolidating all API issues into a conversation-driven experience

2. Copilot Extension

Our Copilot Extension is actively under development, spearheaded by Shrijith, with exciting results. You will be able to:
Query LiveAPI directly in VS Code with commands like:

  • “@liveapi What APIs are in this file?”
  • “@liveapi Where is the Order API located?”

This integration will bring API discovery right into your coding workflow.

Conclusion

Thank you for your interest in LiveAPI. We’ve worked hard to understand your challenges and build a solution that's both unique and affordable.

If you notice anything missing, or if you have suggestions, please reach out — your feedback is essential to shaping our future roadmap.

LiveAPI is currently in beta, and we’re just getting started. Join the API discovery revolution today!