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OpenAPI Explorer:Features

Last Updated:Sep 13, 2024

API documentation

All-in-one query: provides basic information and demos of API operations. All-in-one debugging: allows you to call API operations, view error codes, and obtain automatically generated sample commands on the web page or by using Cloud Shell without the need to deploy resources.

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Feature

Description

References

API documentation

API references

Provides comprehensive API information, such as request parameters, response parameters, error codes, and call examples.

Debug an API operation online

Error codes

Displays error codes to assist troubleshooting.

Debug an API operation online

API toolkit

OpenAPI Explorer finds the matching error diagnosis solutions based on the error messages to help developers efficiently resolve reported errors.

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Feature

Description

References

Online debugging

Online debugging

Allows you to Initiate API requests with a few clicks. This helps developers efficiently test API operations of Alibaba Cloud services.

OpenAPI online debugging

Error diagnostics

Error diagnostics and solutions

Finds the causes of API errors based on the error codes.

OpenAPI error diagnostics

API call logs

Records the detailed API requests and responses.

N/A

Alibaba Cloud CLI

Alibaba Cloud CLI installation

Guides you through the steps to install Alibaba Cloud CLI.

Alibaba Cloud CLI configuration

Helps you configure the environment in which Alibaba Cloud CLI is used.

Configure Alibaba Cloud CLI

Alibaba Cloud CLI usage

Provides examples of Alibaba Cloud CLI commands.

Use Alibaba Cloud CLI

Alibaba Cloud SDKs

SDK dependency installation

Obtains and installs the required dependencies of Alibaba Cloud SDKs.

Alibaba Cloud SDK configuration

Helps you configure the basic environment required for running the SDKs.

Alibaba Cloud SDK usage

Allows you to use Alibaba Cloud SDKs to call API operations.

IDE plug-ins

VS Code plug-in

Provides an API toolkit for VS Code.

Use Alibaba Cloud API Toolkit in VS Code

JetBrains plug-in

Provides an API toolkit for JetBrains.

Using Alibaba Cloud Developer Toolkit in a JetBrains IDE

API service capabilities

OpenAPI Explorer provides a diagnostics system to help developers quickly locate the causes of API errors and provide solutions. The system displays call statistics within an account to continuously monitor the service status. The statistical dimensions include the API call trend, error distribution, and traffic distribution.

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Feature

Description

References

Latest changes

Change record search

Allows you to search for historical API changes.

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Change message subscription

Allows you to subscribe to API change notifications.

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