How Appear works
Appear passively observes your private network traffic to generate documentation based off your production schema, plus much more.
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Appear passively observes your private network traffic to generate documentation based off your production schema, plus much more.
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Appear's introspector snippet can be dropped into your services, in one or many locations. The introspector locally infers your actual schema without sending any actual content, PII, or sensitive data to our servers—only the structure is reported.
Appear does not report on any PII data. The package only reports on the schema. This means that your sensitive data does not leave your network and is not seen by Appear. Privacy is baked into how we have architected our platform to remove this as a barrier for you to begin enjoying effortless API management.
Real-Time API Management: Appear automatically detects and documents APIs as they are used, providing instant visibility and updates. This real-time tracking ensures engineering teams can access the most current API specifications, reducing errors and aligning development efforts.
No Code Changes Required: With Appear, teams can integrate comprehensive API monitoring and management tools without modifying existing code or implementing SDKs. This seamless integration saves time and allows developers to focus on their core projects without additional overhead.
Enhanced Collaboration and Efficiency: Appear fosters better communication and collaboration within and across teams by providing a centralised, dynamic view of API interactions. Its capabilities to set alerts and export API specs streamline workflows and improve the overall efficiency of development processes.
Appear's open-source introspector only sends back the structure of the API schema to the Appear app. This means that Appear never receives personally identifiable information (PII data).
Appear's open-source introspector is entirely auditable and available for review .
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