Anyone know any tools for quickly creating interfaces for APIs? Like if I have a list of posts, I want to display them as a list with title and content.

html?

just google JSON to HTML table.
Something bound to show up.

Otherwise I'm lost as to what you want?

@stop @C0D4 I was thinking some application that would allow me, or anyone without much coding experience, to build an interface for data. Like displaying a list with images, or an individual item. I know it's kind of niche, but I though someone might know of something.

@ScriptCoded html with javascript and REST with json is the simplest i know.

@stop Though I want someone with limited or no coding experience to be able to do it. A visual editor of some sort.

Take a look at KnockoutJS, it's pretty simple to bind JS variables to HTML elements and have them repeat their contents for each element in an array, for example.

https://knockoutjs.com/

EDIT: Just saw your latest comment. KnockoutJS is not a visual editor, so maybe it's not what you want.

@ScriptCoded I haven't come across something that could handle it as a visual representation.

JSON is pretty straight forward to understand by its self if prettified otherwise due to the complexity api responses could be (multiple layers / dimensions) iteration to a standard view is usually something you write yourself or pull out the data you need and output as necessary.

Did some googling and this could work as a quick hack - just copy your response and it'll will create a table for you

http://convertjson.com/json-to-html...

@C0D4 I was thinking that a colleague would be using it, so as simple as possible is good. That transformer looks like a step in the right direction. I'm thinking perhaps excel could do it?

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What about http://json2table.com/ or https://jsongrid.com/json-grid?

@cmarshall10450 Yeah that's kind of what @C0D4 suggested. Thanks

@ScriptCoded yeah. Just some alternatives. I don't think there's anything else that will handle general json structures as the response from an api is up to the api designer. I don't know of anyway for excel to handle json input.

@cmarshall10450 There are ways, buuuut annoying as hell

Postman might be ideal, depending on your situation.

https://www.getpostman.com/products

@zpeters Not at all, actually :)

Do you want to perform a conversion operation? If yes try this
https://www.jsonformatting.com/

@kateliuyi talk about digging up the graveyard 😅

@ScriptCoded not sure if your email given up on this...

But n8n could probably solve this for a no-code approach and spit the json into google sheets or something:

https://n8n.ip

@kateliuyi Oh hi there 😅 Not quite what I'm after. But, thanks?

@C0D4 I ended up building a quick HTML interface instead. But n8n seems like something that might be useful in the future. Ty!

To quickly create interfaces for APIs, especially to display lists like posts with titles and content, consider these tools:

Swagger UI: Visualize and interact with your API’s endpoints, making it easier to test and display data without extensive coding.

Postman: Beyond testing, Postman allows you to create mock interfaces and visualize API data, aiding in rapid prototyping.

Front-end Frameworks: Libraries like React or Vue.js combined with UI frameworks such as Bootstrap or Material-UI enable the swift building of dynamic and responsive interfaces.

Low-Code Platforms: Tools like Retool or Bubble let you design interfaces using drag-and-drop components, connecting directly to your APIs with minimal coding.

These options can help you efficiently build user-friendly interfaces tailored to your API data needs.