What Makes API Documentation Work?
· 5 min read
Some APIs can be easily understood from the moment you open their documentation, while others will leave you hovering from one page to another to get started. The key difference is rarely about the API but the quality of documentation created for it. By studying the documentation practices of companies like Stripe, Twilio, GitHub, Spotify, and X, there are several characteristics that show up consistently. Let’s take a look at some of them.