For API inventory workflows
See the routes your backend exposes, where they are defined, and how to turn that inventory into an OpenAPI baseline—all inside VS Code.
router.get("/accounts",
requireAuth, handler);
src/routes/accounts.ts:18
The problem
Traffic capture only shows what was exercised. Hand-maintained docs decay. Teams need a repeatable way to establish an inventory from the implementation before they can govern, document, or test it.
Built for DevSecOps engineers, security engineers, and platform teams who need to understand the implementation before they trust the documentation.
Why this happens
A platform team knows which services exist but cannot say which paths each exposes without contacting its maintainers. Inventories assembled from gateway logs and spreadsheets rarely map routes back to owning code.
Security receives a route list copied from a sprint ticket — no source locations, no version context, no reliable way to identify what changed since.
Modern services expose APIs across many modules and versions. Endpoint count grows faster than informal documentation practices, and any process requiring separate portals is rarely kept current.
How APIScout solves it
APIScout runs inside VS Code and reads the backend source tree locally. It turns route discovery into an inspectable inventory, then exports OpenAPI when the API needs to move into documentation, testing, or security workflows.
Scan a backend project locally.
Review discovered endpoints with source-file context.
Export the inventory as OpenAPI for other teams and tools.
Benefits by role
Build the inventory where development happens, and keep the path back to source when an endpoint needs clarification.
Replace one-off endpoint lists with an exportable baseline that platform, security, and application teams can all review.
A source-backed inventory narrows the gap between what is implemented and what is included in security testing.
In practice
Create an inventory at service onboarding and refresh it after routing changes.
A service list is not an API inventory.
Record source ownership and API audience alongside the export.
Endpoints collected without owners become someone else's problem.
Use one OpenAPI baseline for both documentation and security scope.
Don't rely on gateway or traffic data alone for coverage.
FAQ
It identifies paths and methods, preserves implementation context, and exports into the documentation and testing tools the team already uses.
Yes. Security and DevSecOps can use the source-backed export as scoping input while developers keep the in-editor workflow.
It keeps discovery next to the codebase and avoids making a source upload a prerequisite for basic inspection.
When APIScout is not enough
An inventory is not a runtime asset registry. Complement it with gateway, deployment, and traffic signals to account for deployed, third-party, or dynamically registered APIs.
How ApyGuard extends the workflow
Use the exported inventory to seed ApyGuard scans, including APIs that run in private networks and non-production environments.
APIScout for VS Code
Install the free, local-first extension to discover backend endpoints, inspect their source context, and export an OpenAPI baseline when the workflow needs one.
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