API Explorer

I am seeing more API owners and service providers launching REST API explorers lately:

Apigee Console
Salesforce
Google
Windows Live
Infochimps

These REST API explorers allow users to make calls and explore REST APIs using a web interface. Apigee Console even allows you to Authenticate with APIs using Basic Auth or OAuth.

The simplicity of REST has contributed to the extreme growth in the number of Web APIs in the last year, and API explorers are going to fuel this growth.

API explorers put the power of Web APIs in the hands of non-developers, allowing journalists, students, politicians, and any tech savvy Internet user to access the data and functionality available via APIs.