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+# Reverse Engineer an API
+<img src="https://pasteboard.co/n2094TfDB8qt.png">
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+## Tools to use
+1. FoxyProxy
+2. mitmweb
+3. mitmproxy2swagger
+4. https://editor.swagger.io/
+5. Postman
+
+## Steps to Reproduce
+1. **Foxyproxy:** Turn on 8080 port using Foxy Proxy.(Label it anything you want)
+2. **mitmweb:** Run `sudo mitmweb` and then go to mitm.it and install & import the certificate.
+3. **Explore Website w/ API's functionalities:** Go to the website w/ api that you want to gather the API endpoints from and explore it's functionalities. <br>The mitmweb tool will capture it,
+afterwards you can download the captures as a flow file in mitmweb by clicking on file -> save all.
+4. **mitmproxy2swagger:** Here we run `sudo mitmproxy2swagger -i flows -o spec.yml -p <website api> -f flow`. This will turn flows file to a yml file. Afterwards you need to remove the ignore: in the spec.yml and run
+`sudo mitmproxy2swagger -i flows -o spec.yml -p <website api> -f flow --examples`, --examples is added to enhance the documentation of the api endpoints.
+5. **https://editor.swagger.io/:** Now you can import the clean spec.yml file and visualize the different endpoints.
+6. **Postman:** You can also import the spec.yml in postman which will produce a well organized collection.