# Why isn't the Discourse API fully documented?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-the-discourse-api-fully-documented/138265
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [January 10, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-the-discourse-api-fully-documented/138265 "2020-01-10T19:22:16Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-the-discourse-api-fully-documented/138265/10 "2020-01-12T00:35:17Z")

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See [Reverse engineer the Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reverse-engineer-the-discourse-api/20576)

Why isn’t every grain of sand on a beach “fully documented”? 🤣

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