APISpider – Frontend

APISpider frontend application built with Preact, TypeScript, and Vite

This repository contains the frontend application for APISpider, a lightweight and developer-focused API client. You can also check out the sibling repositories:

APISpider backend

APISpider agent

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Tech Stack

• Preact v10.26.9
• TypeScript
• Vite v7.0.4

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Getting Started

Development

VITE_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8081 npm run dev

Starts the dev server at
http://localhost:5173
with the API base URL set to http://localhost:8081.

Production Build

npm run build

Builds the app for production and outputs files to dist/.
All discovered routes are prerendered to static HTML.

Preview Production Build

npm run preview

Serves the production build locally at
http://localhost:4173

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Environment Variables

Variable	Description
VITE_API_BASE_URL	Base URL of the APISpider backend API

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome and appreciated

If you’d like to contribute:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)
3. Make your changes
4. Commit your changes (git commit -m "Add my feature")
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/my-feature)
6. Open a Pull Request

Please try to:

• Follow the existing code style and project structure
• Keep commits focused and descriptive
• Test your changes before submitting

If you’re unsure where to start, feel free to open an issue or discussion.

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Support the Project

If you find APISpider useful, consider supporting the project
Support on Ko-fi