# Cool API reference thingy

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cool-api-reference-thingy/74800>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 7, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cool-api-reference-thingy/74800 "2006-11-07T10:56:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cool-api-reference-thingy/74800/1 "2006-11-07T10:56:59Z")

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Hi –

Have a look at [http://gotapi.com](http://gotapi.com). It’s very cool.

David

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**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cool-api-reference-thingy/74800/2 "2006-11-07T10:57:01Z")

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Very cool David. Interface acts a little strange in mac FF2 but  
otherwise  
it’s successfully distracted me from my work.  
Thanks for the link.

On 11/2/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Author of “Ruby for Rails” [1] | Ruby/Rails training & consultancy [3]  
> DABlog (DAB’s Weblog) [2] | Co-director, Ruby Central, Inc. [4]  
> [1] [Ruby for Rails](http://www.manning.com/black) | [3] [http://www.rubypowerandlight.com](http://www.rubypowerandlight.com)  
> [2] [http://dablog.rubypal.com](http://dablog.rubypal.com) | [4] [http://www.rubycentral.org](http://www.rubycentral.org)

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**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cool-api-reference-thingy/74800/3 "2006-11-07T10:57:19Z")

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nice site.

i swear i saw some open source documentation generator generates  
something very similar right from source code. with the search assisted  
search and everything.

anyone else?

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**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cool-api-reference-thingy/74800/4 "2006-11-07T10:58:24Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> Hi –
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> Have a look at [http://gotapi.com](http://gotapi.com). It’s very cool.

It’s nice, but in the Ruby Core Classes section, the sidebar links to  
individual methods seem to be broken.

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**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cool-api-reference-thingy/74800/5 "2006-11-07T10:59:12Z")

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On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 02:25:05PM +0900, franco wrote:

> i swear i saw some open source documentation generator generates  
> something very similar right from source code. with the search assisted  
> search and everything.

I made one for ActionScript (using Ruby, of course),

[as2api : 'JavaDoc' for ActionScript 2](http://www.badgers-in-foil.co.uk/projects/as2api/)

though my DHTML-search-thingy is very poor compared to the gotapi one.

ta,  
dave