API Documentation Best Practices for Developers
What you'll learn
- Apply developer empathy to structure and write API documentation that minimizes user friction.
- Design clear, actionable endpoint descriptions, error messages, and onboarding flows that enable self-service.
- Differentiate between onboarding and reference documentation strategies to serve diverse user needs.
- Implement technical writing principles like active voice, imperative mood, and consistent terminology for API docs.
- Optimize Swagger/OpenAPI specifications to ensure human readability and enhanced developer experience.
Overview
Imagine a developer, late at night, under a tight deadline, staring at a cryptic error message from an API. Hours vanish as they hunt for a solution, frustration mounting. This scenario is all too common when API documentation fails to serve its primary user: the developer. Poor API documentation doesn't just annoy; it directly impacts product adoption, increases support costs, and can even derail entire integration projects. Conversely, exceptional API documentation transforms a potentially painful integration into a smooth, efficient process, empowering developers to build quickly and confidently.
API documentation is far more than a technical reference; it's a critical bridge between your API's functionality and its successful implementation. It acts as the primary user interface for developers, guiding them through complex systems, authentication flows, and data models. When done well, it anticipates questions, prevents common errors, and provides immediate solutions, effectively reducing the cognitive load on the user. For software engineers, technical writers, and product managers, mastering API documentation is no longer a niche skill but a core competency that significantly accelerates development cycles and fosters a thriving developer ecosystem.
This module will equip you with the frameworks, principles, and practical examples needed to create API documentation that is not merely accurate but truly empathetic and enabling. We will cover how to structure documentation for maximum usability, craft crystal-clear endpoint descriptions, design actionable error messages, and leverage modern tools like OpenAPI to streamline the process. You will learn to write documentation that not only explains *what* an API does but also *how* a developer can successfully integrate it into their own projects, turning frustration into productivity and driving greater adoption of your services.
Why It Matters
Key Concepts
Frameworks
Practical step-by-step methods you can apply immediately in meetings, interviews, and stakeholder conversations.
The "Developer-First" API Documentation Structure
This framework provides a logical, user-centric structure for organizing comprehensive API documentation. Its purpose is to guide developers seamlessly from initial understanding to deep reference, ensuring all critical information is easily accessible when needed.
Start by clearly explaining what your API does, its core value proposition, and the primary problems it solves. Provide concrete examples of how developers can leverage your API to build specific features or integrations. This section sets the stage and answers the crucial 'why should I use this?' question.
Our Payment Processing API enables secure and efficient handling of online transactions, supporting various payment methods and currencies. You can use it to build seamless checkout experiences, manage subscriptions, or integrate with existing accounting systems.
Detail how users authenticate with your API. This includes explaining different authentication methods (e.g., API keys, OAuth 2.0), how to obtain credentials, and how to include them in requests. Make this section easy to find and follow, as it's often the first hurdle for new users.
Authentication to the API is handled via an API Key provided in the X-API-KEY header for all requests. Generate your key from the 'API Credentials' section of your developer dashboard. Example: X-API-KEY: sk_live_your_secret_key.
Define any domain-specific terminology, key entities, and data structures (e.g., 'Product,' 'Order,' 'Customer'). Provide clear schemas for request and response bodies. This establishes a shared vocabulary and helps developers understand the API's underlying logic.
A Transaction object represents a single payment attempt and includes fields like amount, currency, status, and customer_id. The status field can be pending, success, or failed, reflecting the current state of the transaction.
This is the core reference section, detailing each available endpoint. For every endpoint, clearly describe its purpose, HTTP method, path, parameters (path, query, header, body), request and response examples, and possible status codes. Organize logically, perhaps by resource.
The POST /transactions endpoint creates a new payment transaction. It requires a JSON body containing amount, currency, and customer_id. A successful response returns a 201 Created status with the new Transaction object.
Provide a comprehensive list of common error codes your API might return, along with clear explanations of what each means, its potential causes, and specific, actionable remediation steps. This empowers self-service debugging.
If you receive a 400 Bad Request with the message 'Invalid amount format,' ensure the amount field in your request body is a positive integer representing the smallest currency unit (e.g., 100 for $1.00 USD).
Inform users about any rate limits, throttling policies, and general best practices for efficient and reliable API usage. This prevents unexpected service interruptions and encourages optimal integration patterns.
Our API enforces a rate limit of 100 requests per minute per API key. Exceeding this limit will result in 429 Too Many Requests errors. Implement exponential backoff in your retry logic to handle rate limits gracefully.
Offer ready-to-use client libraries (SDKs) in popular languages if available, along with copy-paste code examples for common operations. These examples should use realistic values and demonstrate typical workflows.
To create a transaction in Python, use our payment_sdk library: client = PaymentClient(api_key='YOUR_API_KEY'); response = client.create_transaction(amount=2500, currency='USD', customer_id='cust_abc123'). This snippet initiates a $25.00 transaction.
Maintain a clear changelog that details all API updates, new features, deprecations, and breaking changes. Explain your API versioning strategy. This keeps developers informed and helps them manage their integrations over time.
Version v2.1.0 (Released 2024-03-15): Added fraud_score field to Transaction object. Deprecated GET /users/{id}/details in favor of GET /customers/{id}. Please update your integrations by 2024-06-01.
The "ACT" Method for Clear Endpoint Descriptions
The ACT Method ensures every API endpoint description is clear, actionable, and provides sufficient detail for immediate use. Its purpose is to help developers quickly grasp an endpoint's function, its use cases, and the technical specifics required for implementation, thereby reducing integration friction.
Start with a single, concise, imperative sentence that clearly states the primary function of the endpoint. Use active voice to convey directness. This immediately tells the developer what the operation achieves.
Creates a new user account in the system. Fetches all active orders for a given customer. Updates the status of an existing shipment.
Explain the practical scenarios where this endpoint should be called. Describe who typically uses it (e.g., frontend app, backend service, admin tool) and under what conditions. This provides crucial 'why' and 'when' context beyond the technical 'what.'
Use this endpoint when a user completes the signup form on your website. This is typically invoked by an internal service to process daily order batches. Only administrators with manage:users permissions can call this endpoint.
Provide the precise technical specifics required for interaction. This includes parameters (path, query, header, body schema), expected request/response examples, and relevant success/error codes. Ensure examples use realistic data, not placeholders.
Requires user_id (UUID, path parameter) to identify the user. The request body expects a JSON object with first_name (string) and last_name (string) fields. Returns a 200 OK with the updated user object, or 404 Not Found if the user does not exist.
In Practice
Read each scenario and pick the tab that matches how you would have responded, then check the annotation to see why it works, or where it falls short.
### `GET /data/{id}`
Retrieves data. Parameter is ID. Returns JSON.
### Error Code: 403 Forbidden Description: User is not authorized to access this resource.
Common Mistakes
Spot which of these you recognise in yourself. Each entry explains why it happens, what to do instead, and shows the exact script difference.
Interview Perspective
Interviewers explore your approach to API documentation to assess your ability to simplify complexity, communicate effectively with diverse audiences (especially other developers), and demonstrate user-centric design thinking. They want to see if you consider the developer experience as an integral part of API design, not just an afterthought. This skill is a proxy for your problem-solving abilities and your capacity to contribute to a positive engineering culture.
- Ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and concisely to a developer audience.
- Demonstrated empathy for the user (the developer) and an understanding of their pain points.
- Structured thinking in organizing complex information for maximum usability.
- Awareness of best practices in API design and documentation, including error handling and code examples.
- Capacity to identify poor documentation and propose concrete, actionable improvements.
- Understanding of the lifecycle of documentation and strategies for keeping it up-to-date.
- Ability to connect documentation quality directly to business outcomes like adoption and support costs.
When documenting a new API feature, my first step is always to put myself in the shoes of the developer who will be using it. I prioritize a clear 'Overview' and 'Getting Started' guide, ensuring they can achieve a 'Hello World' in minutes. Then, I focus on the 'Core Concepts' and detailed 'Endpoint' descriptions, using the ACT method for clarity. Crucially, I emphasize actionable error messages with remediation steps and realistic, copy-paste code examples in multiple languages. I ensure the documentation reflects developer empathy by anticipating common questions and pain points.
The strong answer immediately highlights 'developer empathy' and a structured approach, mentioning specific sections ('Overview,' 'Getting Started,' 'Core Concepts') and techniques ('ACT method,' 'actionable error messages,' 'copy-paste examples'). It demonstrates a holistic understanding of the developer journey, not just technical accuracy.
Certainly. I once worked with a third-party payment API where the error codes were generic, like '500 Internal Server Error' with no context. This caused significant delays in debugging. My approach was to first meticulously log all error responses and their corresponding requests. Then, I reached out to their support, providing specific examples and suggesting improvements based on best practices like providing remediation steps. Internally, I created a temporary 'Error Playbook' for our team, translating the vague errors into actionable insights, which significantly reduced our debugging time while we awaited official updates. This experience reinforced the value of self-service debugging in docs.
The strong answer provides a concrete scenario, identifies a specific documentation failure (vague error codes), details a structured problem-solving approach (logging, internal playbook, suggesting improvements), and connects it back to a key concept (self-service debugging). It shows initiative and a proactive mindset beyond mere frustration.
Maintaining up-to-date documentation is critical. My strategy involves three key areas: First, I advocate for integrating 'update documentation' as an explicit task within the Definition of Done for every feature or API change, making it a mandatory part of the development cycle. Second, we use spec-first development with OpenAPI, where changes to the spec are automatically reflected in the documentation. Third, I promote regular 'documentation sprints' or reviews, where engineers and technical writers collaboratively audit sections, especially for breaking changes, and encourage internal feedback loops to catch discrepancies early. This combination ensures documentation evolves alongside the API.
The strong answer offers a comprehensive, multi-pronged strategy that integrates documentation into the development process. It highlights proactive measures like 'Definition of Done,' 'spec-first development with OpenAPI,' and 'documentation sprints,' demonstrating a systemic approach to a common challenge, rather than reactive or blame-shifting.
- Dismissing the importance of documentation as a 'chore' or 'afterthought' rather than a critical product component.
- Failing to mention the user (developer) perspective or empathy when discussing documentation strategy.
- Providing generic, theoretical answers without concrete examples of past experiences or specific techniques.
- Blaming others (e.g., 'it's the technical writer's job') for documentation quality issues, showing a lack of ownership.
- Inability to articulate the difference between onboarding and reference documentation needs.
- Overemphasis on auto-generation without discussing the human curation and empathetic writing required.
- Lack of awareness about common documentation failures like outdated information or unhelpful error messages.
- Practice explaining complex API concepts in simple terms: Choose an API you know well and explain its core functionality, authentication, and a common use case to a peer, focusing on clarity and conciseness.
- Review existing API documentation (both good and bad): Analyze what makes good docs effective and identify specific shortcomings in poor ones. Consider how you would improve them, focusing on empathy and actionability.
- Prepare examples of documentation you've written or contributed to: Be ready to discuss your process, challenges, and the impact of your work on developer experience. This could be a project README, an internal wiki page, or public API docs.
- Emphasize the developer journey: When discussing documentation, frame your answers around the user's experience (from getting started to debugging) and how your choices facilitate their success.
- Connect documentation to business outcomes: Be prepared to articulate how high-quality documentation contributes to faster adoption, reduced support costs, and improved product reputation.
- Familiarize yourself with OpenAPI/Swagger: Understand how the specification's fields translate into human-readable documentation and how to optimize them for clarity and user-friendliness.
Workplace Perspective
Read each scenario and the recommended approach, then check what your manager and stakeholders silently expect from you every day.
You are a Senior Software Engineer whose team has just launched a new Internal User Management API, crucial for several other internal systems. A week after launch, you notice an influx of Slack messages and JIRA tickets from other teams asking basic questions about authentication, specific endpoint parameters, and common error messages, significantly impacting your team's sprint velocity. The existing documentation is a terse, auto-generated OpenAPI spec.
Your first step is to implement a 'Documentation Blitz' using the 'Developer-First' structure. Start by drafting a concise 'Overview' explaining the API's purpose and key benefits. Immediately follow with an 'Authentication' section providing clear, copy-paste examples for getting and using API keys. For 'Endpoints,' use the ACT method to rewrite descriptions for the most frequently queried endpoints, adding realistic code examples. Crucially, create a dedicated 'Error Handling' section for common 4xx and 5xx errors, providing specific remediation steps. Communicate to the teams that improved documentation is being rolled out and solicit direct feedback on its clarity. You might say: 'Team, we've heard your feedback on the User Management API docs. We're rolling out improved sections focusing on quick-start authentication, clearer endpoint usage, and actionable error messages. Please check the updated docs and let us know what's still unclear.'
As a Product Manager, you're preparing for a critical sales demo of your new 'AI-Powered Content Generation API' to a potential enterprise client. The sales team needs a high-level understanding of the API's capabilities, core concepts, and potential use cases, but without getting bogged down in technical minutiae. The existing full API documentation is too detailed and technical for this audience.
You need to create an 'API Capabilities Summary' tailored for a business audience, focusing on value and practical application. Begin by using the 'Overview & Use Cases' section from your existing developer docs as a starting point. Translate technical terms into business benefits. Instead of 'POST /generate_text with prompt and length parameters,' you'd say: 'The API can generate marketing copy or blog posts based on a short description, saving your content team hours.' For key concepts, explain them in simple terms (e.g., 'A 'Model' is a specific AI engine tuned for different content styles'). Provide clear examples of the output the API generates, not just code. You might present this as: 'Our Content Generation API empowers your marketing team to rapidly produce high-quality, tailored content. Imagine generating 5 unique social media captions from a single product brief in seconds, that's the power this API unlocks.'
You are a Technical Writer tasked with improving the developer experience for a critical public-facing API. User feedback indicates that developers struggle with understanding the data models and relationships between different resources (e.g., how a Customer relates to an Order and a Product). The current documentation lists each endpoint separately but lacks a holistic view.
Your approach should focus on building a robust 'Core Concepts & Data Models' section, leveraging clear diagrams and descriptive text. Start by defining each core entity (Customer, Order, Product) with its key attributes and unique identifiers. Then, illustrate the relationships between these entities using clear entity-relationship diagrams or flowcharts. For instance, show that a Customer can have multiple Orders, and each Order contains multiple Products. For each data model, provide a complete JSON schema example that clearly shows nesting and data types. You would include language like: 'Understanding the relationship between Customer and Order is fundamental to managing your sales data. A Customer object represents the buyer, uniquely identified by customer_id, and can be associated with one or more Order objects, which track individual purchases.'
Practical Exercises
Attempt each before revealing the answer.
Rewrite the following poor API endpoint description using the ACT Method (Action, Context, Technical Details). Focus on clarity, developer empathy, and providing actionable information.
Original Description:
`PUT /items/{id}`
Updates an item. Pass item ID. Send new item data. Returns updated item. Check for 400 or 404.
`PUT /items/{itemId}`
Action: Updates an existing item's details in the inventory.
Context: Use this endpoint when a product's attributes (e.g., name, price, stock quantity) need to be modified. This is typically invoked by an authenticated administrator or an inventory management system after a stock adjustment or product catalog update. Requires admin authentication with write:items scope.
Technical Details:
* Method: PUT
* Path: /items/{itemId}
* Path Parameter:
* itemId (string, required, UUID): The unique identifier of the item to be updated. Example: item_xyz789
* Request Body (JSON):
```json
{
"name": "Smartwatch Pro",
"price": 199.99,
"stock_quantity": 85
}
```
* name (string, optional): The updated product name.
* price (number, optional): The updated price.
* stock_quantity (integer, optional): The updated available stock. Cannot be negative.
* Response (Success - 200 OK):
```json
{
"itemId": "item_xyz789",
"name": "Smartwatch Pro",
"price": 199.99,
"stock_quantity": 85,
"last_updated": "2024-05-22T11:00:00Z"
}
```
* Error Responses:
* 400 Bad Request: If any provided field is invalid (e.g., stock_quantity is negative, price is non-numeric).
* *Remediation:* Review your request body against the schema and correct invalid values.
* 404 Not Found: If the itemId in the path does not exist.
* *Remediation:* Verify the itemId. If the item was recently deleted, you may need to re-add it.
* 401 Unauthorized: If authentication credentials are missing or invalid.
* 403 Forbidden: If the authenticated user lacks write:items permission.
- ✓ Check if the 'Action' is a clear, single imperative sentence describing the primary function.
- ✓ Assess if the 'Context' explains who should call the endpoint and in what scenarios, including any access requirements.
- ✓ Verify that 'Technical Details' include specific parameter types, requirements, realistic code examples, and actionable error messages.
- ✓ Confirm that the language uses active voice, consistent terminology, and anticipates developer needs.
You are documenting an API that processes financial transactions. Rewrite the following generic error message to be more actionable and empathetic, enabling self-service debugging.
Original Error Message:
`500 Internal Server Error`
Description: An unexpected error occurred on the server.
`500 Internal Server Error - Transaction Processing Failed`
Problem: An unexpected error occurred on our server while attempting to process your transaction. This is typically a transient issue on our end, not related to your request's format or content.
Impact: The transaction could not be completed, and no funds were moved. Your request was not saved.
Remediation:
1. Retry your request: Wait 5-10 seconds and try the exact same request again. Transient server issues often resolve themselves quickly.
2. Check Service Status: If retries continue to fail, visit our [API Status Page](link-to-status-page) to check for any ongoing service disruptions.
3. Contact Support: If the issue persists and no service disruption is reported, please contact our support team with your request_id (if available in the response headers) and the exact time of the error. This will help us investigate quickly.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
- ✓ Evaluate if the error message clearly states the problem and its potential cause, differentiating between user-side and server-side issues.
- ✓ Check for specific, numbered remediation steps that guide the user on how to proceed, including when to retry or contact support.
- ✓ Assess if the language is empathetic, acknowledges the inconvenience, and avoids blame, fostering a helpful tone.
- ✓ Confirm that the message provides enough context for self-service debugging without requiring external assistance for common occurrences.
Your team is launching a new Customer Data API. You need to provide documentation for two distinct user groups: new partners integrating for the first time, and experienced internal developers who use the API daily. Explain how you would differentiate between onboarding documentation and reference documentation for this API, outlining the key content and structural differences for each.
For the Customer Data API, I would create two distinct documentation pathways:
1. Onboarding Documentation (for New Partners):
* Goal: Enable a new partner to achieve their first successful API call (e.g., retrieving a customer profile) in under 10 minutes.
* Key Content:
* "Getting Started" Guide: A step-by-step tutorial covering account setup, API key generation, and the absolute minimum necessary to make a call.
* Quick Start Code Examples: Ready-to-copy-paste curl commands and snippets in 1-2 popular languages (e.g., Python, Node.js) for the most common operations (e.g., GET /customers/{id}, POST /customers). These would use realistic, non-sensitive sample data.
* High-Level Overview: Focus on the API's core value proposition and 2-3 primary use cases from a business perspective (e.g., "syncing customer data with your CRM").
* Common Pitfalls: A small section on frequent setup errors and their quick fixes.
* Structure: Linear, tutorial-like, minimal branching, designed to be read sequentially from start to finish. Prominently featured on the main documentation page.
2. Reference Documentation (for Experienced Internal Developers):
* Goal: Provide comprehensive, granular detail for daily lookup and deep dives into specific API components.
* Key Content:
* Full Endpoint List: Detailed specifications for every endpoint, including HTTP methods, paths, comprehensive parameter definitions (type, required/optional, constraints), request/response body schemas, and all possible status codes.
* Data Model Schemas: Complete JSON schemas for all core entities (Customer, Address, Contact, etc.), detailing nested objects, data types, and enum values.
* Authentication & Authorization: In-depth explanation of all authentication methods (e.g., OAuth 2.0 flows) and authorization scopes required for each endpoint.
* Error Code Dictionary: An exhaustive list of all API error codes with detailed explanations, specific causes, and actionable remediation steps.
* Rate Limits, Best Practices, Versioning, Changelog: Comprehensive sections on operational details and API evolution.
* Structure: Hierarchical, searchable, and cross-referenced. Designed for quick, non-linear access to specific information, like a dictionary or encyclopedia. Organized by resource type (e.g., 'Customers,' 'Orders').
- ✓ Check if the explanation clearly defines the distinct goals for each documentation type.
- ✓ Assess if the key content for onboarding focuses on quick wins, simplified examples, and a linear user journey.
- ✓ Verify that the key content for reference provides granular, comprehensive detail for lookup and deep dives.
- ✓ Confirm that the structural differences (linear vs. hierarchical/searchable) are articulated for optimal usability for each audience.
You are a lead engineer, and a critical API's documentation is known to be outdated, causing confusion for new hires and external partners. Draft an internal Slack message to your engineering team proposing a strategy to address this, emphasizing the importance of accurate docs and outlining a clear plan of action.
Subject: Urgent: Improving Our API Documentation Quality - Let's Fix This Together
Team,
I've noticed an increasing number of questions and even some integration blockers stemming from our outdated API documentation, especially for the Payment Gateway API. This is impacting new hire onboarding and frustrating our external partners, ultimately slowing down our overall project velocity and increasing our support burden. Reliable documentation isn't a 'nice-to-have'; it's a critical component of our API's product quality and our team's efficiency.
To address this, I'm proposing a focused 'Documentation Debt Sprint' next week. Here's the plan:
1. Audit & Prioritize (Monday): Each of us will spend 2 hours auditing a specific section of the Payment Gateway API docs. We'll identify inaccuracies, missing details, and unclear examples. We'll use a shared spreadsheet to log issues and prioritize based on impact (e.g., authentication, critical endpoints, common error codes).
2. Fix & Update (Tuesday-Thursday): We'll pair up to tackle the prioritized issues. For every fix, we'll ensure: a) the documentation accurately reflects the current API behavior, b) code examples are copy-paste ready with realistic data, and c) error messages include actionable remediation steps.
3. Integrate into DoR/DoD (Friday): We'll collectively define a clear process for future documentation maintenance, making 'Update Documentation' a mandatory part of our Definition of Ready and Definition of Done for all API-related tasks. This ensures docs evolve with the code.
This isn't just a technical task; it's about developer empathy and improving our collective productivity. Let's make this a priority next week. Please come prepared on Monday with any initial thoughts or areas you've personally found challenging in the docs.
Thanks,
[Your Name]
- ✓ Check if the message clearly states the problem (outdated docs) and its concrete impact (slowed velocity, frustration).
- ✓ Assess if the proposed plan is specific, actionable, and includes a timeline for the team.
- ✓ Verify that the message emphasizes the 'why' (developer empathy, product quality) and the 'what' (specific improvements like code examples, error messages).
- ✓ Confirm that it outlines a strategy for long-term maintenance by integrating documentation into the development workflow.
You are creating an OpenAPI specification for a new Order Fulfillment API. The current summary field for the POST /orders endpoint is Create order. Rewrite this and draft a more detailed description field that is human-readable, user-centric, and provides context beyond just the technical operation.
Here's the refined summary and description for POST /orders:
OpenAPI summary field:Creates a new customer order in the fulfillment system.
OpenAPI description field:Use this endpoint to submit a new order for processing. This is typically invoked by your e-commerce platform's checkout service after successful payment. The order will then enter the fulfillment workflow, initiating inventory allocation and shipping procedures. Ensure the request body includes all required line items, customer details, and shipping address. A successful response will return the newly created Order object with its unique ID and initial status.
- ✓ Evaluate if the `summary` is concise, action-oriented, and provides immediate clarity on the endpoint's purpose.
- ✓ Check if the `description` elaborates on the 'who' and 'when' of calling the endpoint, providing crucial operational context.
- ✓ Assess if the language is human-readable, avoiding jargon where possible, and clearly explains the implications of the operation.
- ✓ Confirm that the `description` outlines what information is required and what the user can expect in return, setting clear expectations.
Open-Ended Practice Scenario
Read the scenario, respond out loud or in writing, then reveal the model answer and honestly pick which rubric tier matches your response.
You are a senior engineer introducing a new Payment Processing API to a group of new integration partners. Draft an introductory overview for the API's documentation, focusing on its core value, how to get started quickly, and conveying developer empathy. The overview should set the stage for detailed reference, encouraging partners to feel confident and supported.
Quiz: Test Your Knowledge
API Documentation Quiz
Test your knowledge of API Documentation across vocabulary, scenario-based, error detection, and professional judgment questions.
Key Takeaways
Frequently Asked Questions
How often should API documentation be updated?⌄
What's the most common mistake new technical writers make with API docs?⌄
Should I include example requests for every single endpoint?⌄
How do I ensure my documentation is easy for non-native English speakers to understand?⌄
What tools are best for generating API documentation from code?⌄
How can AI tools like Gemini or Copilot assist with API documentation?⌄
My API is internal. Do I still need high-quality documentation?⌄
What if my API changes frequently? How do I manage documentation versioning?⌄
How do I get my engineering team to care about writing good documentation?⌄
What's the difference between an API reference and a tutorial?⌄
Is it okay to use technical acronyms in API docs for non-native English speakers?⌄
How does documentation quality impact AI's ability to interpret and interact with an API?⌄
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