Automated user interface generation for an application programming interface (api)

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
• receive, from an application programming interface (API), a file containing API data;
• apply, by a processing device, a set of pattern matching rules to the API data to identify graphical user interface components to be used to display the API data;
• responsive to a determination that a same segment of the API data fits a pattern associated with two different types of graphical user interface component, generate a user interface comprising first and second graphical user interface components that display the same segment of the API data using different visual formats;
• and
• responsive to a determination that an additional segment of the API data is nested within a hierarchical data structure of the file, nesting a third graphical user interface component within a graphical container of the user interface that visually reflects the hierarchical data structure of the file, wherein the graphical container comprises a visual label comprising text extracted from the API data at a higher level of the hierarchical data structure of the file compared to the additional segment of the API data used to generate the third graphical user interface component.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• receive, from an application programming interface (API), a file containing API data;
• apply, by a processing device, a set of pattern matching rules to the API data to identify graphical user interface components to be used to display the API data;
• responsive to a determination that a same segment of the API data fits a pattern associated with two different types of graphical user interface component, generate a user interface comprising first and second graphical user interface components that display the same segment of the API data side-by-side using different visual formats;
• and
• responsive to a determination that an additional segment of the API data is nested within a hierarchical data structure of the file, nesting a third graphical user interface component within a graphical container of the user interface that visually reflects the hierarchical data structure of the file, wherein the graphical container comprises a visual label comprising text extracted from the API data at a higher level of the hierarchical data structure of the file compared to the additional segment of the API data used to generate the third graphical user interface component.