Identifying which HTTP requests are API calls automatically

[Charles Howes]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I'm finding that AWS keeps changing their console, which breaks AWS Console Recorder (ACR).

Describe the solution you'd like
It might help if ACR detected requests that had json in the request/response body, and if it didn't have a rule for deciphering it, at least tell the user about it.

Describe alternatives you've considered
The current system of reporting APIs that are broken is labor-intensive and probably doesn't scale.

Additional context
I love this tool! It was recommended to me by AWS Premium Support. However, it's frustrating when the API call I need is the one that doesn't get recorded due to some small change by AWS.

Thanks!

[Ian Mckay]

Hi Penelope,

Thanks for your feedback. I like your idea, however the AWS Console ecosystem varies wildly in the way request/response models work.

You may be interested to know I have a companion extension which helps be write this over at https://github.com/iann0036/AWSConsoleRecorderGenerator . The generator records all actions and auto-suggests the correct mappings. This however is not always correct and needs human intervention. There is also a very significant amount of requests which are irrelevant.

Also check out https://github.com/iann0036/former2 which is much more reliable at determining the state as it performs read actions with the AWS APIs instead.