I wanted to develop a prototype of the APIs.io search that brought the API search engine back to life using the APIs.json format. However, in the same motion I wanted to address two shortcomings that we never got around to developing before: 1) having it actually pull and update the APIs.json file, and 2) providing a rating system for the APIs that would help us filter out the garbage and identify the high quality APIs. To help me accomplish what I wanted I developed nine individual APIs that provide the state machine for the APIs.io search engine: Search API - Allows you to submit…