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Best Buy API Documentation

This project is the public home for the source that will eventually generate the API documentation for Best Buy's API. It will be served at https://developer.bestbuy.com/documentation once it is production-ready, but for now is available at https://bestbuyapis.github.io/api-documentation/.

The documentation is powered by the fantastic Slate project, an API documentation generator that is open source and very popular.

In the spirit of being a public API, we've chosen to publicize the generators that create our documentation. By doing this we hope to be more transparent when we make changes and provide a gateway for our consumers to become contributors.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I see the actual documentation?

You'll want to go to https://bestbuyapis.github.io/api-documentation/ for the compiled version. This project just shows the source code we used to generate it.

How do I get my API documentation to look as good as yours?

Check out Slate.

Where do I go to get an API key?

Go to https://developer.bestbuy.com and click "Get API Key"

How can I learn more about the Best Buy API?

Visit https://developer.bestbuy.com

Getting Started with the Best Buy API Documentation

Yes, this is identical to getting started with Slate.

You're going to need:

  • Linux or OS X — Windows may work, but is unsupported.
  • Ruby, version 1.9.3 or newer
  • Bundler — If Ruby is already installed, but the bundle command doesn't work, just run gem install bundler in a terminal.

Getting Set Up

  1. Fork this repository on Github.
  2. Clone your forked repository (not our original one) to your hard drive with git clone https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/api-documentation.git
  3. cd api-documentation
  4. Install all dependencies: bundle install
  5. Start the test server: bundle exec middleman server

You can now see the docs at http://localhost:4567.

Need Help? Found a bug?

You can either submit an issue or contact us.

Once your issue has been resolved, the Best Buy team will publish the documentation changes (using rake publish).