Add WebApp.API ruleset for detecting exposed HTTP/REST APIs#646
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[WIP] Add ruleset for enhanced API detection
Add WebApp.API ruleset for detecting exposed HTTP/REST APIs
Jun 24, 2026
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Adds a default ruleset that flags when scanned software exposes an HTTP/REST API, so consumers can reliably answer "does this repo serve an API?" The detection goes beyond the literal patterns suggested in the issue to cover conceptually equivalent indicators across major server-side ecosystems.
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AppInspector/rules/default/webapp/api.json— 12 rules (AI090000–AI090700, previously-unused ID range), auto-embedded via the existingrules/default/**/*.jsonglob.WebApp.API— umbrella tag; match this alone to detect API exposure regardless of stackWebApp.API.<Stack>.<Framework>— e.g.WebApp.API.Python.FastAPI,WebApp.API.DotNet.AspNet— for drill-downmust-match/must-not-matchself-tests; patterns are scoped/anchored (word boundaries,app|routerprefixes, verb-suffixed.Map*() to limit false positives likestore.getItem(ordictionary.MapValues().WebAppis an existing top-level tag prefix and the file sits in the existingwebapp/directory, keeping naming consistent.Example output
Analyzing a FastAPI app surfaces both tags in
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