---
id: 3451
title: "Why You Need To Focus on Improving Your API Docs"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/why-you-need-focus-improving-your-api-docs"
published_at: "2018-09-21T10:00:00Z"
tags: ["documentation", "api", "developer-experience", "growth", "developer-relations"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3451"
lang: en
---

# Why You Need To Focus on Improving Your API Docs

## Summary

Good API documentation is a growth cornerstone: the 3:30:3 rule gives developers 3 seconds to grasp an API, 30 seconds to find an entry point, and 3 minutes to a first successful call—or they leave.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2018-09-21T10:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/why-you-need-focus-improving-your-api-docs
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3451