Reverse Engineering APIs with Chrome DevTools MCP
18 hours ago
- #Chrome DevTools MCP
- #Open Source
- #API Reverse Engineering
- The author needed meme templates for a wedding project but found them locked behind a website's frontend with no easy export option.
- Discovered Chrome DevTools MCP, a tool for inspecting network requests, which seemed perfect for reverse engineering the website's API.
- Initial attempt with Claude Code failed due to token limits from too many requests.
- Realized the open-source nature of DevTools MCP allowed for modifications to handle pagination and filtering of requests.
- Successfully modified the tool, got the changes merged, and then used Claude Code to reverse engineer the API effectively.
- Claude Code generated a 300-line Python API client by analyzing the website's network requests.
- The experience showcased the power of combining open-source tools with AI for tasks like API reverse engineering.