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Donald Wono
Donald Wono

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Stop console.log-ing your JSON. Visualize APIs instantly instead.

We've all been there. You need to check the data from a 3rd party API (Stripe, Weather, Crypto, or your own backend).

The Old Way:

Open Postman/Insomnia.

Send GET request.

Stare at a massive wall of nested JSON text.

Copy-paste it into a JSON formatter to make sense of it.

The New Way (What I built): I realized I was wasting hours just trying to "see" the data structure. So I added a generic API Connector to my tool, NeoShiftBI.

It treats any JSON endpoint like a database table.

How it works (The 30-second workflow):

Select Method: GET / POST.

Paste URL: (e.g., https://api.coingecko.com/...).

Auth: Add your Bearer Token (if needed).

Visualize: The AI scans the JSON response (even nested arrays) and auto-generates the schema. You can then ask questions like "Show me the price trend" and get a chart instantly.

Why I built this: I'm a developer. I hate building "Admin Dashboards" just to monitor a few API endpoints. This is my lazy solution to that problem.

It's currently in Open Beta (and free). If you have a messy API endpoint you want to test it on, give it a shot.

Link: https://bi.neoshift.ai/#/register
Invite Code: BETA-23D5BC9F

(PS: I just added Lemon Squeezy payments today, so the checkout flow is brand new. Let me know if it breaks! 🍋)

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