ARSearch: searching for API related resources from stack overflow and GitHub

Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Publication Date

5-2022

Abstract

Stack Overflow and GitHub are two popular platforms containing API-related resources for developers to learn how to use APIs. The platforms are good sources for information about API such as code examples, usages, sentiment, bug reports, etc. However, it is difficult to collect the correct resources regarding a particular API due to the ambiguity of an API method name. An API method name mentioned in the text would only refer to one API, but the method name could match with different APIs. To help people in finding the correct resources for a particular API, we introduce ARSearch. ARSearch finds Stack Overflow threads that mention the particular API and their relevant code examples from GitHub.

Keywords

Codes, Computer bugs, Software development management, Software engineering

Discipline

Databases and Information Systems

Research Areas

Data Science and Engineering; Information Systems and Management

Publication

Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 44th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2022 May 22-24

First Page

11

Last Page

15

Identifier

10.1145/3510454.3517048

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

City or Country

New York

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/3510454.3517048

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