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Docs: document Downloads API

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reading downloads/api.py, then inspect the site index and page footer to determine where an API link belongs. Document the Downloads API on the site and make it discoverable from the navigation; done when visitors can find the API information through the site.

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Description

app/downloads enhancement
Summary

It seems like the existence of the Downloads API is not documented, other than by its presence in the source code.

I think it'd be a good idea to document its existence somewhere on the site itself, probably under an "API" link in the index on the bottom of each page? Since I think that's what most people would expect, from how other sites do it, and there have been issue(s) in the past with APIs being forgotten about and stopping working.

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