Tooling

API Docs and Client Upgrades

Funding amount

$36,800

Start date

April 2025

Execution

12 months

Description

This grant will fund a complete overhaul of the existing dYdX API documentation to create a dedicated and better-sectured website, modeled after the V3 documentation. This new structure will improve the onboarding process for new developers, and the ongoing development of new programs for existing traders.

Deliverables for the grant include:

  1. API Documentation
    1. Develop a new website that is modeled with the V3 docs format, including all the necessary sections and endpoints to proactively interact with the dYdX Chain.
    2. Include code examples and SDK Support in TypeScript, Python, and Rust to ensure easy developer onboarding
    3. Migrate all the relevant technical documentation around dYdX Chain specific functionalities to the new website, and add additional content surrounding new upgrades to the protocol.
  2. SDK Parity
    1. Monitor TypeScript API updates and ensure all changes are mirrored in the Python and Rust API clients, including the documentation.
    2. Maintain a changelog to document version updates and changes.

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