What information do you feel is most valuable when integrating a Web API (REST or SOAP)?

4th October 2013

A really good API explorer
Comprehensive documentation of the response format, including what happens if certain fields are missing (empty string, null value, missing key?)
Comprehensive documentation of the available request parameters, including allowed values
What are the rate limits?
What is returned if there is an error?

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