Back in October, we proudly launched Akto Code, our automated API discovery from source code solution designed to solve one of the most frustrating problems faced by modern AppSec teams: knowing exactly which APIs you have right from the start, without relying on manual processes or incomplete scans.

Today, we're excited to announce a major upgrade we've been looking forward to sharing:

Akto Code now harnesses powerful AI Agents to automatically discover APIs directly from your source code, seamlessly supporting every programming language.

Why API discovery matters and why we built Akto Code

Akto has pioneered API Discovery from its 50+ traffic connectors, including gateways, cloud connectors, mirroring, and other traffic sources. While traffic is a great source for API Discovery - it doesn’t solve for zombie APIs, which are lying hidden in the code base and not seen in any traffic. These APIs are the perfect source of attacks and miss all security reviews.

The challenges with code analysis are two-fold:

1. Code and APIs are written in multiple frameworks and languages.

2. There is no standard way of writing an API.

3. It’s easier to find API URLs but not key param names because of the complexity in parsing the code to find complete API schema.

To solve this challenge, instead of going the traditional way of covering every framework and language one by one, we used the power of LLMs to Discover APIs from code. Since LLMs understand almost all languages and the context behind writing APIs, we were able to build a powerful AI Agent that discovers all APIs from code no matter the language or frameworks it’s written in.

What's New?

Akto Code now fully supports automated API discovery for every language through deep integration with large language models. Here's what's new:

• Universal Language Support: Akto’s AI Agents automatically analyze and discover APIs from any codebase, regardless of programming language or framework.

• Intelligent API Extraction with AI Agents: Akto intelligently deploys AI Agents to detect APIs directly from your source code, automatically identifying your language without manual setup or configuration.

• Bring Your Own Key (BYOK): Easily connect your LLM API key to let Akto’s AI Agents discover APIs directly from your source code, keeping things simple and secure.

Power up your API Discovery with Akto Code

We built Akto Code because we know how difficult API discovery has become for modern AppSec teams. APIs evolve faster than documentation can keep up, causing blind spots traditional solutions just can't handle.

With Akto Code, intelligent AI Agents automatically discover APIs directly from your source code across every programming language.

Experience simpler, smarter API security today.

Request a demo now.

Join us for the product launch week webinar this Friday, March 28, and catch a live demo of the features introduced during the week.