api-design

REST and GraphQL API design with OpenAPI documentation, versioning strategies, and best practices. Resource naming : HTTP methods : Response codes : Example REST endpoint : Request example : Response example : Error response format : Query parameters : Response with pagination : Options : Example with JWT : URL versioning (recommended): Header versioning : Create OpenAPI 3.0 specification: Filtering : Sorting : Field selection : Batch operations : If REST doesn't fit, consider GraphQL: - Covers REST fundamentals including resource naming, HTTP methods, status codes, request/response formatting, and error handling patterns - Includes pagination, filtering, sorting, and field selection query parameters with standardized response structures - Supports multiple authentication approaches: JWT, OAuth 2.0, API keys, and session-based methods - Provides URL and header-based versioning strategies plus OpenAPI 3.0 specification templates for API documentation - Offers GraphQL schema design as an alternative to REST, plus 10 core best practices including security, validation, caching, and monitoring - Designing new REST APIs - Creating GraphQL schemas - Refactoring API endpoints - Documenting API specifications - API versioning strategies - Defining data models and relationships - Identify resources and entities - Define relationships between entities - Specify operations (CRUD, custom...