How to (and how not to) design REST APIs · stickfigure/blog Wiki

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In my career, I have consumed hundreds of REST APIs and produced dozens. Since I often see the same mistakes repeated in API design, I thought it might be nice to write down a set of best practices. And poke fun at a couple widely-used APIs.

Much of this may be "duh", but there might be a few rules you haven't considered yet.

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Posted by Henning Koch to makandra dev (2023-11-27 09:30)