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API Design Principles

This document provides a comprehensive guide to RESTful API design principles, emphasizing the importance of scalability, maintainability, and efficiency. It outlines key REST architectural constraints such as uniform interface, client-server separation, statelessness, cacheability, layered system, and optional code on demand. Additionally, it offers best practices for API design, including consistent naming conventions, versioning, error handling, security measures, and documentation standards.

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API Design Principles

This document provides a comprehensive guide to RESTful API design principles, emphasizing the importance of scalability, maintainability, and efficiency. It outlines key REST architectural constraints such as uniform interface, client-server separation, statelessness, cacheability, layered system, and optional code on demand. Additionally, it offers best practices for API design, including consistent naming conventions, versioning, error handling, security measures, and documentation standards.

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API Design Principles

Comprehensive Guide to RESTful API


Design
Introduction to API Design
• - Ensures scalable, maintainable, and efficient
applications
• - Follows structured principles to enhance
usability
• - Commonly based on REST architecture
REST Architectural Constraints
• 1. Uniform Interface
• 2. Client-Server Separation
• 3. Statelessness
• 4. Cacheability
• 5. Layered System
• 6. Code on Demand (Optional)
1. Uniform Interface
• - Consistent request and response format
• - Use of resource-based URLs
• - Proper HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT,
DELETE)
2. Client-Server Separation
• - Decouples frontend and backend
responsibilities
• - Enables flexibility and scalability
• - Enhances security and performance
3. Statelessness
• - Each request must contain all necessary
information
• - The server does not store client session data
• - Simplifies scalability and reduces complexity
4. Cacheability
• - API responses must define cacheable or non-
cacheable
• - Improves performance and reduces server
load
• - Uses HTTP cache headers (Cache-Control,
ETag)
5. Layered System
• - Allows API architecture to be built in layers
• - Enables security, load balancing, and
scalability
• - Clients interact with layers without direct
knowledge of backend
6. Code on Demand (Optional)
• - Allows servers to extend client functionality
• - Example: JavaScript code sent to a browser
for execution
• - Not commonly used in modern RESTful APIs
Best Practices in API Design
• - Use consistent resource naming conventions
• - Implement versioning (/api/v1/)
• - Provide proper error handling and meaningful
responses
• - Ensure security with authentication (OAuth,
JWT)
• - Use pagination and filtering for large datasets
• - Document API using OpenAPI/Swagger

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