REST API Design Guide

REST API Design Guide covers the principles and best practices for designing APIs that developers love to use. Good API design is part technical standard, part user experience — this guide covers both. What's inside: - REST principles and when to use them - URL structure and resource naming conventions - HTTP methods: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE — when to use each - HTTP status codes reference (200s, 300s, 400s, 500s) - Request and response design patterns - Authentication: API keys, JWT, OAuth 2.0 - API versioning strategies - Pagination patterns: offset, cursor, page-based - Error response formats - API documentation with OpenAPI/Swagger - Rate limiting and throttling - GraphQL vs REST decision guide