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Rest API

API Documentation

API Documentation is important technical content that includes instructions on how to effectively use it and provides information about the API’s lifecycle, such as new version and retirement. Below you can see sections that an API documentation should have to provide minimum and helpful information. Resource description Endpoint Parameters Schema Request Example Response Example Besides these sections, the documentation must be available for all stakeholders or even on the internet if you are writing a public API.

Rest API

REST-API Best Practices

The most used web service nowadays is REST APIs. It is essential to design it properly to avoid problems in the future, following the three pillars of a good API: security, performance, and ease of usage. If we don’t follow these three pillars, there is a chance to create problems for API consumers and maintainers. So, we will look to the best practices to be easy to understand, consuming, secure and fast.

Rest API

Top 4 REST API Client Tools

If you are a developer doesn’t matter if you are Junior, Medior, Senior, or whatever label your company uses. Sooner or later, you have to use a REST API Client for simple or complex tests, and here we have a top 4 rest API clients, have a look and enjoy it! Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs. Postman simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration so you can create better APIs.