API Design Patterns

A collection of best practices and design standards for web and internal APIs. In API Design Patterns you will learn:

• Guiding principles for API patterns
• Fundamentals of resource layout and naming
• Handling data types for any programming language
• Standard methods that ensure predictability
• Field masks for targeted partial updates
• Authentication and validation methods for secure APIs
• Collective operations for moving, managing, and deleting data
• Advanced patterns for special interactions and data transformations

API Design Patterns reveals best practices for building stable, user-friendly APIs. These design patterns can be applied to solve common API problems and flexibly altered to fit your specific needs. Hands-on examples and relevant use-cases illustrate patterns for API fundamentals, advanced functionalities, and even uncommon scenarios.