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RoadMap to becoming a ððŪð°ðļðēðŧðą ððēððēðđðžð―ðēðŋ
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- Camman Lin
RoadMap to becoming a ððŪð°ðļðēðŧðą ððēððēðđðžð―ðēðŋ
1.0 ðĨððĶð§ðģððđ ðŪðŋð°ðĩðķððēð°ðððŋðē
A RESTful API is an API that follows these principles, which include using HTTP methods to interact with resources, using URLs to identify resources, and using standard HTTP status codes to communicate status information.
2.0 ðĨðēððžððŋð°ðē ðšðžðąðēðđðķðŧðī
Resource modeling involves designing the data models that will be used by the API and defining the relationships between those models.
ðŊ. ðĨðēðūððēðð ðŪðŧðą ðŋðēðð―ðžðŧððē ðģðžðŋðšðŪðð
APIs typically use standard formats for requests and responses. For example, JSON is a popular format for both requests and responses.
ð°. ððððĩðēðŧððķð°ðŪððķðžðŧ ðŪðŧðą ðŪðððĩðžðŋðķððŪððķðžðŧ
ðą. ððŋðŋðžðŋ ðĩðŪðŧðąðđðķðŧðī
ðē. ððžð°ððšðēðŧððŪððķðžðŧ Good API documentation is essential for developers who will be using the API. Documentation should be clear, and concise, and include examples of how to use the API.
ðģ. ðĐðēðŋððķðžðŧðķðŧðī
APIs are often updated or changed over time, and it's important to have a versioning strategy in place to ensure that clients using older versions of the API are not impacted by changes.
ðī. ððŪð°ðĩðķðŧðī
Caching can help improve the performance of an API by reducing the number of requests that need to be made to the server
ðĩ. ðĨðŪððē ðđðķðšðķððķðŧðī
APIs can be rate limited to prevent abuse or overuse. This involves limiting the number of requests that a client can make within a certain time period.