RESTful API Design
July 3rd, 2020I have implemented many APIs integrations. The story usually goes: some CURL CRUD under the hood and wrapped in a library that has various degrees of being documented well.
In 2017, I outlined what is good/bad about API Implementations on my API Integration skill page.
Writing an API for third parties to connect to, should have all the right
API Endpoint Design
- Customer Facing Endpoint conventions, no spelling mistakes (second set of eyes with good literary skills is useful here)
- Clear intuitive endpoints, following any well established Tesla best practices that work well on other projects
- Return JSON
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