api-design
API Design Basics: File Uploads
How does a REST API handle uploading images or spreadsheets when it normally only handles JSON or XML?
Phil Sturgeon
Co-founder of APIs You Won't Hate, and part techie, part woodland creation, and ancient woodland restoration. Co-founder of @ProtectEarthUK. @philsturgeon@mastodon.green
api-design
A Developer's Guide to API Design-First
Learn API Design-First to build clear, consistent, and efficient APIs. Master OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and top tools to streamline design, docs, and automation.
api-design
API Design Basics: Rate Limiting
Keep APIs running smoothly by controlling how many requests clients can make.
api-design
API Design Basics: Designing for Security
Keep these principles in mind when planning and designing an API, to sidestep major security issues before anyone even starts coding.
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Testing HTTP Middleware in Laravel
Learn how to create and test Laravel middleware to enhance API functionality while ensuring stability. Includes examples and tips for best practices
openapi
Learn OpenAPI from these Realistic Examples
If you prefer to learn by looking at examples, maybe a cheeky bit of copy-paste coding, these OpenAPI examples can get you started.
api-design
The "Don't Have Time to Create API Documentation" Paradox
Instead of rushing out a barely planned API and forgetting how it works in the flurry of changes that follow, you can document it before you build to keep everyone on the same page.
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The OpenAPI Discriminator is Redundant & Confusing
A quick look at why OpenAPI's "discriminator" keyword is an outdated concept that you can probably skip worrying about learning.
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Powerful HTTP/API Clients: Alternatives to Postman
A comparison of quick and easy graphical HTTP clients you can use if you're considering alternatives to Postman.
openapi
Introducing Arazzo: Describe API Workflows with this extension to OpenAPI
A new specification from the OpenAPI Initiative to handle describing workflows, to make more powerful documentation, and functional/end-to-end testing. Sponsored by Bump.sh.
API Design Basics: Resources & Collections
Learn how to use resources and collections for a REST API, getting stuck into some real world examples, using links to get between them all, and some pitfalls to avoid.
openapi
Mocking APIs with Microcks
Learn how to work with a powerful API mocking tool: Microcks, and how to integrate it with your existing API documentation flow.