10 REST API Best Practices Explained in 10 Minutes

Use these best practices to design REST APIs which can withstand test of time in production.

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Hello folks, Representational State Transfer (REST) has emerged as a popular architectural style for designing networked applications. REST APIs play a crucial role in modern software development, facilitating communication between different systems.

However, creating efficient and scalable REST APIs requires adhering to best practices. In this article, we’ll explore 10 REST API best practices that can enhance the performance, security, and maintainability of your APIs.

In the past, I have shared Microservice best practices as well as Microservices design patterns which an also help in creating quality software, if you haven’t read them yet, I also suggest you to read those article to improve your knowledge on best practices and design patterns.

P.S. Keep reading until the end. I have a bonus for you.

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