What Defines a Good API?

As we all know, the concepts of “good” and “bad” are very subjective, and therefore, opinions vary from one person to another. Here is the list of the need-to-have features of any good API.

So let’s go over this list.

1. Developer-friendly: The developers working with your API should not suffer when dealing with your system.
2. Extensibility: Your system should be able to handle the addition of new features without breaking your clients.
3. Up-to-date documentation: Good documentation is key to your API being picked up by new developers.
4. Proper error handling: Because things will go wrong, and you need to be prepared.
5. Provides multiple SDK/libraries: The more work you simplify for developers, the more they’ll like your system.
6. Security: It’s a vital aspect of any global system.
7. Scalability: The ability to scale up and down is something any good API should have to provide its services adequately. I’ll go over these points one by one and show how they affect the API and how following the REST style help.

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