Backend API Standards

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Enforce consistent and robust backend API design by adhering to established RESTful principles. This skill provides comprehensive guidelines for creating resource-based URLs, using proper HTTP methods and status codes, and implementing consistent request/response patterns. It covers essential topics like API versioning, pagination, rate limiting, and secure error handling, ensuring that new or modified endpoints are scalable, maintainable, and easy for developers to consume.

Características Principales

• Provides clear strategies for API versioning and implementing rate limiting.
• Promotes consistent URL and query parameter conventions for filtering, sorting, and pagination.
• Includes guidance on API documentation and a pre-completion checklist for quality assurance.
• Guides the implementation of standardized JSON response structures and robust error handling.
• Enforces RESTful design principles with resource-based URLs and proper HTTP method usage.
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Casos de Uso

• Refactoring an existing set of API endpoints to improve consistency and adhere to best practices.
• Building a new REST API from scratch for a web or mobile application.
• Adding new features or endpoints to an established API while maintaining design standards.