REST API Design Patterns

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This skill serves as a comprehensive resource for architects and developers building modern backend services, covering the full spectrum of RESTful design from foundational principles to practical implementation. It offers structured patterns for resource modeling, HTTP method semantics, pagination, and error handling, while providing framework-specific examples for FastAPI and Express.js. Whether you are starting a new microservice or refactoring a legacy interface, this guide ensures your APIs adhere to industry standards like the Richardson Maturity Model and modern versioning strategies.

Características Principales

• Implementation patterns for pagination, filtering, and sorting
• Standardized resource naming and hierarchical modeling conventions
• Strategic API versioning approaches including URI and header methods
• Deep-dive guidance on idempotent HTTP method semantics
• 17 GitHub stars
• Best practices for HATEOAS and hypermedia-driven interfaces

Casos de Uso

• Designing new microservice architectures from scratch with consistent interfaces
• Implementing complex CRUD operations and nested resource relationships
• Refactoring existing APIs to improve consistency and REST maturity