API Design Principles

About

This skill empowers developers to architect robust, scalable, and developer-friendly APIs by applying core RESTful and GraphQL design principles. It provides actionable patterns for resource modeling, pagination, error handling, versioning, and N+1 problem prevention. Whether you are building from scratch, refactoring legacy systems, or establishing team-wide standards, this skill ensures consistency and maintainability across your backend services while optimizing for both mobile and third-party integrations.

Key Features

• Standardized RESTful resource modeling and HTTP method semantics
• Consistent error handling and status code mapping
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• Robust pagination and filtering implementation strategies
• Efficient data fetching with DataLoader to prevent N+1 queries
• Advanced GraphQL schema design and mutation patterns

Use Cases

• Designing a new microservice API from the ground up
• Migrating an existing REST API to a modern GraphQL architecture
• Refactoring inconsistent API endpoints for better developer experience