API Best Practices Guide 📚

1. Design Principles 🧱

• Use RESTful architecture
  REST ensures scalability and simplicity. Read more about RESTful design

  

• Version your API
  Include version numbers in endpoints (e.g., /api/v1/users) to avoid breaking changes.

  

2. Security Recommendations 🔒

• Implement HTTPS
  Always use TLS encryption for data in transit.

  

• Validate input data
  Prevent injection attacks by sanitizing queries and payloads.

  

3. Performance Tips ⚡

• Cache responses
  Use HTTP caching headers like Cache-Control and ETag.

  

• Limit request size
  Enforce reasonable payload limits to avoid resource exhaustion.

  

4. Documentation Standards 📖

• Provide clear endpoints
  Document all routes with methods, parameters, and response formats.

  

• Use consistent naming
  Follow PascalCase or snake_case conventions for resources (e.g., User_Profile vs user_profile).