1. Design with Clarity 🧠

  • Use consistent endpoint naming (e.g., /users instead of /usr)
  • Follow RESTful principles for resource representation
  • api_design

2. Security First 🔒

  • Always validate and sanitize input data
  • Implement authentication (OAuth2, JWT) for sensitive endpoints
  • Use HTTPS to encrypt data in transit
  • security_best_practices

3. Performance Optimization ⚡

  • Cache responses where appropriate
  • Optimize database queries
  • performance_optimization

4. Error Handling 🛠

  • Return meaningful error messages (4xx/5xx status codes)
  • Include detailed documentation for error scenarios
  • error_handling

5. Versioning Strategy 📋

  • Use version numbers in URLs (e.g., /api/v1/users)
  • Maintain backward compatibility for existing clients
  • versioning_strategy

For more details on API fundamentals, visit en/api-docs/overview