RESTful API Best Practices

• •Use nouns (not verbs) in endpoint paths
• •Use plural nouns for collections
• •Use HTTP methods appropriately (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• •Use nested resources for relationships
• •Be consistent with naming conventions
• •Keep it simple and intuitive

✅ Good:

• •`/users` - Get all users
• •`/users/123` - Get user with ID 123
• •`/users/123/orders` - Get orders for user 123
• •`/orders/456` - Get order with ID 456

• •`/getUsers` - Uses verb instead of noun
• •`/user/123/getOrders` - Uses verb in path
• •`/getUserWithId/123` - Redundant information in path

• 1.URL Path Versioning

• 2.Query Parameter Versioning

• 3.Custom Header Versioning

• 4.Accept Header Versioning

A diagram illustrating RESTful API best practices, showing proper URL structure,

HTTP methods, pagination, versioning, and error handling patterns.

• •[RESTful API Design: 13 Best Practices](https://florimond.dev/blog/articles/2018/08/restful-api-design-13-best-practices-to-make-your-users-happy/)
• •[Best Practices for Designing a Pragmatic RESTful API](https://www.vinaysahni.com/best-practices-for-a-pragmatic-restful-api)
• •[RESTful API Design Tips from Experience](https://medium.com/studioarmix/learn-restful-api-design-ideals-c5ec915a430f)
• •[HATEOAS: A RESTful API Design Pattern](https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2020/04/15/rest-apis-and-the-richardson-maturity-model)