Lauret A. The Design of Web APIs

Manning Publications, 2019. — 392 p. — ISBN: 978-1617295102, 1617295108.The Design of Web APIs is a practical, example-packed guide to crafting extraordinary web APIs. Author Arnaud Lauret demonstrates fantastic design principles and techniques you can apply to both public and private web APIs.
Foreword by Kin Lane, The API Evangelist.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and EPUB formats from Manning Publications.About the TechnologyAn API frees developers to integrate with an application without knowing its code-level details. Whether you're using established standards like REST and OpenAPI or more recent approaches like GraphQL or gRPC, mastering API design is a superskill. It will make your web-facing services easier to consume and your clients — internal and external — happier.About the BookDrawing on author Arnaud Lauret's many years of API design experience, this book teaches you how to gather requirements, how to balance business and technical goals, and how to adopt a consumer-first mindset. It teaches effective practices using numerous interesting examples.What's insideCharacteristics of a well-designed API
User-oriented and real-world APIs
Secure APIs by design
Evolving, documenting, and reviewing API designsWritten for developers with minimal experience building and consuming APIs.
Arnaud Lauret is a software architect with 15 years of experience in the banking industry. He has spent a decade using, designing, and building APIs.
A software architect with extensive experience in the banking industry, Arnaud Lauret has spent 10 years using, designing, and building APIs. He blogs under the name of API Handyman and has created the API Stylebook website.Fundamentals of API design
What is API design?
Designing an API for its users
Designing a programming interface
Describing an API with an API description format
Usable API design
Designing a straightforward API
Designing a predictable API
Designing a concise and well-organized API
Contextual API design
Designing a secure API
Evolving an API design
Designing a network efficient API
Designing an API in context
Documenting an API
Growing APIs