Best Practices for Designing a Pragmatic RESTful API

An API is a user interface for developers. Put the effort in to ensure it’s not just functional but pleasant to use.

Vinay Sahni has a rather lengthy, detailed, and well-rounded post on how to design a good RESTful API.  It covers pretty much everything from URL structures and parameters, request methods, to error handling, documentation, and coding style.

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