API Versioning

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Strategies for evolving APIs without breaking existing clients. URL path versioning (/v1/), header-based versioning, and query parameter versioning. Each approach has tradeoffs in discoverability, caching, and routing complexity.

Key Properties

• URL Path Versioning
• Header-Based Versioning
• Deprecation Policy

Related

• Backward Compatibility (goal of versioning)

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