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REST Best Practices

REST Best Practices

Feb 10, 20261 min read

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REST Best Practices

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Plural nouns for resources, proper status codes, pagination, filtering, sorting. Consistent naming conventions, nested resources for relationships, query parameters for filtering and sorting, and proper use of HTTP headers.

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  • Plural Resource Names
  • Filtering and Sorting
  • Nested Resources

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  • Pagination (handling large collections)
  • API Versioning (evolving APIs)

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