Many Web API designers claim their are RESTful, but their APIs have little in common with REST. What can be done to make a web service API truly RESTful?

We demonstrate how to build a RESTful API on top of CQRS systems. The result joins HTTP semantics and REST style with distributed computing concerns such as eventual consistency and concurrency.

REST was introduced as a lightweight solution to address the burdens of SOAP. However, it turns out that a RESTful API needs a schema to define the contract and make it more discoverable.

Take advantage of these best practices to ensure that changes to your API don’t break compatibility with current clients.

APIs seem to be everywhere these days. Every popular online service has one. APIs allow developers to interact with online services without actually having to point and click their way through a UI.

RESTful APIs can be designed with many different endpoints that return different types of data. However, accessing multiple endpoints with a REST API requires multiple calls, which can slow down ...

SmartBear releases API exploration tool that supports REST and event-driven specifications, giving developers instant visibility into API limitations ...

One issue with having so many RESTful web services APIs is that their designers simply don't have a solid grasp of RESTful principles. In this RESTful APIs tutorial, we will look at the philosophy ...

Apollo GraphQL has announced a public preview of Apollo Connectors, which enables developers to turn a REST API into a GraphQL endpoint.

Developers use application programming interfaces to hide complexity, organize code, design reusable components, and connect different systems, applications, or services.