RESTful design anti-patterns Far too often, you will see a supposedly RESTful system in which the designers have shoehorned every permutation of their API into a POST invocation. Just because you ...

RESTful parameters promote an ease of use and resource access, but an improper setup can plague your search features and open the door for improper queries and paths that are difficult to fix.

Learn how the open standard for querying data is different from REST and Swagger, and how you can use it to build more flexible and responsive APIs.

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

The basics of API design Core to all these types of failures where the API doesn’t work as planned is a need for design that considers multiple aspects of a good API plan.

Keep your API surface aligned with domain concepts, not database details. Domain-Focused Procedures: Design your API around business logic rather than CRUD operations at the database level.

Kong Inc., a cloud connectivity company, is releasing a new open source tool called Insomnia Designer, offering a collaborative API design editor. Building on Insomnia Core, which Kong acquired in ...