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API Simplified
The Ultimate 101 Guide

Your Go-To Quick

Reference Guide
for Effortless API
Mastery
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HTTP Verbs
13 Verbs 1 GET
Retrieve data from the
2 POST server.

Send data to the server to

create a resource
3 PUT
Send data to the server to
4 PATCH update a resource.

Send data to the server to

update a resource partially.
5 DELETE
Delete a resource from the
server.
6 PURGE
Invalidates a cached
resource.

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7 TRACE
Returns the full HTTP
request received by the
server for debugging and
diagnostic purposes. 8 OPTIONS
Returns the HTTP methods
supported by the server
for the requested URL
9 CONNECT
Converts the request
connection to a transparent
TCP/IP tunnel for secure
communication.
10 LOCK
Locks the resource for
exclusive use by the client.

11 UNLOCK
Unlocks the resource
previously locked by the
client.

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12 MKCOL
Creates a new collection
resource.
13 COPY
Copies the resource
identified by the Request-
URI to the destination URI.

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HTTP Status Codes

5 Status Codes
1 1xx 2 2xx 3 3xx
Informational. Success. Redirection.

4 4xx 5 5xx
Client Errors. Server Errors.

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Response Headers

1 Content-Type
Specifies the MIME type of
the data in the response
body.
2 Content-Length
Specifies the length of the
response body in bytes.
3 Cache-Control
Specifies the caching
behavior of the response.
4 Location
Specifies the URI of a
resource that can be used
to retrieve the requested
resource.

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5 Server
Specifies the name and
version of the server
software that generated
the response.

6 Access-Control-
Allow-Origin
Specifies which origins are
allowed to access the
resource.

7 Set-Cookie
Specifies a cookie that
should be stored by the
client and sent back to the
server with future
requests.
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8 Expires
Specifies the date and
time after which the
response is considered
stale.
9 Last-Modified
Specifies the date and
time the resource was last
modified.

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API Design

1 REST
Representational State
Transfer, a design pattern
for building web services.
2 SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol,
a messaging protocol for
exchanging structured data.
3 GraphQL
A query language and
runtime for building APIs.
4 API Gateway
A service that manages,
protects, and scales APIs.

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API Architectures

1 Microservices
An architectural style for
building complex applications
as a suite of small,
independent services.
2 Serverless
A cloud computing execution model
where the cloud provider manages
the infrastructure and
automatically allocates resources
as needed.

3 SOA
Service-Oriented
Architecture, an
architectural style for
building distributed systems.

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4 Event-Driven
An architectural style
where the flow of data
between components is
triggered by events.
5 RESTful API
An architectural style that
uses HTTP requests to GET,
POST, PUT, and DELETE
data.

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API Design Patterns

1 Adapter Pattern
A pattern that converts the
interface of a class into
another interface that clients
expect.

2 Decorator Pattern
A pattern that adds behaviour to
an individual object dynamically.

3 Proxy Pattern
A pattern that provides a
surrogate or placeholder for
another object to control
access to it.

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4 Chain of
Responsibility Pattern
A pattern that delegates
commands to a chain of
processing objects.

5 Observer Pattern
A pattern that defines a one-to-
many dependency between
objects so that when one object
changes state, all its dependents
are notified and updated
automatically.

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API Security

1 OAuth
An open standard for
authorization used for
protecting APIs.

2 JWT
JSON Web Tokens, a standard for
securely transmitting information
between parties as a JSON object.

3 SSL/TLS
Secure Sockets Layer/
Transport Layer Security, a
protocol for establishing a
secure connection between a
client and a server.
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4 API Key

A secret token used to

authenticate API requests.

5 Rate Limiting
A technique used to limit the
number of requests that can be
made to an API over a specific
period of time.

6 OpenID Connect
An authentication layer built on
top of OAuth that allows users to
be authenticated across multiple
domains.

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7 Cross-Origin Resource
Sharing (CORS)
A mechanism that allows many
resources (e.g., fonts,
JavaScript, etc.) on a web page
to be requested from another
domain outside the domain from
which the resource originated.

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API Testing

1 Postman
A popular tool for testing and
debugging APIs.
2 SoapUI
A tool for testing SOAP
and REST web services.

3 Swagger
A tool for designing, building,
and testing APIs.

4 JMeter
A tool for testing the
performance of APIs.

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5 TestRail
A test management tool for
planning, executing, and tracking
API tests.

6 Dredd
A command-line tool for testing
API documentation against its
backend implementation

7 REST Assured
A Java-based library for testing
RESTful APIs.

8 Karate DSL
A testing framework for API
testing using Gherkin syntax.

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9 HttpMaster
A tool for testing and debugging
APIs

10 Assertible
A tool for testing and
monitoring APIs with automated
tests.

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API Development

1 Node.js
A JavaScript runtime for
building server-side
applications.

2 Express
A popular framework for building
web applications and APIs with
Node.js.

3 Django
A Python web framework for
building web applications and
APIs.

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4 Flask
A lightweight Python web
framework for building web
applications and APIs.

5 Spring
A Java framework for building
enterprise-level web applications
and APIs.

6 Swagger Editor
A tool for designing and
documenting APIs using the
OpenAPI specification.

7 Postman
A tool for testing and debugging
APIs.

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8 Insomnia
A tool for designing, testing, and
debugging APIs.

9 Paw
A tool for designing and testing
APIs on Mac OS.

10 API Blueprint
A high-level API description
language for building RESTful
APIs.

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API Implementation
Platforms
1 Firebase
A mobile and web application
development platform
developed by Google

2 Backendless
A mobile and web application
development platform that
allows developers to build and
deploy applications without
backend coding.

3 Parse Server
An open-source version of the
Parse backend that can be
deployed to any
infrastructure.
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4 Amazon API Gateway

A fully managed service that
makes it easy for developers to
create, publish, maintain,
monitor, and secure APIs.

5 Microsoft Azure
API Management
A fully managed service that
enables users to publish, secure,
transform, maintain, and
monitor APIs.

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API Performance

1 Caching
A technique for improving API
performance by storing
responses in a cache.

2 Throttling
A technique for limiting the rate
of requests to an API to prevent
overload.

3 Load Balancing
A technique for distributing
traffic evenly across multiple
servers to improve API
performance.

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4 Content Delivery
Network (CDN)
A distributed system of servers
that delivers content to users
based on their geographic location
to improve API performance.

5 Edge Computing
A computing paradigm that brings
computation and data storage
closer to the location where it is
needed to reduce latency and
improve API performance.

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API Monitoring

1 Pingdom
A tool for monitoring the
uptime and performance of
APIs.

2 New Relic
A tool for monitoring the
performance of APIs and other
web applications.

3 Datadog
A monitoring and analytics
platform for cloud-scale
applications and APIs.

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4 Sumo Logic
A cloud-based log management
and analytics platform for APIs
and other applications.

5 Loggly
A cloud-based log management
platform for monitoring APIs and
other applications.

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API Standards

1 JSON API
A specification for building
APIs that use JSON as the data
format.
2 HAL
Hypertext Application Language,
a standard for building
hypermedia-driven APIs.
3 JSON-LD
A format for representing
linked data on the web.
4 OData
Open Data Protocol, a standard
for building and consuming
RESTful APIs.
5 AsyncAPI
A specification for building
event-driven APIs.
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API Standards
Organizations
1 W3C
The World Wide Web
Consortium, an international
community that develops web
standards.

2 IETF
The Internet Engineering Task
Force, an open standards
organization that develops and
promotes Internet standards.

3 OASIS
Organization for the Advancement of
Structured Information Standards, a
nonprofit consortium that drives the
development, convergence, and
adoption of open standards for the
global information society.
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4 RESTful API Modeling

Language (RAML)
A YAML-based language for
describing RESTful APIs
developed by MuleSoft.

5 JSON API
A specification for building APIs
that use JSON as the data
format.

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API Infrastructure

1 Kubernetes
An open-source platform for
managing containerized
workloads and services.

2 OpenShift
A container application platform
that builds on top of Kubernetes

3 Docker Swarm
A native clustering and
orchestration solution for
Docker

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4 Consul
A service mesh solution that
provides service discovery,
configuration, and
segmentation capabilities

5 Istio
A service mesh solution that
provides traffic management,
security, and observability
capabilities.

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API Governance

1 API Management
The process of creating,
publishing, and monitoring
APIs in a secure and scalable
way

2 API Monetization
The process of generating revenue
from APIs by charging developers
for usage

3 API Versioning
The process of managing
changes to APIs over time

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4 API Analytics
The process of collecting and
analyzing data on API usage and
performance

5 API Gateway
A service that manages,
protects, and scales APIs

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API Documentation

1 OpenAPI
A specification for building
APIs in YAML or JSON format

2 API Blueprint
A high-level API description
language for building RESTful APIs.

3 RAML
A YAML-based language for
describing RESTful APIs.

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4 Swagger UI
A tool for visualizing and
interacting with APIs that have
been described using the
OpenAPI specification

5 Slate
A tool for generating beautiful,
responsive API documentation.

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API Deployment

1 Heroku
A cloud platform for deploying,
managing, and scaling web
applications and APIs.

2 AWS Elastic Beanstalk

A service for deploying and scaling
web applications and APIs on AWS.

3 Azure App Service

A service for deploying and
scaling web applications and
APIs on Azure.

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4 Google App Engine

A service for deploying and

scaling web applications and
APIs on GCP.

5 Docker
A containerization platform used
for packaging and deploying
applications.

6 AWS Lambda
A serverless compute service for
running code in response to
events.

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7 Azure Functions

A serverless compute service

for running code in response to
events.

8 Google Cloud Functions

A serverless compute service for
running code in response to
events.

9 Netlify
A cloud platform for deploying
and managing static websites
and APIs

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10 Vercel
A cloud platform for deploying
and managing static websites
and APIs.

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API Best Practices

1 Versioning
A technique for managing
changes to APIs over time.

2 Pagination
A technique for breaking up large
API responses into smaller, more
manageable chunks.

3 Caching
A technique for improving API
performance by storing
responses in a cache.

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4 Error Handling

A technique for returning meaningful

error messages to API clients.

5 HATEOAS
Hypermedia as the Engine of
Application State, a constraint of
RESTful APIs that requires the
API to provide links to related
resources.

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API Tutorials

1 Getting Started with RESTful APIs by

Tania Rascia

2 API Design Best Practices by Martin

Fowler ┣

3 Testing RESTful Web Services Made Easy

Using the REST Assured Framework by
Dinesh Rajput ┣

4 API Gateway Concepts and Options by

AWS ┣

5 Building Secure APIs by Auth0

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6 RESTful API Designing guidelines — The

best practices by Mahesh Haldar

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API Guides
1 REST API Tutorial by Guru99 ┣

2 A Beginner’s Guide to HTTP and REST by

Linode ┣

3 REST API Design: Resource Modeling by

Oracle ┣

4 API Security Best Practices by Google

Cloud ┗

5 API Governance Handbook by WSO2

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API Tools

1 API Studio
A web-based IDE for designing
and testing APIs.

2 Stoplight
A collaborative platform for
designing, documenting, and
testing APIs.

3 Apigee
A full lifecycle API management
platform that allows
developers to design, secure,
deploy, and analyze APIs.

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4 Azure API Management

A fully managed service that enables
users to publish, secure, transform,
maintain, and monitor APIs.

5 Postman Learning
Center
A hub for learning how to use
Postman to design, develop, and
test APIs.

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