REST API Design: Design Your First Clean REST API
Master REST API Design from scratch — design your first clean rest api.
What you'll learn
By the end you can confidently apply REST API Design at a beginner level: design your first clean rest api, with real, working code.
Who it's for
Developers learning REST API Design at a beginner level.
Prerequisites
Any backend language basics.
A structured, hands-on beginner course on REST API Design, taking you from scratch by building a versioned, documented REST API.
Curriculum
- 1
The Client-Server Architecture
5 min - 2
Statelessness in REST
4 min - 3
Introduction to HTTP Methods
4 min - 4
GET and POST Semantics
4 min - 5
PUT vs PATCH
4 min - 6
Understanding DELETE
5 min - 7
HTTP Status Codes: Success
4 min - 8
Designing Resources as Nouns
4 min - 9
URI Hierarchy and Collections
4 min - 10
Identifying Task Manager Resources
4 min - 11
Defining the Data Schema
4 min - 12
Project Setup: Initializing the API
3 min - 13
JSON as the Standard Exchange Format
4 min - 14
Designing Request Bodies
4 min - 15
Standardizing Response Envelopes
4 min - 16
Implementing the POST Task Endpoint
3 min - 17
The Importance of Versioning
4 min - 18
URL-based Versioning Strategy
4 min - 19
Managing Breaking Changes
4 min - 20
Implementing Versioned Routes
4 min - 21
Introduction to Query Parameters
4 min - 22
Filtering Collections
4 min - 23
Sorting Collections
4 min - 24
Searching Resources
4 min - 25
Implementing Query Logic in Task Manager
3 min - 26
Need for Pagination
4 min - 27
Offset and Limit Pagination
3 min - 28
Cursor-based Pagination
4 min - 29
Introduction to OpenAPI Specification
4 min - 30
Defining Paths in OpenAPI
3 min - 31
Adding Metadata to Documentation
4 min - 32
Writing Human-Readable Docs
4 min - 33
Generating Interactive Documentation
3 min - 34
Testing API Endpoints
4 min - 35
Error Handling Best Practices
4 min - 36
Securing the API Basics
4 min - 37
Rate Limiting Fundamentals
4 min - 38
Content Negotiation
3 min - 39
Resource Relationships
3 min - 40
HATEOAS Concepts
4 min - 41
Implementing Links in Responses
3 min - 42
Logging and Monitoring
4 min - 43
Caching Strategies
4 min - 44
Testing Strategies for APIs
4 min - 45
Refactoring for Clean Code
4 min - 46
Handling Large Payloads
4 min - 47
API Design Consistency
3 min - 48
Handling Timezones and Dates
4 min - 49
Documentation Maintenance
4 min - 50
Final Review of Task Manager API
4 min