Mahamudul Hasan Rubel
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beginner API Architecture

REST API Design: Design Your First Clean REST API

Master REST API Design from scratch — design your first clean rest api.

50 lessons 9 available ~38 min total
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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. 1

    The Client-Server Architecture

    5 min
  2. 2

    Statelessness in REST

    4 min
  3. 3

    Introduction to HTTP Methods

    4 min
  4. 4

    GET and POST Semantics

    4 min
  5. 5

    PUT vs PATCH

    4 min
  6. 6

    Understanding DELETE

    5 min
  7. 7

    HTTP Status Codes: Success

    4 min
  8. 8

    Designing Resources as Nouns

    4 min
  9. 9

    URI Hierarchy and Collections

    4 min
  10. 10

    Identifying Task Manager Resources

    Coming soon
  11. 11

    Defining the Data Schema

    Coming soon
  12. 12

    Project Setup: Initializing the API

    Coming soon
  13. 13

    JSON as the Standard Exchange Format

    Coming soon
  14. 14

    Designing Request Bodies

    Coming soon
  15. 15

    Standardizing Response Envelopes

    Coming soon
  16. 16

    Implementing the POST Task Endpoint

    Coming soon
  17. 17

    The Importance of Versioning

    Coming soon
  18. 18

    URL-based Versioning Strategy

    Coming soon
  19. 19

    Managing Breaking Changes

    Coming soon
  20. 20

    Implementing Versioned Routes

    Coming soon
  21. 21

    Introduction to Query Parameters

    Coming soon
  22. 22

    Filtering Collections

    Coming soon
  23. 23

    Sorting Collections

    Coming soon
  24. 24

    Searching Resources

    Coming soon
  25. 25

    Implementing Query Logic in Task Manager

    Coming soon
  26. 26

    Need for Pagination

    Coming soon
  27. 27

    Offset and Limit Pagination

    Coming soon
  28. 28

    Cursor-based Pagination

    Coming soon
  29. 29

    Introduction to OpenAPI Specification

    Coming soon
  30. 30

    Defining Paths in OpenAPI

    Coming soon
  31. 31

    Adding Metadata to Documentation

    Coming soon
  32. 32

    Writing Human-Readable Docs

    Coming soon
  33. 33

    Generating Interactive Documentation

    Coming soon
  34. 34

    Testing API Endpoints

    Coming soon
  35. 35

    Error Handling Best Practices

    Coming soon
  36. 36

    Securing the API Basics

    Coming soon
  37. 37

    Rate Limiting Fundamentals

    Coming soon
  38. 38

    Content Negotiation

    Coming soon
  39. 39

    Resource Relationships

    Coming soon
  40. 40

    HATEOAS Concepts

    Coming soon
  41. 41

    Implementing Links in Responses

    Coming soon
  42. 42

    Logging and Monitoring

    Coming soon
  43. 43

    Caching Strategies

    Coming soon
  44. 44

    Testing Strategies for APIs

    Coming soon
  45. 45

    Refactoring for Clean Code

    Coming soon
  46. 46

    Handling Large Payloads

    Coming soon
  47. 47

    API Design Consistency

    Coming soon
  48. 48

    Handling Timezones and Dates

    Coming soon
  49. 49

    Documentation Maintenance

    Coming soon
  50. 50

    Final Review of Task Manager API

    Coming soon