Module 02 of 05 · Web API Development
Designing the Contract
Decide what you expose before you decide how to build it.
5 of 5 lessons available
Lessons in this module
- 0117 min
REST Principles, Applied Pragmatically
IntermediateApply REST where it helps and depart from it deliberately where it does not.
- 0216 min
Designing Resources and URLs
IntermediateModel endpoints around resources with predictable, stable addresses.
- 0318 min
DTOs and Why Not to Expose Entities
IntermediateSeparate the shapes you expose from the shapes you store.
- 0417 min
Request Validation
IntermediateReject invalid requests at the boundary with clear, specific messages.
- 0516 min
A Consistent Error Format
IntermediateDefine one error response shape every endpoint honours.
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