Api.pdf
- 1. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa HTTP Verbs ┣ GET : Retrieve data from the server ┣ POST : Send data to the server to create a resource ┣ PUT : Send data to the server to update a resource ┣ PATCH : Send data to the server to update a resource partially ┗ DELETE : Delete a resource from the server ┣ TRACE : Returns the full HTTP request received by the server for debugging and diagnostic purposes ┣ OPTIONS : Returns the HTTP methods supported by the server for the requested URL ┣ CONNECT : Converts the request connection to a transparent TCP/IP tunnel for secure communication ┗ PURGE : Invalidates a cached resource ┣ LOCK : Locks the resource for exclusive use by the client ┣ UNLOCK : Unlocks the resource previously locked by the client ┣ MKCOL : Creates a new collection resource ┗ COPY : Copies the resource identified by the Request-URI to the destination URI. HTTP Status Codes ┣ 1xx : Informational ┣ 2xx : Success ┣ 3xx : Redirection ┣ 4xx : Client Errors ┗ 5xx : Server Errors
- 2. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa Response Headers ┣ Content-Type : Specifies the MIME type of the data in the response body ┣ Content-Length : Specifies the length of the response body in bytes ┣ Cache-Control : Specifies the caching behavior of the response ┣ Location : Specifies the URI of a resource that can be used to retrieve the requested resource ┣ Server : Specifies the name and version of the server software that generated the response ┣ Access-Control-Allow-Origin : Specifies which origins are allowed to access the resource ┣ Set-Cookie : Specifies a cookie that should be stored by the client and sent back to the server with future requests ┣ Expires : Specifies the date and time after which the response is considered stale ┗ Last-Modified : Specifies the date and time the resource was last modified. API Design ┣ REST : Representational State Transfer, a design pattern for building web services ┣ SOAP : Simple Object Access Protocol, a messaging protocol for exchanging structured data ┣ GraphQL : A query language and runtime for building APIs ┗ API Gateway : A service that manages, protects, and scales APIs
- 3. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa API Architectures ┣ SOA : Service-Oriented Architecture, an architectural style for building distributed systems ┣ Microservices : An architectural style for building complex applications as a suite of small, independent services ┣ Serverless : A cloud computing execution model where the cloud provider manages the infrastructure and automatically allocates resources as needed ┣ Event-Driven : An architectural style where the flow of data between components is triggered by events ┗ RESTful API : An architectural style that uses HTTP requests to GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE data. API Design Patterns ┣ Adapter Pattern : A pattern that converts the interface of a class into another interface that clients expect ┣ Decorator Pattern : A pattern that adds behavior to an individual object dynamically ┣ Proxy Pattern : A pattern that provides a surrogate or placeholder for another object to control access to it ┣ Chain of Responsibility Pattern : A pattern that delegates commands to a chain of processing objects ┗ 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.
- 4. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa API Security ┣ OAuth : An open standard for authorization used for protecting APIs ┣ JWT : JSON Web Tokens, a standard for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object ┣ SSL/TLS : Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security, a protocol for establishing a secure connection between a client and a server ┣ API Key : A secret token used to authenticate API requests ┗ Rate Limiting : A technique used to limit the number of requests that can be made to an API over a specific period of time ┣ OpenID Connect : An authentication layer built on top of OAuth that allows users to be authenticated across multiple domains ┣ 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 API Testing ┣ Postman : A popular tool for testing and debugging APIs ┣ SoapUI : A tool for testing SOAP and REST web services ┣ Swagger : A tool for designing, building, and testing APIs ┣ JMeter : A tool for testing the performance of APIs ┗ TestRail : A test management tool for planning, executing, and tracking API tests ┣ Dredd : A command-line tool for testing API documentation against its backend implementation ┣ REST Assured : A Java-based library for testing RESTful APIs
- 5. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa ┣ Karate DSL : A testing framework for API testing using Gherkin syntax ┣ HttpMaster : A tool for testing and debugging APIs ┗ Assertible : A tool for testing and monitoring APIs with automated tests. API Development ┣ Node.js : A JavaScript runtime for building server-side applications ┣ Express : A popular framework for building web applications and APIs with Node.js ┣ Django : A Python web framework for building web applications and APIs ┣ Flask : A lightweight Python web framework for building web applications and APIs ┗ Spring : A Java framework for building enterprise-level web applications and APIs ┣ Swagger Editor : A tool for designing and documenting APIs using the OpenAPI specification ┣ Postman : A tool for testing and debugging APIs ┣ Insomnia : A tool for designing, testing, and debugging APIs ┣ Paw : A tool for designing and testing APIs on Mac OS ┗ API Blueprint : A high-level API description language for building RESTful APIs.
- 6. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa API Implementation Platforms ┣ Firebase : A mobile and web application development platform developed by Google ┣ Backendless : A mobile and web application development platform that allows developers to build and deploy applications without backend coding ┣ Parse Server : An open-source version of the Parse backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure ┣ Amazon API Gateway : A fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs ┗ Microsoft Azure API Management : A fully managed service that enables users to publish, secure, transform, maintain, and monitor APIs. API Performance ┣ Caching : A technique for improving API performance by storing responses in a cache ┣ Throttling : A technique for limiting the rate of requests to an API to prevent overload ┣ Load Balancing : A technique for distributing traffic evenly across multiple servers to improve API performance ┣ Content Delivery Network (CDN) : A distributed system of servers that delivers content to users based on their geographic location to improve API performance ┗ 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.
- 7. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa API Monitoring ┣ Pingdom : A tool for monitoring the uptime and performance of APIs ┣ New Relic : A tool for monitoring the performance of APIs and other web applications ┣ Datadog : A monitoring and analytics platform for cloud-scale applications and APIs ┣ Sumo Logic : A cloud-based log management and analytics platform for APIs and other applications ┗ Loggly : A cloud-based log management platform for monitoring APIs and other applications API Standards ┣ JSON API : A specification for building APIs that use JSON as the data format ┣ HAL : Hypertext Application Language, a standard for building hypermedia-driven APIs ┣ JSON-LD : A format for representing linked data on the web ┣ OData : Open Data Protocol, a standard for building and consuming RESTful APIs ┗ AsyncAPI : A specification for building event-driven APIs.
- 8. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa API Standards Organizations ┣ W3C : The World Wide Web Consortium, an international community that develops web standards ┣ IETF : The Internet Engineering Task Force, an open standards organization that develops and promotes Internet standards ┣ 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 ┣ RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML) : A YAML-based language for describing RESTful APIs developed by MuleSoft ┗ JSON API : A specification for building APIs that use JSON as the data format. API Infrastructure ┣ Kubernetes : An open-source platform for managing containerized workloads and services ┣ OpenShift : A container application platform that builds on top of Kubernetes ┣ Docker Swarm : A native clustering and orchestration solution for Docker ┣ Consul : A service mesh solution that provides service discovery, configuration, and segmentation capabilities ┗ Istio : A service mesh solution that provides traffic management, security, and observability capabilities.
- 9. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa API Governance ┣ API Management : The process of creating, publishing, and monitoring APIs in a secure and scalable way ┣ API Monetization : The process of generating revenue from APIs by charging developers for usage ┣ API Versioning : The process of managing changes to APIs over time ┣ API Analytics : The process of collecting and analyzing data on API usage and performance ┗ API Gateway : A service that manages, protects, and scales APIs. API Documentation ┣ OpenAPI : A specification for building APIs in YAML or JSON format ┣ API Blueprint : A high-level API description language for building RESTful APIs ┣ RAML : A YAML-based language for describing RESTful APIs ┣ Swagger UI : A tool for visualizing and interacting with APIs that have been described using the OpenAPI specification ┗ Slate : A tool for generating beautiful, responsive API documentation. API Deployment ┣ Heroku : A cloud platform for deploying, managing, and scaling web applications and APIs ┣ AWS Elastic Beanstalk : A service for deploying and scaling web applications and APIs on AWS
- 10. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa ┣ Azure App Service : A service for deploying and scaling web applications and APIs on Azure ┣ Google App Engine : A service for deploying and scaling web applications and APIs on GCP ┗ Docker : A containerization platform used for packaging and deploying applications ┣ AWS Lambda : A serverless compute service for running code in response to events ┣ Azure Functions : A serverless compute service for running code in response to events ┣ Google Cloud Functions : A serverless compute service for running code in response to events ┣ Netlify : A cloud platform for deploying and managing static websites and APIs ┗ Vercel : A cloud platform for deploying and managing static websites and APIs API Security ┣ OAuth : An open standard for authorization used by many social media platforms and APIs ┣ OpenID Connect : An authentication layer built on top of OAuth that allows users to be authenticated across multiple domains ┣ JSON Web Tokens (JWT) : A method for representing claims securely between two parties
- 11. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa ┣ 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 ┗ API Keys : A secret token that identifies an API client to the server and allows the client to access resources. API Best Practices ┣ Versioning : A technique for managing changes to APIs over time ┣ Pagination : A technique for breaking up large API responses into smaller, more manageable chunks ┣ Caching : A technique for improving API performance by storing responses in a cache ┣ Error Handling : A technique for returning meaningful error messages to API clients ┗ HATEOAS : Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State, a constraint of RESTful APIs that requires the API to provide links to related resources API Tutorials ┣ Getting Started with RESTful APIs by Tania Rascia ┣ API Design Best Practices by Martin Fowler ┣ Testing RESTful Web Services Made Easy Using the REST Assured Framework by Dinesh Rajput ┣ API Gateway Concepts and Options by AWS ┣ Building Secure APIs by Auth0 ┗ RESTful API Designing guidelines — The best practices by Mahesh Haldar
- 12. API Quick Reference By: Waleed Mousa API Guides ┣ REST API Tutorial by Guru99 ┣ A Beginner’s Guide to HTTP and REST by Linode ┣ REST API Design: Resource Modeling by Oracle ┣ API Security Best Practices by Google Cloud ┗ API Governance Handbook by WSO2. API Tools ┣ API Studio : A web-based IDE for designing and testing APIs ┣ Stoplight : A collaborative platform for designing, documenting, and testing APIs ┣ Apigee : A full lifecycle API management platform that allows developers to design, secure, deploy, and analyze APIs ┣ Azure API Management : A fully managed service that enables users to publish, secure, transform, maintain, and monitor APIs ┗ Postman Learning Center : A hub for learning how to use Postman to design, develop, and test APIs.