Designing Great Web APIs

by James Higginbotham

Genres: Computer Science

Unknown Binding

First published July 1, 2015

About the author

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Reviews

[Aleksandar · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick tour of the things that make an API great. Pretty great as a reference, but shallow otherwise. The last two chapters deal with the actual design of an API, along with how to go about thinking of structuring the API. I wish there was more of that rather than what makes an API useful, as 99.9% of developers know why they're useful.

I would recommend this book to any programmer looking to design an API, or that's looking for a quick refresher of the world of APIs.

[Maksim · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is necessary to read to people who ask themselves the question: "Why do we need the API, who will use it and what will we get from it?" It very small book that has the right words.

[Mahdi Taghizadeh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick guide to get familiar with the standards and common methods to design a good API. Recommended.

[Alexander Shagov · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty useful book for beginners, nothing new for an experienced software engineer

It reminded me that documentation first approach is always winning one :)

[Massiveheart]

This book is designed for a beginner on Web API. It summarizes the necessary information on basic way to design API, and general term/vocabularies.

[Doug · Rating 5 out of 5]

High level introduction to restful web apis that is required for any one designing an api.