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RESTful API Design Patterns and Best Practices

You're reading from   RESTful API Design Patterns and Best Practices Master REST API design with real-world patterns, lifecycle management, and OpenAPI practices

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Published in Oct 2025
Last Updated in Oct 2025
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ISBN-13 9781835885284
Length 406 pages
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Andrzej Jarzyna has spent over 14 years navigating the API landscape, from the early days at 3scale helping clients shape their API strategies to his current role as Chief API Architect at PZU, where he's building an API governance program from the ground up. Along the way, he's tackled everything from designing health research platforms in Mozambique to leading API excellence initiatives at Adidas and spearheading policy-as-code approaches at ING Bank. When he's not deep in OpenAPI specifications or mentoring teams on API design, you'll find him organizing API events, because apparently talking about APIs all day isn't enough. He's also co-founded gaming startup Timewarp Inc and somehow finds time to escape the digital world through climbing and mountaineering adventures.
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Samir Amzani is a Principal API Consultant and strategic advisor who specializes in transforming how organizations design, scale, and govern their API ecosystems. Currently serving on the leadership team at Apideck, he drives the evolution of unified API platforms that seamlessly connect thousands of applications. As a Technical Steering Committee member at AsyncAPI, Samir helps shape the future of open standards for event-driven architectures. Over 18 years, he has partnered with industry leaders across diverse sectors, from tech giants like Postman to consumer brands such as Adidas and Back Market, guiding their API transformation journeys from fragmented systems to cohesive, developer-first platforms. His expertise spans the full spectrum of API lifecycle management, from initial strategy through implementation and governance at scale. When Samir steps away from architecting the digital backbone of modern businesses, he finds inspiration in philosophy and travel, pursuits that fuel his ability to see complex technical challenges from fresh perspectives and understand the human stories behind the systems he builds.
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Preface 1. The Apprentice’s Study – Preparing for the Craft
2. The “Why” of API Development FREE CHAPTER 3. API as a Product: Designing APIs with a Product Mindset 4. Understanding Application and API Lifecycles 5. Applying Domain-Driven Design to APIs 6. The Wizard’s Grimoire – Mastering the Fundamentals of REST
7. Comparing and Choosing the Right API Style 8. REST Design Constraints and Maturity Models 9. Constructing an API Design Domain Model 10. Designing and Managing Effective API Contracts 11. The Archmage’s Circle – Forging and Evolving API Contracts
12. Understanding the OpenAPI Specification 13. OpenAPI as a Contract: Best Practices and Implementation 14. Using JSON Schema to Define Your Object Models 15. Don’t Hate Your Hypermedia: Creating APIs for Humans and AIs 16. API Change Management: Strategies for Versioning and Evolution 17. Unlock Your Book’s Exclusive Benefits 18. Other Books You May Enjoy
19. Index

Index

A

Acacia release 338

accidental complexity

avoiding 72

Adidas 7

aggregates 68

AI API interactions

limitations 314

AI-navigable APIs 314-316

consistency 316

OpenAPI documents 317, 318

allOf keyword 271, 272

anyOf keyword 272

Apache Kafka 92

API 3

audience, identifying 12

Business Game Changers 7

communication, and affordance-centric API design 12

design, avoiding 10, 11

design, impact on API economy 16

essence 4

internal, versus external designs 13, 14

new APIs, versus extending existing APIs 7, 8

used, for creating innovation 15, 16

using, as business catalysts 14

API as a product 20, 21

API product owner 24

building blocks 21

consumer centricity 21, 22

design principles 22

developer experience (DX) 27

API bundle 33

API change management 326

API modernization 326, 327

GitHub use case 187

Magic Items Store use case 187, 188

new API capabilities...

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Andrzej Jarzyna has spent over 14 years navigating the API landscape, from the early days at 3scale helping clients shape their API strategies to his current role as Chief API Architect at PZU, where he's building an API governance program from the ground up. Along the way, he's tackled everything from designing health research platforms in Mozambique to leading API excellence initiatives at Adidas and spearheading policy-as-code approaches at ING Bank. When he's not deep in OpenAPI specifications or mentoring teams on API design, you'll find him organizing API events, because apparently talking about APIs all day isn't enough. He's also co-founded gaming startup Timewarp Inc and somehow finds time to escape the digital world through climbing and mountaineering adventures.
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Samir Amzani is a Principal API Consultant and strategic advisor who specializes in transforming how organizations design, scale, and govern their API ecosystems. Currently serving on the leadership team at Apideck, he drives the evolution of unified API platforms that seamlessly connect thousands of applications. As a Technical Steering Committee member at AsyncAPI, Samir helps shape the future of open standards for event-driven architectures. Over 18 years, he has partnered with industry leaders across diverse sectors, from tech giants like Postman to consumer brands such as Adidas and Back Market, guiding their API transformation journeys from fragmented systems to cohesive, developer-first platforms. His expertise spans the full spectrum of API lifecycle management, from initial strategy through implementation and governance at scale. When Samir steps away from architecting the digital backbone of modern businesses, he finds inspiration in philosophy and travel, pursuits that fuel his ability to see complex technical challenges from fresh perspectives and understand the human stories behind the systems he builds.
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