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

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2025

Last Updated in Oct 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835885284

Length 406 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

.NET

Concepts

REST API

Authors (2):

Andrzej Jarzyna

Samir Amzani

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

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

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18. Other Books You May Enjoy

19. Index

Diving into JSON Schema for API modeling

JSON Schema is a powerful tool that facilitates the description and validation of JSON documents, making it invaluable in API modeling. This deep dive explores how JSON Schema can enhance REST API design and how its principles can be applied across different API styles, making your API more robust and developer friendly.

What is JSON Schema?

JSON Schema is a vocabulary that allows you to define the expected structure, constraints, and validation rules for JSON documents. In essence, it acts as a blueprint, ensuring that JSON data adheres to a predictable format. By providing a formal contract for the data, JSON Schema not only helps in validation but also in communicating the structure of data between different systems and teams.

The core concepts of JSON Schema include specifying data types, properties, validation rules, and relationships between data. This ensures consistency and helps to catch errors early, especially when different...