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

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

Applying domain-driven design to REST APIs

Applying DDD to REST APIs ensures that the APIs are closely aligned with business goals and processes. This alignment helps create APIs that are intuitive, maintainable, and scalable.

While DDD is a comprehensive approach that applies to various layers of software development, this section focuses solely on how its principles can shape API design. The goal is to show how concepts such as ubiquitous language, bounded contexts, and experience-based workflows can guide API design, without delving into the details of full DDD implementation in the underlying application or code base. By narrowing the focus, we aim to provide actionable insights for API designers and developers who want to align their interfaces with business objectives.

In this section, we will explore several key aspects of integrating DDD with RESTful services, including aligning APIs with ubiquitous language, defining bounded contexts for APIs, designing experience...