Readings: APIs

API Design Best Practices

What does REST stand for?

• Representational State Transfer

REST APIs are designed around a ____.

• resource

What is an identifier of a resource? Give an example.

• object, data, or service…like locationIQ

What are the most common HTTP verbs?

• GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE

What should the URIs be based on?

• nouns (the resouce) not the verbs (operations on the resource)

Give an example of a good URI.

• 

What does it mean to have a ‘chatty’ web API? Is this a good or a bad thing?

• APIs that expose a large amout of small resources…you want to avoid

What status code does a successful GET request return?

• 200 (ok)

What status code does an unsuccessful GET request return?

• 404 (Not Found)

What status code does a successful POST request return?

• 201 (created)

What status code does a successful DELETE request return?

• 204 (no content)

Bookmark and Review

• RegExr - Pay particular attention to the cheatsheet
• Regex Tutorial
• Regex 101