A number of articles in API Design Patterns discuss common design patterns for APIs… that is, API Design Patterns. This page is an index of thos articles.
Humans are great at recognizing patterns. In software, software design patterns gained popularity in the 1990’s as a way of capturing design constraints and reusable solutions to recurring problems, accompanied by a “pattern language” to describe them. (Fielding’s dissertation even cites Christopher Alexander’s thinking on pattern languages.)
Published: May 8, 2024
or, Being Resourceful in REStful API Design
Published: June 17, 2024
Patterns for naming things in APIs
Published: July 15, 2024
Techniques for API Request Validation
Published: August 19, 2024
Make API responses more self-descriptive with reference objects
Published: September 19, 2024
Pro tip: Do not let internal implementation constraints leak into your API
Published: June 3, 2025
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