The Design of Web APIs, Second Edition

Summary
*The Design of Web APIs* is a practical, example-packed guide to crafting extraordinary web APIs. Author Arnaud Lauret demonstrates fantastic design principles and techniques you can apply to both public and private web APIs.
**About the technology**
An API frees developers to integrate with an application without knowing its code-level details. Whether you’re using established standards like REST and OpenAPI or more recent approaches like GraphQL or gRPC, mastering API design is a superskill. It will make your web-facing services easier to consume and your clients—internal and external—happier.
**About the book**
Drawing on author Arnaud Lauret's many years of API design experience, this book teaches you how to gather requirements, how to balance business and technical goals, and how to adopt a consumer-first mindset. It teaches effective practices using numerous interesting examples.
**What's inside**
Characteristics of a well-designed API
User-oriented and real-world APIs
Secure APIs by design
Evolving, documenting, and reviewing API designs
**About the reader**
Written for developers with minimal experience building and consuming APIs.
**About the author**
A software architect with extensive experience in the banking industry, **Arnaud Lauret** has spent 10 years using, designing, and building APIs. He blogs under the name of API Handyman and has created the API Stylebook website.