REST API Resources¶
- REST on Wikipedia
- REST Architecture
- REST Tutorial
- REST Cookbook
- Zapier Learn APIs Book
- Mozilla Docs on REST
- REST API Tutorial YouTube Channel - The companion channel where all of the videos for this site live.
- Sascha Preibisch YouTube Channel - A great resource on Security; Particularly Oauth2 and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
- Todd Fredrich’s Blog
- API Design Cheat Sheet - This GitHub repository outlines important tips to consider when designing APIs that developers love.
- Platform-Building Cheat Sheet - Everyone wants to build a platform. This GitHub repository is a public receptical of ground rules when building a platform
Get the RESTful Design Best Practices guide (choose your format). This guide reduces the world of RESTful services design into easy-to-follow principles. It also provides several cookbook type recipes in critical areas to increase service usability, reduce confusion during implemenation, as well as improve consistency.
- PDF (~306KB)
- ePub (~46KB). Works on iPad, iPhone, B&N Nook and most other readers.
- Mobi (~86KB). Works on Kindle, Kindle Reader Apps
- Source Document in Libre/Open Office format (~48KB)
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