API Design Patterns

APIs are contracts that define the principles of interaction between applications, services, and components. API design patterns are a set of best practices, specifications, and standards that ensure simplicity and reliability for developers. The book brings together and explains the... most important patterns used by the API developer community and experts at Google. API design patterns define a set of principles for developing internal and public APIs. Jay Jay Givaks, being a specialist from Google, discusses patterns that will provide your APIs with consistency, scalability, and flexibility. You will learn how to improve the design of the most common APIs and how to act in complex edge cases. Clear illustrations, relevant examples, and detailed scenarios will help you thoroughly understand each pattern.