
A REST API Example You Can Paste: One Resource, Five Endpoints, Real Status Codes
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A REST API Example You Can Paste: One Resource, Five Endpoints, Real Status Codes — by Misar.IO on Misar.Blog. From the article "A REST API Example You Can Paste: One Resource, Five Endpoints, Real Status Codes" by Misar.IO, published on Misar.Blog.
In this episode:
0:00 A REST API Request Is an HTTP Method Plus a URL That Names a Thing
1:15 The Response Is an HTTP Status Code That Carries the Outcome
1:44 URLS Should Name Nouns and Methods Supply the Verb
2:29 GET /Notes Returns a Paginated Collection with Limit and Cursor Parameters
2:53 The List Lives Under ‘Data’
3:20 GET /Notes/{id} Returns the Note Object Directly
3:57 POST /Notes Creates a New Note
4:33 POST Requests Are Not Idempotent
5:08 PATCH /Notes/{id} Updates Only the Supplied Fields
5:33 DELETE /Notes/{id} Returns 204 No Content with Literally Zero Bytes in the Body
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