Introduction.
If you're reading this, chances are that you care about designing Web APIs that developers will love and that you're interested in applying proven design principles and best practices to your Web API. One of the sources for our design thinking is REST. Because REST is an architectural style and not a strict standard, it allows for a lot of flexibly. Because of that flexibility and freedom of structure, there is also a big appetite for design best practices. This e-book is a collection of design practices that we have developed in collaboration with some of the leading API teams around the world, as they craft their API strategy through a design workshop that we provide at Apigee.
