18.5 - REST API Design Best Practices
Enroll to start learning
You’ve not yet enrolled in this course. Please enroll for free to listen to audio lessons, classroom podcasts and take practice test.
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
What does it mean to use nouns in URIs?
💡 Hint: Think about how you identify resources.
Name one HTTP status code for successful operations.
💡 Hint: Consider common actions like retrieving data.
4 more questions available
Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the recommended practice for naming URIs?
💡 Hint: Think about what represents resources.
True or False: Pagination is optional for small datasets.
💡 Hint: Consider the size of the data and user experience.
1 more question available
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with advanced challenges
Design a REST API for a library management system, including endpoints for books, authors, and patrons. Ensure you include versioning and proper use of status codes.
💡 Hint: Think about how users interact with the library system.
Explain how you would implement pagination in an API that returns a list of videos. Provide an example query.
💡 Hint: How would users query a large list timely?
Get performance evaluation
Reference links
Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.