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API Design: REST and GraphQL

Design APIs that developers actually want to use — REST, GraphQL, and the production concerns that surround both.

Beginner0.8 hours10 lessons
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What You'll Learn

  • ✓Use HTTP semantics correctly: methods, status codes, headers
  • ✓Design RESTful resources, URLs, and pagination
  • ✓Build GraphQL schemas and resolvers
  • ✓Choose REST or GraphQL based on real trade-offs
  • ✓Authenticate APIs with API keys, OAuth 2.0, and JWT
  • ✓Apply rate limiting and HTTP caching to APIs
  • ✓Version APIs without breaking existing clients
  • ✓Write OpenAPI specs and great developer documentation

Prerequisites

  • •Basic understanding of web applications and HTTP

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Foundations

  1. 01What Is an API?5 min
  2. 02HTTP Fundamentals for API Designers5 min

Module 2: REST

  1. 01REST Principles and Resource Modeling5 min
  2. 02Filtering, Sorting, and Pagination5 min

Module 3: GraphQL

  1. 01GraphQL Fundamentals5 min
  2. 02GraphQL vs REST: Choosing Wisely5 min

Module 4: Quality

  1. 01API Authentication and Authorization5 min
  2. 02Rate Limiting and Caching APIs5 min

Module 5: Production

  1. 01API Versioning and Deprecation5 min
  2. 02Documentation and Developer Experience5 min

Practice for the Real Exam

After completing this course, test yourself with exam-style practice questions.

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