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api-design-standards

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Standardize REST API design across teams.

Software Engineering#design#versioning#documentation#security#REST#OpenAPI#API governance
Authorjralph
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This Skill provides a standardized approach to designing REST APIs, ensuring consistency in naming, versioning, error handling, and documentation across services.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • RESTful conventions and resource naming across endpoints
  • Versioning strategies and lifecycle guidance (URL-based or header-based)
  • Consistent error handling and status codes with standardized error payloads
  • OpenAPI/Swagger documentation templates and validation
  • Security considerations including authentication and rate limiting
  • Use Case: Rally existing APIs to conform to standard design

Quick Start

Draft a minimal OpenAPI spec for a blog API that includes posts and comments and follows the api-design-standards guidelines.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: api-design-standards
Download link: https://github.com/jralph/.config-opencode/archive/main.zip#api-design-standards

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