spring-boot-rest-api-standards

What problem does it solve?

This Skill provides a comprehensive framework and best practices for building RESTful APIs in Spring Boot, ensuring consistency, maintainability, and adherence to REST principles.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Standardized API Design: Enforces consistent URL design, HTTP method usage, and status codes.
• DTOs and Validation: Guides the creation of clean request/response DTOs with robust input validation.
• Error Handling: Implements global exception handling for a consistent error response format.
• Pagination and HATEOAS: Incorporates best practices for handling large datasets and hypermedia controls.
• Use Case: When developing a new microservice that exposes user data via a REST API, use this Skill to ensure the API follows established standards for resource naming, request validation, and response structure.

Quick Start

Use the spring-boot-rest-api-standards skill to create a new REST endpoint for managing user resources in a Spring Boot application.