Learning API Styles (eBook)

Understanding the Trade-Offs of Common APIs and Choosing the Correct Solutions

Marcin Dulak, Lukasz Dynowski (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
O'Reilly Media (Verlag)
978-1-0981-5395-3 (ISBN)

Infos

An application programming interface (API) enables data exchange in systems such as web applications, microservices, and IoT devices. In this hands-on book, authors Lukasz Dynowski and Marcin Dulak show software developers and architects how to design and implement REST, GraphQL, gRPC, webhooks, WebSocket, messaging APIs, and more. This book looks at the most popular API styles from a network, application, and architecture perspective. You'll learn how to determine the appropriate type of API for your application use case and how to tackle design decisions along the way. You'll also learn the trade-offs between various APIs and acquire practical knowledge of how to implement them.Explore the origins and evolution of API stylesLearn network protocols that various APIs useUnderstand the trade-offs of each API styleSelect an appropriate API styleLearn how to implement, secure, and document the APIs

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.7.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► SOA / Web Services
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
• ISBN-10: 1-0981-5395-2 / 1098153952
• ISBN-13: 978-1-0981-5395-3 / 9781098153953