alpha-core:api-design

Choosing between REST, GraphQL, and gRPC for microservices requires evaluating your data fetching, latency, and streaming needs. This Skill guides API style selection by comparing these protocols alongside WebSocket and SSE to match your specific architectural requirements.

Contract-first API development defines the API specification before writing code, ensuring consistency and evolvability. This Skill facilitates this workflow by enforcing design principles and providing reference materials for contract testing and mocking.

Documenting an AsyncAPI specification involves defining message-driven protocols and event structures. This Skill designs and documents various API styles including AsyncAPI, helping you establish consistent event contracts and messaging patterns.

Designing an API gateway requires implementing security patterns like rate limiting and webhook security. This Skill covers API gateway configurations and suggests appropriate security measures to protect your endpoints from abuse.

Yes, the API design process fully supports HATEOAS and BFF architectural patterns. It provides detailed reference materials and design principles to enforce these specific patterns within your REST or GraphQL implementations.

Handling API versioning and error handling for a new REST API requires establishing consistent design principles from the start. This Skill outlines OpenAPI specs and enforces best practices to manage versioning and standardize error responses.