What problem does it solve?
This Skill provides a comprehensive guide to designing robust, scalable, and user-friendly REST APIs, ensuring consistency and adherence to best practices.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Resource Naming Conventions: Establishes clear rules for URL structures and resource naming.
- HTTP Method Semantics: Details the appropriate use of GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE.
- Status Codes: Guides the selection of correct HTTP status codes for various scenarios.
- Response Formatting: Defines standard structures for success, collection, and error responses.
- Pagination, Filtering, Sorting: Implements efficient data retrieval mechanisms.
- Authentication & Authorization: Covers token-based auth and authorization patterns.
- Rate Limiting: Strategies for managing API request volume.
- Versioning: Best practices for API versioning.
Quick Start
Use the api-design skill to generate a standard JSON error response for a validation failure.