rest-api-development

What problem does it solve?

This Skill addresses the common challenges in building robust, secure, and maintainable RESTful APIs using the ColdBox framework, providing a structured approach to API development best practices.

Core Features & Use Cases

• API Structure: Offers a guide on how to build APIs using the RestHandler base class, ensuring proper HTTP methods and status codes are used.
• Security: Includes best practices for authentication, authorization, and API versioning.
• Error Handling: Teaches how to handle errors gracefully and return consistent error formats.
• Use Case: For a developer tasked with creating a RESTful API for a web application, this Skill provides a clear blueprint for structuring and implementing the API in ColdBox.

Quick Start

Create a new RESTful API endpoint using the rest-api-development skill by following the outlined implementation pattern for handling CRUD operations on the 'users' resource.