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Articles tagged with #api-design
A working request is a great starting point. Before handing it to another developer, answer the questions a cURL command cannot: what is required, what can vary, and what happens when it fails?
A demo shows that the new path works. A contract diff shows what existing callers now have to survive. Here is a focused way to review an API change without turning it into a committee meeting.
Hiding a loading state does not stop work. Follow cancellation from the browser through queued requests and upstream services, then test the races users actually hit.
A green status code can hide a broken integration. Here are five checks that reveal what your happy-path request misses, with a small contract test you can run today.
The security array means OR, any one listed scheme is enough; combining schemes inside one requirement object means AND, all are required. Get this backwards and an endpoint that needs both an API key and a bearer token accepts just one, or a public endpoint demands credentials.
Hardcoding https://api.example.com means the same spec cannot drive a local mock, a staging test, and a production call. Define multiple servers, use server variables for regions and per-tenant subdomains, and set a relative server for serverless and same-origin docs. Here is how
