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🚀 API Guidelines

Welcome to the API Guidelines! This collection of documents outlines the standards, best practices, and conventions for designing, developing, and maintaining APIs across our platform.

Following these guidelines ensures consistency, improves developer experience, and enhances security and performance across all services.

Please refer to the respective sections for REST, GraphQL, versioning, error handling, and more.

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đŸŽ¯ Purpose

These guidelines ensure consistency, improve developer experience, and enhance security and performance across all services. Following these standards helps maintain a cohesive API ecosystem that is:

  • Intuitive: Easy to understand and use
  • Consistent: Follows predictable patterns
  • Maintainable: Easy to update and extend
  • Secure: Built with security in mind

🛠 Style & Formatting

  • Use clear, concise language
  • Follow the Google API Design Guide principles
  • Maintain consistent formatting across all API documentation
  • Include practical examples for all endpoints and types

🔄 Maintenance

  1. Keep it current
  2. Update guidelines when introducing new patterns or technologies

  3. Review and revise guidelines quarterly

  4. Versioning

  5. Document breaking changes clearly

  6. Maintain backward compatibility when possible

  7. Documentation

  8. Include code samples in multiple languages
  9. Document all parameters and responses
  10. Provide context and examples for complex operations

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions to improve these guidelines! Please follow these steps:

  1. Open an issue to discuss proposed changes
  2. Create a pull request with your updates
  3. Request review from the API Guild

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Last updated: June 2024