Episode 90
In the previous installment of the web API design series we looked into ways of implementing various operations on object collections: filtering, searching, sorting and pagination. We also tackled ways to parametrize HTTP requests in order to employ mentioned operations.
After an article focused on requests, let’s work on our responses. We will talk about HTTP codes, which of them are actually worth using and how to use them. Before delving into specific codes, let’s talk about how we should inform our API consumer about problems.
There is a dragon in the server room
The dragon set the server on fire and we have troubles with processing your request, please try again late. Sometimes bad things happen. Read the rest of this entry »
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