Monday, February 25, 2013

Top 10 API Worst Practices (Restful API)

Source: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2012/08/03/top-10-api-worst-practices/


  • Poor error handling
  • REST APIs that ignore HTTP rules
  • Exposing your raw underlying data model
  • Security complexity
  • Unexpected and undocumented releases
  • Poor developer experience
  • Expect an MVC framework “gives” you a great API
  • Assume if you build it they will come
  • Inadequate support
  • Poor documentation
Many of these issues came up in the developer survey that said Facebook causes the most developer pain.


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