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How to model api error type with errorCode and parameters
I work on a spring kotlin backend which has an angular and a mobile frontend. We are currently working on error handling and we decided that the backend should return an error code, a general message (...
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Multi-tenant (realm based) REST Web API authentication
We're building a multi-tenant setup with a C# Web API and KeyCloak for auth and APISIX as application gateway. APISIX handles the authentication and passes an X-Access-Token to our API when ...
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Request validation on API proxy
I am creating an API proxy that acts as a bridge between our frontend application and an AWS opensearch server. This proxy has additional features such as retries and timeouts.
One of the features I'm ...
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Do we need APIs to just access databases?
At work, we have a Web application, which makes queries to databases, and I’m asked to determine if using Web APIs could be an added value.
Personally, I’m not convinced it is.
I know Web APIs are ...
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REST Api filtering, sorting and order
I've seen in several REST API guidelines recommendations to use filtering in form of, e.g.:
/products?filter=name eq 'Milk' or price lt 2.55
(example from: https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/...
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Is this service considered "an API"? Could it benefit from being Restful?
I'm confused about the meaning of API, specially in the context of REST. I'm thinking of one example.
My company creates an application that runs on a server (the "backend"). (JavaScript in ...
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How to handle relationships between resources in Restful API
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Hi, we have an API that it's pretty similar to a standard CRM. That is, we have a really big amount of resources (even our own customers can define new resources). All of these resources share ...
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REST Api - deleting a resource based on either ID, or its OwnerID
I have this list of Notes:
public static List<Note> _notes = new List<Note> { new Note { Id = new Guid("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"), CategoryId = "1", ...
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What Is the Industry Standard of Specifying APIs for Frontend-Backend Handshake?
I am somewhat new to web development and maybe this question belongs to stackoverflow, but there is a human-interaction component here.
Here is the scenario. I am serving some neural network models ...
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RESTful web APIs using MVVM architecture
As the title implies, I would like to know if it is possible to create RESTful web APIs using MVVM architecture?
Or we can use just MVC pattern to create web APIs?
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Is the "archetype controller" really complies with REST architectural style
I've read the Fielding's thesis that defines the REST architectural style and noticed that the defined style appears to significantly conflicts with the so called "archetype controller", ...
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GET vs POST when exposing machine learning model predictions using a REST API
So the recommendations for using GET vs POST in a REST API that I've read on stack overflow are geared almost exclusively toward CRUD operations involving a database.
However if you are simply writing ...
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Should I return always a JSON for only one value in a REST API or is it ok to return just the value?
For example, I create an API endpoint that provides the next available label for creating some items, so I call it like this:
GET /api/v1/get-next-label/
Is it ok to return just:
LBL-000001
Or is it ...
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REST: How to "upsert" a resource without an specific resource URL
I'm trying to create a REST API that allows the user to:
create a resource if it doesn't exist.
update a resource if it exists.
with the same request.
Given an example: I have a company that has ...
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REST API: POST and PUT for nested resources
I am wondering how to deal with nested resources in a REST API. I've seen other questions on the subject here, but I didn't find one that answered my question. More specifically, should POSTing/...
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