What are the best practices for API design?
Not measured — no engine answer has been captured on this question yet. That is different from the engines answering and naming nobody.
0 of 0 names confirmed · named in 2 or more of 5 answers · 0 engines
Best practices for API design include defining the contract up front, modeling resources with stable and intuitive URIs, using HTTP methods to indicate actions, designing for consistency and discoverability, and versioning the API to maintain backward compatibility. Additionally, APIs should prioritize intuitive URL and resource naming, leverage standard HTTP methods correctly, implement proper status codes and error handling, and provide clear and structured error responses.
The full measurement
- The position each engine gave each name.
- How many of the 5 answers named each of them.
- Where the engines disagree, and by how much.
- Fan-out — the query each engine actually searched.
- Every citation, and the sources nobody cited.