about this book
The Design of Web APIs, Second Edition was written to help you design new web APIs or modify existing APIs so that they do the right job; are versatile, secure, and efficient; address contextual constraints; and facilitate future changes. To do so, this book uncovers all aspects of API design and equips you with the mindset, processes, and tools to efficiently do your job in the long run and at scale, working on many APIs and with other API designers.
Who should read this book?
The Design of Web APIs, Second Edition, is, obviously, for anyone who directly designs web APIs, but also for people involved in their creation and use. They could be developers, business analysts, technical writers (involved in the creation of server applications, microservices, and backends for mobile applications or websites), tech leads, architects, API governance experts (working at scale on many APIs), or API product owners (who want to ensure the best possible developer experience). Additionally, developers using APIs, QA engineers testing APIs, technical writers documenting APIs, and security experts requesting modifications may be interested in understanding how APIs should be designed so they can give constructive feedback to their API providers.