API Best Practices Articles and In-Depth Guides
A collection of API Best Practices articles. Learn to master API development and API management with our in-depth guides.
Articles tagged with "API Best Practices"
Learn how Zuplo's API Gateway helps build the right abstraction of your services in order to allow zero-downtime migration of authentication providers.
Nate Totten
7/16/2023
Choosing REST APIs for your external users provides a quicker onboarding experience. Learn how to translate your existing GraphQL API into a simplified REST API
Nate Totten
5/10/2023
Understand API Rate Limiting techniques and best practices from the founder of Azure API Management.
Josh Twist
5/2/2023
Better API errors with the Problem Details standard
Nate Totten
4/11/2023
Learn the best practices for API Key Management, including api key authentication, API key security, design tradeoffs, and technical implementation details.
Josh Twist
12/1/2022
Learn the best way to manage different versions of your API, and how companies like Github still get it wrong.
Josh Twist
5/17/2022
Learn why the best API companies choose API keys over other API security methods. Explore why Time To First Call (TTFC) matters for APIs.
Josh Twist
5/3/2022
Frequently Asked Questions
Key best practices include consistent naming conventions, versioning your API, providing clear documentation, using secure authentication methods, and implementing rate limiting to avoid abuse.