D. Keith Casey The API guide book book website

Goals

1. Build something useful
2. Go home.

Documentation

Slate is a great documentation

Open Api (used to be swagger)

First thing to do in documentation: authentication

DO NOT

• Create your own HTTP verbs.
• CREATE YOUR OWN RESPONSE CODES
• Create your own encryption scheme
• Create your own auth methods

201 response (created) with Location header

"response_code": "404" 
"response_msg": "item not found."
"more_info": "https://.../error_codes/#E0000007"

Runscope is an api monitor/traffic inspector.

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