Learning API Styles

The book introduces transmission model approaches, including pull model, push model, and streaming, along with legacy system issues. It also covers endpoint design, URI, URL, HTTP methods, and status codes. Readers will explore SOAP-based API, REST API, GraphQL, RPC, WebSocket, Webhooks, and API tools such as Swagger, SDKs, stubs, Postman, and Karate Labs. The book further explores microservices architecture, covering service communication, data modelling, resilience, governance, management, and platform concepts. It introduces advanced patterns including CQRS, SAGA pattern, BFF, and service mesh, along with API performance and security concepts such as Basic Auth, OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys, and Transport Layer Security.