Designing Hypermedia APIs

Hypermedia APIs?

Every web service needs a killer API to interact with numerous clients and other web services. Users expect the applications they use to work together in interesting and fresh ways; the programmable web has created interesting experiences that the originators of services would have never concieved.

Hypermedia and RESTful principles drive the largest distributed application ever: the world wide web. The web operates at massive scale and has been in production for over two decades.

So why wouldn't you use this technology to power your web service?

Better Than Paper

Originally, I was going to write a book. Then I realized I could do better:

• Frequent Updates: A book might get two or three editions, mostly fixing typos, and maybe adding a small amount of content. Designing Hypermedia APIs gets updated much more frequently; about once a week there's a new article.
• Feedback and Interactivity: With such a short feedback cycle, Designing Hypermedia APIs can feature content requested by readers. A space for comments by the author and readers gives all of us a place to learn together.
• Mobile Enabled: 'Responsive web design' allows for a nice reading experience on mobile devices, even ones as small as smartphones. I test readability on my Kindle Fire and iPad.

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