Your Complete API Design Roadmap: Beginner to Pro

Learn to build secure, scalable, and well-structured APIs that power modern web and mobile applications.

Basic overview

What is API Design?

Why Learn API Design?

Estimated time commitment for the roadmap.

Phases of the API Design Roadmap

Phase 1: Introduction to API Design

What is an API?

Types of APIs: REST, GraphQL, SOAP, gRPC

Importance of good API Design

Understanding HTTP and its role in APIs

Phase 2: IRESTful API Fundamentals

HTTP Methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH

URI Design Best Practices

Resource vs Endpoint

Status Codes and Their Meaning (2xx, 4xx, 5xx)

Idempotency and Safety

Phase 3: API Request and Response Structure

Query Parameters vs Path Parameters

Headers, Body, and Content-Type

JSON vs XML (Why JSON is preferred)

Pagination, Filtering, and Sorting

Phase 4: Authentication & Authorization

API Keys

Basic Auth

OAuth 2.0

JWT (JSON Web Tokens)

Role-based access control (RBAC)

Phase 5: Versioning Strategies

URI Versioning (v1, v2)

Header-Based Versioning

Media Type Versioning

When and Why to Version

Phase 6: API Documentation & Testing

Swagger/OpenAPI Specification

Postman for API Testing

API Blueprint / RAML

Creating Mock Servers

Writing Developer-Friendly API Docs

Phase 7: Error Handling & Response Codes

Standardizing Error Responses

Common HTTP Status Codes

Error vs Exception

Custom Error Structures

Phase 8: Security in API Design

HTTPS Everywhere

Input Validation and Rate Limiting

Preventing SQL Injection / XSS

CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing)

API Gateway and Throttling

Phase 9: Designing for Performance & Scalability

Caching with Headers and Reverse Proxies

API Rate Limiting and Quotas

Asynchronous APIs

Batch Endpoints

Monitoring and Logging

Phase 10: GraphQL Basics (Optional)

What is GraphQL?

GraphQL vs REST

Schema, Query, Mutation

Designing a GraphQL API

Tools: Apollo Server/Client

Phase 11: Real-World API Design Patterns

HATEOAS

API Gateway Pattern

Backend for Frontend (BFF)

Open API Design First vs Code First Approach

Phase 12: Tools & Resources

Tools: Postman, Swagger UI, Insomnia, Hoppscotch

Books: "Designing Web APIs", "RESTful Web APIs"

Practice: Building APIs with Express.js / Flask / FastAPI

Learn from: Stripe API, GitHub API, Twilio API

Do You Have Questions ?

We’ll help you to grow your career and growth.

Do you need help with
anything?

Receive updates, hot deals, tutorials, discounts sent straignt in your inbox every month

© 2024 – Code Drip. All Rights Reserved. Powered by The Cyber Pixel