Appendix A. Guiding Principles of RESTful Web APIs
The guiding principle driving this recipe collection is:
Leverage global reach to solve problems you haven’t thought of for people you have never met.
The supporting principles are illustrated in Figure A-1 and described further in the following list.
Figure A-1. RESTful web API principles
Discovery
Good recipes increase our global reach—the ability to share our solutions and to find and use the solutions of others.
Extension
Good recipes make well-designed services available for others to use in ways we haven’t thought of yet.
Composition
Good recipes make it possible for “strangers” (services and/or people) to safely and successfully interact with each other to solve a problem.
Evolution
Good recipes promote longevity and independent evolution on a scale of
decades.
Longevity
Good recipes recognize that nothing is permanent and things will always change over time.
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