REST API Design Development Management
What you’ll learn
Design and Develop RESTful API by applying the best practices & REST constraints
Create practices for API security, versioning, lifecycle management, documentation and other important aspects
Write specifications in Swagger2.0/OAI specifications in YAML format
Create an API management strategy for your enterprise
Leverage some of the common API management platforms for building API proxies (APIGEE, IBM API Connect, Mulesoft Anypoint)
Requirements
Any one modern programming language such as Java or Node JS or Go or PHP
Familiarity with web application architecture
Idea on XML or JSON formats
Understanding of the concept of service
Description
PS: This COURSE does NOT focus on Coding of REST API – Focus is on Designing using proven patterns. Please do NOT enroll if your objective/Goal is just to learn “Coding” part of the REST API.How was this course created?Author (Raj) has worked with many large organizations for building their Digital Strategy in which API was a central theme. Over the years author recognized certain patterns and practices that led to successful API initiatives. Intrigued by his findings author did thorough research of 100’s other successful API providers (examples: Facebook, Expedia, Capital One …) and that resulted in a collection of Best practices and Design patterns that are covered in this course.This course covers all the important aspects related to design, development and management of API. The best practices, design patterns, challenges, suggestions & options discussed in this course are either:Created by analyzing how the popular API providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Capital One etc are building and managing their APITaken from personal experiences of the authorCourse is divided into 6 Parts:1. Setting the stage – Discusses a case study (ACME travels) used through the course + provides information on tools used2. Evolution of REST API – Lectures in this section will cover the foundational concepts + Why REST/JSON has become a defacto standard3. Designing the REST API (Covered in multiple sections)This is where students will learn the:Best PracticesImplementation patterns To demonstrate the implementation aspects, a set of NodeJS based API is also implemented for a fictitious enterprise ACME Travels.4. Securing the REST APIWhen an API is exposed by an enterprise to the public internet, it poses a risk to the enterprise as hackers may use the vulnerabilities in the API to launch attacks against the enterprise. There are multiple types of such Functional attacks that the API provider must consider. You will learn about the common attacks and the best practices for protecting the API.5. Swagger 2.0 / Open API Initiative specificationsThis section will begin with the description of Collaborative specifications development process & benefits of adopting contract first approach. At the end of this section student will be able to write Swagger/OAI specifications for their own API. As part of the lectures, a complete specification will be created for ACME Vacations. 6. API ManagementAPI management is the process of publishing, documenting and overseeing application programming interfaces (APIs) in a secure, scalable environment. Lectures in this section cover the details of the following activities that an API provider carry out within the scope of API management.APIgee, IBM API Connect & Mulesoft platforms will be used for demonstrating the various API management aspects discussed in the lectures. Students are encouraged to try out these platforms on their own to get a good feel of what API management platforms bring to table. The three platforms offer a free trial version that can be used for testing.WHY REST API?Today Enterprises are using REST APIs for not just building mobile applications but also for:Creating new channels for partnershipBuilding new revenue streams & business modelsPromoting their brandsJust creating the API does not guarantee that the enterprise will be able to achieve the desired goals from API perspective. Adoption of API by developers depend on multiple aspects such as its utility, ease of use, performance, scalability, security. The API provider must apply best practices throughout the life cycle of an API.Who should take this course?This course is suited for any technologist interested in learning REST API from end to end perspective not just from the coding perspective. Though this course uses NodeJS for demonstrating the design best practices, it does not require students to have any prior experience wth NodeJS. To take this course the student is expected to know any one (or more) programming language; have understanding of web application architecture; to be familiar with the concept of services ; understands the data formats such as JSON or XMLPlease note that this course will NOT teach how to code REST API in NodeJS.
Overview
Section 1: Setting the stage
Lecture 1 Introduction to the Author and the Course
Lecture 2 Summary decks download link for the course
Lecture 3 ACME Travels – Case study
Lecture 4 Tools for Design, Development,Testing and Management or REST API
Lecture 5 Crash course on MongoDB Atlas Offering
Section 2: Evolution of RESTful services
Lecture 6 What is an API
Lecture 7 Evolution of REST/JSON API
Lecture 8 Introduction to RESTful API
Lecture 9 Private, Public and Partner API
Lecture 10 Example REST API Walkthrough
Lecture 11 API Value Chain
Section 3: REST API Architectural Constraints
Lecture 12 Introduction to REST Architecture Constraints
Lecture 13 REST API Architectural Constraint – Client Server
Lecture 14 REST API Architectural Constraint – Uniform Interface
Lecture 15 REST API Architectural Constraint – Statelessness
Lecture 16 REST API Architectural Constraint – Caching
Lecture 17 REST API Architectural Constraint – Layered System
Lecture 18 REST API Architectural Constraint – Code On Demand
Lecture 19 Richardson Maturity Model for REST API
Lecture 20 WebApp versus REST API Architecture
Section 4: Desigining REST API
Lecture 21 API Endpoint URL
Lecture 22 Practices for Resource Names, Actions & Associations
Lecture 23 Walk through: Setup the API URI for ACME API
Lecture 24 HTTP API Request flow and HTTP Status Code
Lecture 25 Implementing REST API CRUD operations
Lecture 26 API Data Format Setup
Lecture 27 Setup the Demo/Test environment
Lecture 28 Walkthrough: Creating a Vacations API in Node JS
Section 5: REST API Error Handling Patterns
Lecture 29 REST API Error Handling Practices
Lecture 30 Application Error Handling Patterns
Lecture 31 Walkthrough: Implementation of error handling for POST API
Section 6: REST API Handling Change – Versioning Patterns
Lecture 32 Handling changes to API
Lecture 33 Versioning the API
Lecture 34 Walk through : ACME API Versioning
Section 7: REST API Cache Control Patterns
Lecture 35 API Caching (1 of 2) Concepts & Design decisions
Lecture 36 API Caching (2 of 2) Cache Control Directive
Lecture 37 Walk Through : API Caching using Cache-Control Directives
Section 8: REST API Response Data Handling Patterns
Lecture 38 Building support for Partial Responses
Lecture 39 Walk through : Setup Partial Response Support in ACME API
Lecture 40 Building support for Pagination
Lecture 41 Walk through : Building support for Pagination in ACME API
Section 9: REST API Security
Lecture 42 REST API Security – Introduction
Lecture 43 Securing API with Basic Authentication
Lecture 44 Securing API with Tokens & JWT
Lecture 45 Securing API with API Key & Secret
Lecture 46 API Authorization using OAuth2.0
Lecture 47 API Security – Functional Attack
Section 10: REST API Specifications using Swagger 2.0 / OAI
Lecture 48 Requirements Analysis Process & Intro to REST Specifications
Lecture 49 Swagger/OAI Specifications Walkthrough
Lecture 50 Swagger/OAI Specifications, Part 1 of 3
Lecture 51 Swagger/OAI Specifications, Part 2 of 3
Lecture 52 Swagger/OAI Specifications, Part 3 of 3
Section 11: API Management
Lecture 53 Introduction to API Management
Lecture 54 API Lifecycle & Developer Productivity
Lecture 55 API Developer Portal
Lecture 56 API Security Management
Lecture 57 API Traffic Management
Lecture 58 API Analytics
Lecture 59 API Product and API Monetization
Section 12: Good Bye & All the Best
Lecture 60 Good bye
Technologists interested in learning where, when and how RESTful services should be used in application,Developers of web, mobile, IoT applications looking to build RESTful services on the backend,Solution architects interested in learning how they can leverage “API Management Platforms” such as Apigee/Mulesoft/IBM API Connect,IT Leads aspiring to become architects,This course will NOT teach the student how to code Node JS. Use of NodeJS is to demonstrate the implementation of concepts discussed in the lectures.,This course is NOT for students looking to learn just the coding of REST API
Course Information:
Udemy | English | 7h 34m | 1.41 GB
Created by: Rajeev Sakhuja
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