5 Features of a Good API

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Lists five features of a good API—malleability, correct HTTP usage, error handling, documentation, security—and explains concrete practices: decouple representations from business logic, embed hypermedia links and use HAL media type for discoverability, follow RFC 7230 and 7231 for verbs and status codes, adopt RFC 7807 style problem responses, publish profile links to docs, provide curl examples and reference tables, require TLS and use a standard like OAuth, and build rate limits and client identification.

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1. 0:00Introduction to API design
2. 2:03Malleability and decoupling
3. 6:47Following HTTP standards
4. 12:10Effective error handling
5. 16:09Documentation strategies
6. 21:33Security and rate limiting
7. 25:56Conclusion and key takeaways

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