5 Best Rest API Design Practices

5 Best Practices for Rest API Design in Spring-Boot

Nowadays, many developers build microservices that include RESTful APIs. However, some still follow outdated approaches that do not align with modern industry standards. In this blog, I will share the top five best practices you can implement in your daily work to develop high-quality, maintainable, and scalable REST APIs using Spring Boot.

1. Use Proper HTTP Methods and Status Codes

In order to develop the well-designed API’s you should use the proper HTTP methods and status code.

HTTP Methods ✅

• GET → Retrieve resources (idempotent, safe)
• POST → Create a new resource
• PUT → Update an existing resource (idempotent)
• PATCH → Partially update an existing resource
• DELETE → Remove a resource (idempotent)

Let’s understand what does Idempotent and Safe means in brief :

Idempotent: An HTTP method is considered idempotent if making multiple identical requests results in the same…