REST API

A collection of 41 posts
Top 5 REST API Design Problems

Top 5 REST API Design Problems

Here at RestCase we are working with many companies and help them develop secure services and APIs. When working with developers on how to design and build quality APIs and microservices and I am seeing many common design problems that are not organization / company-specific. These problems are better to be »
State of API Security

State of API Security

The current age is the age of science and technology. With the advent of modern technology, the problems associated with modern technology have also increased to a great level. Application programming interfaces (APIs) have become all the rage nowadays, with enterprise developers now relying heavily on them to support the »
Top 5 OWASP Security Tips for Designing Secured REST APIs

Top 5 OWASP Security Tips for Designing Secured REST APIs

APIs are channels of communications, through which applications can “talk”. To create a connection between applications, REST APIs use HTTPS. HTTP requests pass through the API channel of communication and carry messages between applications. Threat actors target REST APIs because they’re after the data stored in HTTP requests. Threat »
4 Most Used REST API Authentication Methods

4 Most Used REST API Authentication Methods

While there are as many proprietary authentication methods as there are systems which utilize them, they are largely variations of a few major approaches. In this post, I will go over the 4 most used in the REST APIs and microservices world. Authentication vs Authorization Before I dive into this, »
OpenAPI Spec: Documentation and Beyond

OpenAPI Spec: Documentation and Beyond

OpenAPI has become the industry standard for defining an API, yet it is often treated as a documentation tool only. Here at RestCase, we are using the OpenAPI specification for supporting and drive many parts of your API lifecycle development because we believe that REST is mostly about a contract »
4 Maturity Levels of REST API Design

4 Maturity Levels of REST API Design

If you are building REST APIs or REST Services you're using HTTP. Technically, REST services can be provided over any application layer protocol as long as they conform to certain properties. In practice, basically, everyone uses HTTP Protocol. Since we are discussing the creation of an API that »
REST APIs: From Idea to Release

REST APIs: From Idea to Release

We often think of API definition as beginning with the description file, most of us are using swagger or OpenApi. The challenge with this approach is that API producers often get into the weeds on resource names and methods before actually determining what the API capabilities need to be. When »