REST API Design, Development &
Management
8 Sessions
Of total 24hrs
Starting on 9th Aug 2021
Session 1: Introduction to API
Fundamentals of API
Introduction to REST
REST API Architecture
Open API
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What is API? - In simple terms
It’s about connecting dots...
Devices
Applications
There
Here
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What is API? - In simple terms
Allows us to..
Order our favourite food
Make reservations
Book a flight
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What is API? - Full form
Application Programming Interface
API
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What is API? - The textbook definition
As per Wikipedia
An application programming interface (API) is a connection between
computers or between computer programs. It is a type of software
interface, offering a service to other pieces of software.[1] A document or
standard that describes how to build such a connection or interface is
called an API specification. A computer system that meets this standard
is said to implement or expose an API. The term API may refer either to
the specification or to the implementation.
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What is API? - Let’s understand
Requests
Response
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What is API? - A more familiar example
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What is API? - A Real world application
Let’s book a flight
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What is API?
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REST API Masterclass
Course Outline
Fundamentals of API REST API Design Principles
REST API Implementation Patterns API Security
OpenAPI Specifications API Management
Deployment Microservices
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CoWIN Case Study - The problem
Hospitals or Health Stand in queue
centers
Vaccine 1.3 B
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CoWIN Case Study - The solution
Register for vaccine
Check for availability
Get a slot
Download Certificate
Do it for other family members
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CoWIN Case Study - APIs
Public APIs
Vaccine availability
Give you alerts from 3rd party apps when
new slots are available
Download certificate
Protected APIs
Book your slot
Reschedule appointment
Vaccination record
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CoWIN Case Study - The role of API
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cowin.gov.in
api.cowin.gov.i
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https://api.
3rd Party apps and
websites
JSON
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JSON
JavaScript Object Notation
Developed in 2000
Standardized in 2013
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Evolution of REST
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Local Procedure Calls
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Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)
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What is REST API?
API: An RPC Mechanism
REST: REpresentational State Transfer
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History and evolution of REST
1991 CORBA: Common Object Request Broker Architecture
1998 SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol
2000 HTTP: XML
HTTP: SOAP / XML
HTTP: JSON
HTTP: REST
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Why REST?
Common set of design principles
Best practices for building and managing REST API
Compatible with any data format, ex. XML, JSON etc.
Simplicity & Flexibility
JSON is simple; means for human consumption
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What is RPC?
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What is REST?
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What is JSON?
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What makes a API RESTful?
VIN = 123
VIN = 123 Make = Ford
Make = Ford Model = Aspire
Model = Aspire Year = 2020
Year = 2020 Owner = ****
…
Owner = **** Representational State
VIN = 456
Make = Tata
Model =
Tiago
Year = 2020
…
Owner = ****
VIN = 789
Make = Tata Representational State
Model = Altroz
Year = 2020
…
Owner = ****
Representational State
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REST Data Formats
HTML Web Browsers
Representational State
JSON
XML Mobile, Web, apps
CSV
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Communication Protocol
https://
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API is like a _______ that is
used by ________ instead of
_________
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REST MUST use HTTP
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SOAP is a ______ based
protocol
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A Resource in the context of
REST is (or may be)
________
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In order to invoke an API on developer
console most API provider requires the
developer to get __________
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Money withdrawn from an
account is an example of
________
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RESTful API make use of
the HTTP ______
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REST Architecture
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REST Architecture Constraints
Is your Architecture RESTful?
RESTFul
HTTP JSON
Architecture
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REST Architecture Constraints
What makes Architecture
RESTful?
Client Server
Uniform Interface
6 Design Rules Statelessness
Caching
Layering
Code On Demand
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REST Arch. Constraint - Client-Server
“REST application should have client-server
architecture”
“client-server should not run in same
process”
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Client-Server - Separation of concerns
Authentication
Uniform Interface
Security
Authorization Performance
Scaling
Multi-form factor
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REST Arch. Constraint - Uniform Interface
“Client & server share a common Technical
interface”
1. Individual requests are identified in the Request
(URI/URL)
2. Representation of the Resources
3. Self-descriptive messages - metadata
4. Hypermedia
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REST Arch. Constraint - Statelessness
“Client must manage it’s own state thus
making the server stateless”
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REST Arch. Constraint - Caching
Increased calls
Request data size
Performance
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REST Arch. Constraint - Caching
“Use Caching to achieve higher Scalability &
Performance”
gateway/proxy
DB Caching
Application
Caching Server
Caching
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REST Arch. Constraint - Layered Arch.
Web Tier
App Tier Database Tier
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Layered Arch. Benefits
1. Layering simplifies the architecture - reduced
dependencies.
2. The architecture may evolve with changing
needs
3. Layer changes at most impacts ONLY one
other layer
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REST Arch. Constraint - Code on Demand
“Server can extend the functionality of client
by sending Code”
“Hypertext As The Engine Of Application State.”
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Which of the following constraint
suggest that mid tier must manage the
state of the REST API?
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Client Server Architectural
Constraint leads to
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All REST API resources are
identified by a __________
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Which would be the preferred way to
design the endpoint for retrieving a
specific car by VIN (vehicle Identification
number that is unique for every car)
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Which of the following
architectural constraint is
optional?
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Caching should be implemented by
server in the mid tier to manage the
state of the client
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Which if the following constraints
counterbalance the negative impact of the
statelessness constraint?`
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Which one the following is
not a benefit of Layered
architecture?
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The Client Server constraint refers to a
style in which the common concerns of
the server and client are identified and
managed by the developer
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