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Building Resilient Systems with Idempotent APIs

Karishma Shukla ・ Jul 28

#webdev #python #api #javascript

Inspired by @karishmashukla's Top 7 post, tonight’s topic is... API Designing!

Effective API design is essential for creating user-friendly, efficient, and maintainable software systems. Idempotency is just one aspect, so what elements of API design are most crucial to you and your team?

Questions:

• How do you handle versioning effectively?
• When it comes to error handling in APIs, what practices have you found most effective?
• How important is idempotency in your line of work?
• Any triumphs, fails, or other stories you'd like to share on this topic?