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Hey there! Ready to make your API as friendly and reliable? Let’s unpack some RESTful API design practices that are easy to digest and will save you a headache down the road. Dive in for a guide that distills my hands-on experience into practical wisdom for crafting APIs that hit the sweet spot of functionality and user-friendliness. Naming: Clear, Concise Naming your endpoints should be clear-cut and intuitive. Hyphens are your clarity heroes: Separate words for the sake of readability. Go with /customers/saving-accounts rather than a jumble of characters. Lowercase for the win: URLs can be case-sensitive, so let’s avoid the confusion and stick with lowercase, like /customers/saving-accounts. Extensions are passé: This is the web, not your file system. Drop the .xml and keep it clean with /customers/saving-accounts. URIs Done Right Let’s cut through the clutter when it comes to URIs. ...