--- title: API Design Practice | daily.dev description: Learn about API Design goals, aligning resource APIs with the business domain, and conducting design workshops. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/api-design-practice-eje1ivsav twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: API Design Practice | daily.dev og:description: Learn about API Design goals, aligning resource APIs with the business domain, and conducting design workshops. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/api-design-practice-eje1ivsav og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eJE1ivsav.png og:image:alt: API Design Practice og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # API Design Practice **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 9 min read · 213 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Learn about API Design goals, aligning resource APIs with the business domain, and conducting design workshops. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@noahsl9** · 2 upvotes > In the same context, I would highly recommend reading "API Design Patterns" **@pizofreude** · 0 upvotes > Coming from someone who uses API alot, this does gave me better view of how it work under the hood. 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