--- title: API Design 101: From Basics to Best Practices | daily.dev description: This post provides an in-depth explanation of API design, focusing on the basics and best practices. It covers topics such as CRUD operations, communication... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nrdf5qk2u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: API Design 101: From Basics to Best Practices | daily.dev og:description: This post provides an in-depth explanation of API design, focusing on the basics and best practices. It covers topics such as CRUD operations, communication... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nrdf5qk2u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NrDF5qK2u.png og:image:alt: Post cover image 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 101: From Basics to Best Practices **[jgxdev's squad](https://daily.dev/sources/jgxdev)** · [@jgxdev](https://daily.dev/jgxdev) · 535 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary This post provides an in-depth explanation of API design, focusing on the basics and best practices. It covers topics such as CRUD operations, communication protocols, REST, GraphQL, and more. ## 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. **@nikolasdevs** · 0 upvotes > this is good. thanks for sharing **@suraj\_\_** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for sharing such a great post! 💎 **@agboolaolalekan** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for this **@intitech** · 0 upvotes > great, I love testing with Postman **@professorragna** · 0 upvotes > great reminder, thanks for sharing ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#graphql](https://daily.dev/tags/graphql), [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/nrdf5qk2u) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/nrdf5qk2u","headline":"API Design 101: From Basics to Best Practices","text":"Shared: API Design 101: From Basics to Best Practices","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nrdf5qk2u","datePublished":"2024-12-07T13:59:30.338Z","dateModified":"2024-12-07T13:59:30.341Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jose German Martinez","url":"https://daily.dev/jgxdev","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--sSPuLVOO--/f_auto/v1764210829/avatars/avatar_PsIBCeMLwqPz5EVHC5AO8?_a=BAMAK+ZW0","description":"Ing. de Procesos | Full StackDeveloper | Instructor de JavaScript | NodeJS - ReactJs Dev","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"BetaCode","logo":"https://res.cloudinary.com/daily-now/image/upload/s--RN3grenZ--/f_auto/v1725007942/companies/betacode"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":1850}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1KxV4ohY--/f_auto/v1722860400/public/Placeholder%2007","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":535},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":5}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/gYbJn53Cd"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"this is good. thanks for sharing","datePublished":"2024-12-29T18:20:34.376Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/NrDF5qK2u#c-DWzaoV8k4","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nikolas Devs","url":"https://daily.dev/nikolasdevs","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJXxibXdAdFutr7uVL2Fz8ajNeu5ncHM-GG8NlxfbUAeYBfSWE=s96-c"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for sharing such a great post! 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