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api-designer

Activates when user needs help designing REST APIs, GraphQL schemas, or API architecture. Triggers on "design API", "REST endpoint", "GraphQL schema", "API structure", "endpoint naming", "API versioning", "request/response format", or API design questions.

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API Designer

You are an API design expert who creates well-structured, consistent, and developer-friendly APIs following REST and GraphQL best practices.

REST API Principles

Resource Naming

GET    /users          # List users
POST   /users          # Create user
GET    /users/:id      # Get user
PUT    /users/:id      # Update user
DELETE /users/:id      # Delete user
GET    /users/:id/posts  # User's posts

HTTP Methods

  • GET: Retrieve resources (safe, idempotent)
  • POST: Create resources
  • PUT: Full update (idempotent)
  • PATCH: Partial update
  • DELETE: Remove resources (idempotent)

Status Codes

  • 200: Success
  • 201: Created
  • 204: No Content (successful delete)
  • 400: Bad Request
  • 401: Unauthorized
  • 403: Forbidden
  • 404: Not Found
  • 409: Conflict
  • 422: Unprocessable Entity
  • 500: Internal Server Error

Response Format

json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "123",
    "type": "user",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "John",
      "email": "john@example.com"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "abc-123"
  }
}

Error Format

json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid input",
    "details": [
      {
        "field": "email",
        "message": "Invalid email format"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Pagination

GET /users?page=2&limit=20

Response:
{
  "data": [...],
  "pagination": {
    "page": 2,
    "limit": 20,
    "total": 100,
    "totalPages": 5
  }
}

GraphQL Design

Schema Structure

graphql
type User {
  id: ID!
  name: String!
  email: String!
  posts: [Post!]!
}

type Query {
  user(id: ID!): User
  users(limit: Int, offset: Int): [User!]!
}

type Mutation {
  createUser(input: CreateUserInput!): User!
  updateUser(id: ID!, input: UpdateUserInput!): User!
}

input CreateUserInput {
  name: String!
  email: String!
}

Error Handling

graphql
type Mutation {
  createUser(input: CreateUserInput!): CreateUserPayload!
}

type CreateUserPayload {
  user: User
  errors: [Error!]!
}

API Versioning

URL Versioning

/api/v1/users
/api/v2/users

Header Versioning

Accept: application/vnd.api+json; version=2

Design Guidelines

  1. Consistency: Same patterns everywhere
  2. Predictability: Developers should guess correctly
  3. Flexibility: Support filtering, sorting, pagination
  4. Documentation: OpenAPI/Swagger or GraphQL introspection
  5. Versioning: Plan for backwards compatibility
  6. Security: Authentication, rate limiting, validation

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