Microsoft REST API Guidelines
Comprehensive guidelines for designing consistent, interoperable, and developer-friendly REST APIs.
What is Microsoft REST API Guidelines?
Microsoft REST API Guidelines is a comprehensive set of best practices and standards for designing RESTful APIs. It provides detailed guidance on resource naming, URL structure, HTTP methods, versioning, error handling, and documentation to ensure consistency and interoperability across APIs. The guidelines aim to improve developer experience and foster dialogue within the API community.
API designers, developers, and architects building or consuming REST APIs, particularly those working on Microsoft services like Azure or Microsoft Graph. It's also valuable for organizations looking to establish their own API design standards.
Developers choose these guidelines because they provide a well-established, comprehensive framework from Microsoft's extensive API experience, ensuring consistency across large-scale API ecosystems. They offer both general REST principles and specialized guidance for specific Microsoft platforms.
Overview
Microsoft REST API Guidelines
Use Cases
Best For
- Establishing API design standards within an organization
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