Principles of Web API Design

Principles of Web API Design brings together principles and processes to help readers succeed across the entire API design lifecycle.

Drawing on extensive practical experience, James Higginbotham guides readers to align stakeholders on outcomes, design APIs that deliver value, and scale API design from small teams to entire organizations.

The book covers crafting job stories, EventStorming, capability modeling, choosing API styles such as REST, gRPC, GraphQL, or event-based async APIs, refining designs with feedback, decomposing APIs into microservices, and maturing API programs with scalable design and management processes.

It is invaluable for architects, developers, team leaders, and managers involved in API planning and delivery.