Ask HN: Any book recommendations for API design?

[oliver-rock]

Do you have any book recommendations for API design? I'm working for a company where data management was a mess and we have loads of systems that should be connected but are built completely seperate.

I'm looking for resources to help design a big change and move loads of systems over to APIs

[chrism238]

Copied: Please check "The C Interfaces and Implementations" book by David Hanson [1]. Someone has implemented the concept using his library that you can check and use [2]. Another excellent reference is the "The Linux Programming Interface" book by Michael Kerrisk that documents most of the API available under Linux [3]. [1]https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201498413 [2]https://github.com/gon1332/gonlibs [3]https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Programming-Interface-System-Ha...

[joshxyz]

Google for Microsoft REST API Guidelines. You'll find some links in azure and on github.

Okta is good reference too on sensible usage of JWT.

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[hbcondo714]

https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guide...

[rocketpastsix]

Build APIs You Wont Hate - Phil Sturgeon.