api-design

sql
CREATE TABLE posts (
    id           bigint GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
    author_id    bigint NOT NULL REFERENCES authors (id),
    title        text   NOT NULL,
    body         text   NOT NULL,
    published_at timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now()

Cursor-based pagination with stable ordering

postgres performance pagination
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typescript
export interface PageInfo {
  hasNextPage: boolean;
  hasPreviousPage: boolean;
  startCursor: string | null;
  endCursor: string | null;
}

API pagination response contract (page info)

typescript pagination cursor
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typescript
import { OpenAPIRegistry, extendZodWithOpenApi } from '@asteasolutions/zod-to-openapi';
import { z } from 'zod';

extendZodWithOpenApi(z);

export const registry = new OpenAPIRegistry();

OpenAPI generation for REST endpoints

typescript openapi zod
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python
from typing import Any, Optional

from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
from pydantic import BaseModel

Consistent JSON Error Responses in FastAPI With a Custom Exception Handler

fastapi error-handling exceptions
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javascript
class TokenBucket {
  constructor(capacity, refillPerSecond) {
    this.capacity = capacity;
    this.refillPerMs = refillPerSecond / 1000;
    this.tokens = capacity;
    this.lastRefill = Date.now();

Token Bucket Rate Limiter Middleware for Express with Per-Key Buckets

nodejs express rate-limiting
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typescript
export type ErrorCode =
  | 'VALIDATION'
  | 'UNAUTHENTICATED'
  | 'FORBIDDEN'
  | 'NOT_FOUND'
  | 'CONFLICT'

API error shape that frontend can rely on

typescript express react
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sql
CREATE TABLE idempotency_keys (
    request_key         text        NOT NULL,
    endpoint            text        NOT NULL,
    request_fingerprint text        NOT NULL,
    status              text        NOT NULL DEFAULT 'in_progress'
                                    CHECK (status IN ('in_progress', 'completed')),

Idempotency keys for “create” endpoints

reliability postgres idempotency
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typescript
export interface Cursor {
  createdAt: string;
  id: string;
}

export function encodeCursor(c: Cursor): string {

Cursor Pagination for a REST List Endpoint with a Typed Fetch Client

typescript express rest
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python
import base64
import json
from datetime import datetime


class InvalidCursor(Exception):

Cursor-Based Pagination for a Flask JSON API Blueprint

flask pagination cursor
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go
package api

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"net/http"
)

Field-Level JSON Validation Errors in Go net/http Handlers

go net-http validation
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ruby
require 'sinatra'
require 'json'
require_relative 'book'
require_relative 'helpers'

set :books, {

Sinatra Content Negotiation: Serve HTML or JSON by Accept Header

sinatra rack content-negotiation
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