Building JSON APIs with ActiveModelSerializers

Anton Antonov

What we'll be looking into

What makes a JSON API usable?

Let's see by using the Instagram HTTP API

What makes a JSON API usable?

 

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What makes a JSON API usable?

Being able to read entities such as statuses

 

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/user_timeline.json?count=5

What makes a JSON API

actually good?

  • Consistent response data structure

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What makes an API great?

Other resources out there

Building JSON APIs with ActiveModelSerializers

By Anton Antonov (syndbg)

Building JSON APIs with ActiveModelSerializers

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