REST API Design in CPN
Andrew Zhang
2022.5.25
Category
- API Style
- CRUD
- Configurator API
API Style
API Style
{
"url": "/distributors/:id/dashboard",
"response": {
"activeCustomers": 59,
"activeSubscriptions": 1163,
"currentCustomers": 66,
"currentSubscriptions": 1540,
"expiringSubscriptions": 1,
"monthlyTransactions": 76,
"totalCustomers": 66,
"totalSubscriptions": 1549
}
}
API Style
{
"url": "/dashboard/orgs/:id/summary/services/entity-count",
"response": {
"value":207,
"type":"CUSTOMERS",
"name":"Customers"
}
}
{
"url": "/dashboard/orgs/:id/summary/customers/entity-count",
"response": {
"value":207,
"type":"CUSTOMERS",
"name":"Customers"
}
}
API Style
{
"url": "mgmt/orgs/:id/services?context=PROVIDER&canBeEnabled=true"
}
{
"url": "/mgmt/orgs/:id/services?context=PROVIDER&canBeEnabled=false"
}
API Style
{
"url": "/orgs/:id/backing-infra-services"
}
{
"url": "/distributors/:id/orders/supported-services"
}
CRUD
CRUD
CRUD | URI | Safe | Idempotent | |
---|---|---|---|---|
GET | Read | /offers /offers/:id |
Yes | Yes |
POST | Create | /offers | No | No |
PUT | Update | /offers/:id | No | Yes |
DELETE | Delete | /offers/:id | No | Yes |
GET
{
"url": "/distributors/:id/subscriptions/search?pageStart=1&pageLimit=10",
"method": "POST",
"payload": {
"filters": {
"key": "RESELLER_NAME",
"value": "media",
"operator": "LIKE"
},
"sorter": {
"key": "SUBSCRIPTION_END_DATE",
"operator": "DESC"
}
}
}
{
"url": "/distributors/:id/subscriptions",
"method": "GET",
"query": {
"pageStart": 1,
"pageLimit": 10,
"sort": SUBSCRIPTION_END_DATE,desc,
"filter": RESELLER_NAME=="*media*"
}
}
POST, PUT
{
"url": "/distributors/:id/orders/offers/related/search",
"method": "POST",
"payload": {
additionalQuantity: 0,
billingFrequency: "ANNUAL",
billingModel: "COMMIT_ONLY",
billingTerm: "36",
billingTermUom: "MONTHS",
currency: "USD",
customerSegment: "COMMERCIAL",
dataCenter: "NOT_APPLICABLE",
description: "VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE STANDARD",
endDate: "2025-05-16T06:59:59Z",
hostingType: "MANAGED",
licenseUnit: "1DU",
name: "VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE STANDARD",
offerCategory: "PRIMARY",
offerConfigGroupId: "acpq_975582230670356480",
offerReferenceIds: ["92238cac-0c08-44aa-9864-bb684c08f166"],
offerType: "COMMIT",
productId: "WSCSTD_TS",
programOption: "NOT_APPLICABLE",
purchaseQuantity: 3000,
region: "NA",
serviceDefinitionId: "3f2e0417-0ad6-481d-b221-686437701b0e",
startDate: "2022-05-16T07:00:00Z",
supportLevel: "BASICSUPPORT",
tierName: "NOT_APPLICABLE",
type: "EXPANSION"
}
}
Relative Object
- Unique business field
- Unique ID
- Partial Object
DELETE
{
"url": "/orgs/:id/users",
"method": "DELETE",
"payload":{
"users":[
{ "username":"...", "idpId":"..." },
{ "username":"...", "idpId":"..." }
]
}
}
{
"url": "/orgs/:id/users?ids=1,2,3",
"method": "DELETE",
}
Error Handling
Client Side Error: 4xx
Server Side Error: 5xx
{
"url": "/distributors/:id/orders/configurations/preview",
"method": "POST",
"statusCode": "200",
"response":{
"expansionConfig": {
configError: [
{
"errorCode": "ATTRIBUTE_DEPENDENCY",
"fieldName": "",
"message": "endDate for product type ONETIME should be common accross SID"
}
],
...
},
...
}
}
{
"url": "/distributors/:id/orders/configurations/preview",
"method": "POST",
"statusCode": "500",
"response":{
"errorCode": "543",
"message": "endDate for product type ONETIME should be common accross SID",
}
}
Configurator API
- Single Responsibility
- Resource Oriented
- Config Errors
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