How should I build a good (web) API

Question

I\'m going to build an API for a web app and I\'m interested in what people can suggest as good practices.

I\'m already planning to make it versioned (version 1 can only

Answer 1

Read the RESTful Web Services book, which give you a good overview of how to use REST in practice, and get to up to speed quickly enough to get started now, with some confidence. This is more useful than just looking at an existing API, because it also discusses design choices and trade-offs.