RestCheatSheet/api-cheat-sheet resource
API Design Guidelines and Best Practices Cheat Sheet observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4082
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 821
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1161 stars · 193 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A community-maintained cheat sheet of REST API design guidelines and best practices, covering URL structure, HTTP methods, status codes, pagination, and OAuth2 security. It serves as a concise reference document rather than executable software.
Use cases
- learn rest api design best practices
- how to structure rest api urls
- which http status codes to use in an api
- design pagination and filtering for api collections
- secure a rest api with oauth2
- api design review checklist
When to choose
- you want a quick, opinionated reference for REST API design decisions
- you are reviewing or standardizing API conventions across a team
- you are learning REST fundamentals like resource naming and status codes
When to avoid
- you need tooling or code, not guidelines
- you are building GraphQL or gRPC APIs rather than REST
- you need exhaustive, formally versioned API specifications
Facets
learning-resource · maturity maintenance
api-framework documentation security apis web-development developer-tools documentation cli cheat-sheet api-design rest best-practices guidelines web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/RestCheatSheet/api-cheat-sheet · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0a84211aa5b2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| RestCheatSheet/api-cheat-sheet | main | 32 |
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