# tfredrich/RestApiTutorial.com

HTML Source code for www.RestApiTutorial.com

Repository: https://github.com/tfredrich/RestApiTutorial.com
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/restapitutorialcom
Homepage: http://www.RestApiTutorial.com
Language: HTML
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-02-02T17:45:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 65, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5237, "days_push": 212, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3140, forks 1485 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:45.805146+00:00)

## What it is
Hugo source code for RestApiTutorial.com, a well-known educational website teaching REST API design, HTTP methods, and status codes. It also hosts downloadable PDF/ePub/Mobi/ODT versions of a RESTful Best Practices guide.

## Use cases
- learn rest api design
- understand http status codes
- restful best practices guide
- learn http methods and idempotence
- api design tutorial for beginners
- download rest api best practices book

## When to choose
- you want a free, well-regarded reference for REST API concepts and HTTP semantics
- you need a shareable best-practices document in ebook formats
- you want to contribute to or self-host the tutorial site with Hugo

## When to avoid
- you need interactive API testing tools or a runnable API framework
- you want framework-specific or language-specific API tutorials
- you need a formal specification rather than a tutorial

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, static-site-generator
- domain: web-development, apis, tutorials, documentation
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: rest-api, http-status-codes, hugo, api-design, educational-website, best-practices, web-server

## Member repositories
- tfredrich/RestApiTutorial.com (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.805146+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:26:02.736678+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tfredrich/RestApiTutorial.com (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.805146+00:00, sha 30d870e3a72b)
  - homepage: http://www.RestApiTutorial.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:43.237269+00:00, sha 3d723b04432a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.