This page lists resources for people creating APIs. Make recommendations!
Books
- APIs: A Strategy Guide: Creating Channels with Application Programming Interfaces [O'Reilley 12/2011]
- RESTful Web APIs: Services for a Changing World [O'Reilley 12/2013]
- REST API Design Rulebook [O'Reilley 10/2011]
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Irresistible APIs: Designing web APIs that developers will love [Manning 09/2016]
- The Design of Everyday APIs [Manning 2019]
- API Design Guide Documentation (PDF) [ReadTheDocs]
Websites and Web articles
Courses
- Coming soon... make recommendations!
Tools
- Open source tools to consider for your RESTful APIs [TechTarget; requires free registration]
- Tools for creating APIs in PHP: