JSON API is a set of industry standards for RESTful APIs that defines uniform protocols for resource serialization, error responses, and query parameters. It provides a specification for request and response payloads in JSON-based APIs to ensure consistency across endpoints.
The main features of json-api/json-api are: Resource Serialization Formats, REST API Specifications, Client-Requested Resource Inclusions, Compound Document Embeddings, HTTP Query Protocols, Resource Type-ID Pairs, Query Parameter Filters, API Error Handling Patterns.
Open-source alternatives to json-api/json-api include: raml-org/raml-spec — RAML is a declarative YAML-based specification language used for modeling RESTful interfaces and data structures. It… microsoft/typespec — TypeSpec is a language for defining cloud API shapes and generating OpenAPI, JSON Schema, and client/server code from… interagent/http-api-design — This project provides a comprehensive framework of standards and conventions for designing consistent, predictable,… joho/7xx-rfc — This project is a formal RFC proposal and technical specification for a new range of HTTP status codes. It defines a… codeigniter4/codeigniter4 — CodeIgniter is a PHP web framework built on the Model-View-Controller pattern, designed for building full-stack web… juhaku/utoipa — utoipa is a Rust API documentation tool used to generate machine-readable OpenAPI specifications. It functions as a…
RAML is a declarative YAML-based specification language used for modeling RESTful interfaces and data structures. It functions as a contract-first API framework and modeling standard, establishing a formal agreement for service communication and a single source of truth before implementation begins. The specification enables the automation of functional mock servers and the generation of language-specific client SDKs directly from the definition files. It supports a modular approach to API design through the use of external libraries, overlays for extending contracts, and reusable traits and
This project is a formal RFC proposal and technical specification for a new range of HTTP status codes. It defines a developer error standard designed to distinguish implementation failures from standard client or server errors within REST API responses. The specification proposes an extension to the HTTP protocol that introduces reserved numerical ranges for status codes. This system maps unique integer identifiers to specific implementation mistakes, providing precise diagnostic meaning and isolating developer fouls from standard protocol responses while maintaining backward compatibility.
This project provides a comprehensive framework of standards and conventions for designing consistent, predictable, and maintainable web services. It establishes a resource-oriented architecture that utilizes uniform HTTP methods and status codes to structure communication across distributed software systems. The guide emphasizes a standardized approach to API evolution and data management, focusing on techniques such as header-based versioning to maintain backward compatibility and range-header pagination to handle large datasets. It also defines patterns for structured error representation
TypeSpec is a language for defining cloud API shapes and generating OpenAPI, JSON Schema, and client/server code from a single source of truth. It functions as a protocol-agnostic API designer that models REST, gRPC, and other API protocols using a unified, extensible syntax, with a decorator-based metadata system for attaching metadata, validation rules, and lifecycle visibility to API models and operations. The compiler produces OpenAPI 3.0 specifications and other artifacts, and the tool supports declaring API versions and tracking changes to models, properties, and operations across releas