Design and Build Great Web APIs Recommendation Rating: ★★★☆☆
This book has two key features:

  1. Every topic starts with the basic fundamentals(not just from software require, from basic thinking);
  2. It provides a comprehensive framework of web API

It attempts to establish a system, but it lacks rigor and is quite verbose. When it comes to specific operations, it lacks detail. It can only be considered a collection of organized notes with some highlights, but it falls short of being truly good.

Securing APIs

API security consits of three key elements :

  • identity
  • access control
  • encryption