Building efficient, reliable, and secure REST APIs involves following several best practices. Here's a detailed breakdown of these practices, including versioning, security, and optimization techniques for your NestJS-based microservice:
- Resource Naming: Use meaningful, clear, and consistent names for your endpoints (e.g.,
/movies,/movies/{id}). Prefer nouns for resources and use HTTP methods to represent actions (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE). - HTTP Methods:
GETfor reading data.POSTfor creating resources.PUTorPATCHfor updating resources.DELETEfor removing resources.
- Use HTTP Status Codes: Return appropriate status codes (e.g.,
200for success,201for created,404for not found,400for bad request,500for server errors).