Example of Best in Class RESTful API Design: Stripe

 Example of Best in Class RESTful API Design

Stripe was among the first companies to publish a high-quality RESTful API with excellent supporting documentation. If you are building an API, this is an excellent example to follow:

https://stripe.com/docs/api


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