api-security-best-practices

Guide to implement secure API practices including authentication, authorization, input validation, rate limiting, and protection against common API vulnerabi...

Design clear, scalable REST and GraphQL APIs including resource modeling, HTTP methods, pagination, error handling, versioning, and schema best practices.

REST API design patterns including resource naming, status codes, pagination, filtering, error responses, versioning, and rate limiting for production APIs.

Rate limiting algorithms, implementation strategies, HTTP conventions, tiered limits, distributed patterns, and client-side handling. Use when protecting APIs from abuse, implementing usage tiers, or configuring gateway-level throttling.

Implement secure authentication and authorization using JWT, OAuth2, session management, RBAC, permissions, and resource ownership verification.

Review code with secure-by-default standards, prioritize exploitable risks, and deliver minimal-diff fixes with evidence and regression checks.