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Grokking the API Design Interview

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Introduction to the Course

Introduction to APIs Unpacking API Design About the API Design Course Business Considerations with APIs

Network Intricacies

The Narrow Waist of the Internet Latency and Throughput Network Sockets as a Foundation for Communication

Different Ways of Client-Server Communication

World Wide Web Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)Evolution of HTTP Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs)WebSockets

Common Data Formats for Web APIs

Data Representation and Efficient Communication in APIs Textual Data Formats Binary Data Formats

Comparison of API Architectural Styles

Introduction to Web API Architectural Styles Representational State Transfer (REST): Web Architecture Style RESTful API GraphQL: A Query Language for APIs The gRPC Framework Comparisons of Different API Architecture Styles Let AI Evaluate Your Understanding of Architectural Styles

Security

Introduction to API Security Transport Layer Security (TLS)Securing APIs Using Input Validation Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) in APIs Authentication and Authorization OAuth: The Authorization Framework Authentication and Authorization Frameworks: OpenID and SAML High-Level View of Security in APIs Quiz on API Security

Important Concepts in API Design

Evolving an API Design

Client-Adapting APIs

Data Fetching Patterns

Event-Driven Architecture Protocols

Cookies and Sessions

The Role of Idempotency in API Design

Server-Side Rendering vs. Client-Side Rendering

Quiz on Important API Concepts - I

Speeding up Web Page Loading

Resource Hints and Debouncing

Circuit Breaker Pattern

Managing Retries

Caching at Different Layers

Quiz on Important API Concepts - II

Let AI Evaluate your Concepts of the API Design

Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations for Latency

Introduction to Response Time in APIs Estimation of Processing Time of an API Estimation of Latency of an API The Estimation of Response Time of an API Discussion on Response Time

What Are the Foundational API Designs?

The REDCAMEL Approach for Designing APIs Conventions for the Design Chapters of the Course Foundational API Designs

Design a Search Service

Requirements of the Search API Introduction to the Search Service Search API Design Decisions API Model for Search Service Refinements in the Search API Search API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

Design a File Service

Requirements of the File API File API Design Decisions API Model for File Service File API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

Design a Comment Service

Requirements of the Comment API Comment API Design Decisions API Model for Comment Service Comment API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget Quiz on Rating API

Design a Pub-Sub Service

Introduction to the Pub-Sub Service Requirements of the Pub-Sub API Pub-Sub API Design Decisions API Model for Pub-Sub Service Pub-Sub API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

Concluding Foundational Design Problems

Advanced API Design Problems

YouTube Streaming API Design

Requirements of the YouTube API Introduction to Video Streaming YouTube API Design Decisions API Model for YouTube Service YouTube API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget Quiz on TikTok API Design

Facebook Messenger API Design

Requirements of the Messenger API Messenger API Design Decisions API Model for Messenger Service Messenger API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

Google Maps API Design

Requirements of the Google Maps API Google Maps API Design Decisions API Model for Google Maps Service Google Maps API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

Learn to Design a Chess API with AI Mentor

Chess API Design AI Mentor (Beta)

Zoom API Design

Requirements of the Zoom API Introduction to Video Conferencing Zoom API Design Decisions API Model for Zoom Service Zoom API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

Leetcode API Design

Requirements of the LeetCode API LeetCode API Design Decisions API Model for LeetCode Service LeetCode API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

Payment Gateway API Design—Stripe

Requirements of the Stripe API Working of a Payment System Stripe API Design Decisions API Model for Stripe Service Stripe Interaction with Cards Network Stripe API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

Twitter API Design

Requirements of the Twitter API Twitter API Design Decisions API Model for Twitter Service Twitter API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

Uber API Design

Requirements of the Uber API Uber API Design Decisions API Model for Uber Service Uber API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

CamelCamelCamel API Design

Requirements of the CamelCamelCamel API CamelCamelCamel API Design Decisions API Model for CamelCamelCamel Service CamelCamelCamel's Communication with the Amazon Service CamelCamelCamel API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

Gaming API Design

Requirements of the Gaming API Introduction to the Gaming Ecosystem Gaming API Design Decisions API Model for Gaming Service Gaming API Design Evaluation and Latency Budget

API Failures and Mitigations

What Causes API Failures Knight Capital Failure Due to Development Bug Amazon S3 Service Disruption Facebook and Uber APIs Failure

Conclusion

What’s Next?Conclusion

Quiz on Important API Concepts - II

Test your understanding of the API concepts discussed in this chapter.

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