Pro RESTful APIs: Design, Build and Integrate with REST, JSON, XML and JAX-RS

Discover the RESTful technologies, including REST, JSON, XML, JAX-RS web services, SOAP and more, for building today’s microservices, big data applications, and web service applications.  This book is based on a course the Oracle-based author is teaching for UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley which covers architecture, design best practices and coding labs.

Pro RESTful APIs: Design gives you all the fundamentals from the top down: from the top (architecture) through the middle (design) to the bottom (coding).  This book is a must have for any microservices or web services developer building applications and services.

What You’ll Learn

• Discover the key RESTful APIs, including REST, JSON, XML, JAX, SOAP and more
• Use these for web services and data exchange, especially in today’s big data context
• Harness XML, JSON, REST, and JAX-RS in examples and case studies
• Apply best practices to your solutions’ architecture

Who This Book Is For

Experienced web programmers and developers.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Fundamentals of RESTful APIs
Chapter 2: API Design and Modeling
Chapter 3: Introduction – XML, JSON
Chapter 4: Introduction to JAX-RS
Chapter 5: API Portfolio and Framework
Chapter 6: API Platform and Data Handler
Chapter 7: API Management and API Client
Chapter 8: API Security and Caching