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name: api-design description: REST API 设计模式，包括资源命名、状态码、分页、过滤、错误响应、版本控制和生产环境 API 的速率限制。 origin: ECC

API 设计模式

设计一致、开发者友好的 REST API 的约定和最佳实践。

何时激活

• 设计新的 API 端点
• 审查现有 API 契约
• 添加分页、过滤或排序
• 为 API 实现错误处理
• 规划 API 版本策略
• 构建面向公众或合作伙伴的 API

资源设计

URL 结构

# Resources are nouns, plural, lowercase, kebab-case
GET    /api/v1/users
GET    /api/v1/users/:id
POST   /api/v1/users
PUT    /api/v1/users/:id
PATCH  /api/v1/users/:id
DELETE /api/v1/users/:id

# Sub-resources for relationships
GET    /api/v1/users/:id/orders
POST   /api/v1/users/:id/orders

# Actions that don't map to CRUD (use verbs sparingly)
POST   /api/v1/orders/:id/cancel
POST   /api/v1/auth/login
POST   /api/v1/auth/refresh

命名规则

# GOOD
/api/v1/team-members          # kebab-case for multi-word resources
/api/v1/orders?status=active  # query params for filtering
/api/v1/users/123/orders      # nested resources for ownership

# BAD
/api/v1/getUsers              # verb in URL
/api/v1/user                  # singular (use plural)
/api/v1/team_members          # snake_case in URLs
/api/v1/users/123/getOrders   # verb in nested resource

HTTP 方法和状态码

方法语义

| 方法 | 幂等 | 安全 | 用途 | |--------|-----------|------|---------| | GET | 是 | 是 | 获取资源 | | POST | 否 | 否 | 创建资源、触发操作 | | PUT | 是 | 否 | 完整替换资源 | | PATCH | 否* | 否 | 部分更新资源 | | DELETE | 是 | 否 | 删除资源 |

*PATCH 通过正确实现可以做到幂等

状态码参考

# Success
200 OK                    — GET, PUT, PATCH (with response body)
201 Created               — POST (include Location header)
204 No Content            — DELETE, PUT (no response body)

# Client Errors
400 Bad Request           — Validation failure, malformed JSON
401 Unauthorized          — Missing or invalid authentication
403 Forbidden             — Authenticated but not authorized
404 Not Found             — Resource doesn't exist
409 Conflict              — Duplicate entry, state conflict
422 Unprocessable Entity  — Semantically invalid (valid JSON, bad data)
429 Too Many Requests     — Rate limit exceeded

# Server Errors
500 Internal Server Error — Unexpected failure (never expose details)
502 Bad Gateway           — Upstream service failed
503 Service Unavailable   — Temporary overload, include Retry-After

常见错误

# BAD: 200 for everything
{ "status": 200, "success": false, "error": "Not found" }

# GOOD: Use HTTP status codes semantically
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
{ "error": { "code": "not_found", "message": "User not found" } }

# BAD: 500 for validation errors
# GOOD: 400 or 422 with field-level details

# BAD: 200 for created resources
# GOOD: 201 with Location header
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: /api/v1/users/abc-123

响应格式

成功响应

{
  "data": {
    "id": "abc-123",
    "email": "alice@example.com",
    "name": "Alice",
    "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z"
  }
}

集合响应（带分页）

{
  "data": [
    { "id": "abc-123", "name": "Alice" },
    { "id": "def-456", "name": "Bob" }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "total": 142,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_pages": 8
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "/api/v1/users?page=1&per_page=20",
    "next": "/api/v1/users?page=2&per_page=20",
    "last": "/api/v1/users?page=8&per_page=20"
  }
}

错误响应

{
  "error": {
    "code": "validation_error",
    "message": "Request validation failed",
    "details": [
      {
        "field": "email",
        "message": "Must be a valid email address",
        "code": "invalid_format"
      },
      {
        "field": "age",
        "message": "Must be between 0 and 150",
        "code": "out_of_range"
      }
    ]
  }
}

响应封装变体

// Option A: Envelope with data wrapper (recommended for public APIs)
interface ApiResponse<T> {
  data: T;
  meta?: PaginationMeta;
  links?: PaginationLinks;
}

interface ApiError {
  error: {
    code: string;
    message: string;
    details?: FieldError[];
  };
}

// Option B: Flat response (simpler, common for internal APIs)
// Success: just return the resource directly
// Error: return error object
// Distinguish by HTTP status code

分页

基于偏移量（简单）

GET /api/v1/users?page=2&per_page=20

# Implementation
SELECT * FROM users
ORDER BY created_at DESC
LIMIT 20 OFFSET 20;

优点： 实现简单，支持"跳转到第 N 页" 缺点： 大偏移量时性能差（OFFSET