API API Documentation and Design 3

Question 1

What is pagination in REST API design used for?

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Dividing large result sets into smaller, manageable pages

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Counting API pages

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Versioning API documentation

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Caching query results

Question 2

What is 'cursor-based pagination' in APIs?

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Using an opaque pointer to the next result set instead of page numbers

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Using mouse position to page results

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Sorting results alphabetically

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Caching partial responses

Question 3

What does the 'Accept-Version' header allow in API requests?

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Requesting a specific API version via headers

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Accepting server certificates

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Accepting compressed responses

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Setting authentication version

Question 4

What is hypermedia in the context of REST API responses?

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Links embedded in responses that guide clients to related resources and actions

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High-bandwidth media files

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HTML media types

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Compressed API responses

Question 5

What is the purpose of an API rate limit response header like X-RateLimit-Remaining?

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To inform clients how many requests they have left in the current window

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To authenticate the client

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To set the response cache time

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To indicate API version

Question 6

What is an 'idempotency key' used for in API design?

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Allowing clients to safely retry requests without duplicate side effects

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Encrypting requests

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Identifying the API version

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Caching responses