Product Catalog API

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web services basics • familiarity with RESTful and REST services • basics of microservices concepts and applications • basics of APIs and interfaces, payloads, JSON, and XML • Java programming skills
skills learned
design a product catalog API by following a design-first approach and using OpenAPI Spec • master the basics of OpenAPI Specification, YAML syntax, schema definitions • generate helpful API documentation
Harihara Subramanian
1 week · 6-8 hours per week · INTERMEDIATE
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You’re a software developer for Greengrocer, a chain of supermarkets that’s revamping its monolithic software to better handle its growing customer base. Using a design-first approach and the OpenAPI Specification, your task is to design a product catalog API to help employees track inventory. You’ll write API definitions through YAML description files and generate code and documentation for the API. When you’re done, you’ll have firsthand experience with OpenAPI Specification, YAML syntax, and schema definitions, and you’ll have improved the developer experience with good documentation.

This project is a part of the series Create APIs Using API Design Patterns.
This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.

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This liveProject is for learners who want to gain practical experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, design principles, and API design patterns. To begin these liveProjects you’ll need to be familiar with the following:

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  • Open API Spec
  • SLA and payloads
  • JSON
  • XML

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