Introduction
Welcome to the API documentation. This guide will help you integrate our API into your application.
Overview
Our API is organized around REST. It has predictable resource-oriented URLs, accepts form-encoded request bodies, returns JSON-encoded responses, and uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs.
Base URL
All API requests should be made to:
https://api.example.com/v1Authentication
All API requests require authentication using an API key. Include your API key in the request header:
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEYRequest Format
All POST requests should include a Content-Type header:
Content-Type: application/jsonResponse Format
All responses are returned in JSON format:
{
"success": true,
"data": {
// Response data here
},
"message": "Operation completed successfully"
}Error Handling
When an error occurs, the API returns an appropriate HTTP status code and error details:
{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "invalid_request",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}Common HTTP Status Codes
| Status Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 200 | Success |
| 201 | Created |
| 400 | Bad Request |
| 401 | Unauthorized |
| 403 | Forbidden |
| 404 | Not Found |
| 500 | Internal Server Error |
Rate Limiting
API requests are limited to 1000 requests per hour per API key. Rate limit information is included in response headers:
X-RateLimit-Limit: 1000
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 999
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1609459200Pagination
List endpoints support pagination using the following parameters:
page- Page number (default: 1)limit- Items per page (default: 20, max: 100)
GET /api/v1/users?page=2&limit=50Response includes pagination metadata:
{
"success": true,
"data": [...],
"pagination": {
"page": 2,
"limit": 50,
"total": 1000,
"pages": 20
}
}