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Amber Feng
September 30, 2014
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Move fast, don't break your API
Amber Feng
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MOVE FAST, DON'T BREAK YOUR API AMBER FENG @amfeng
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LET'S BUILD AN API!
post '/v1/charges' do card_number = params[:card_number] amount = params[:amount] charge
= create_charge(card_number, amount) json { id: charge.id, amount: charge.amount card_number: charge.redacted_card_number, success: charge.success } end
post '/v1/charges' do ... unless card_number.length == 16 return {error:
"Invalid card number."} end unless amount > 0 and amount <= CHARGE_MAX return {error: "Invalid amount."} end ... end
post '/v1/charges' do api_key = get_api_key user = User.find_by_key(api_key) unless
user return {error: "Invalid API key."} end ... end
curl https://stripe.com/v1/charges -u API_KEY -d card_number=4242424242424242 -d amount=100 => {
id: "ch_xxx", amount: 100, card_number: "*4242", success: true }
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WHAT NEXT?
WHAT NEXT? MORE ENDPOINTS
WHAT NEXT? MORE ENDPOINTS MORE FUNCTIONALITY
WHAT NEXT? MORE ENDPOINTS MORE FUNCTIONALITY MORE CHANGES
WHAT NEXT? MORE ENDPOINTS MORE FUNCTIONALITY MORE CHANGES MORE PROBLEMS
LARGE, TANGLED CODEBASE
COPY-PASTA
ERROR-PRONE DEPENDENCIES
"CRAP, I FORGOT TO UPDATE THE DOCS!" — Everyone ever
HOW DO WE MAKE IT BETTER?
DESIGN FOR YOURSELF, TOO
SEPARATE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF LOGIC
Authentication Validation Endpoint-specific logic Constructing the response Error handling
Error handler Authenticator API logic
use ErrorHandler use Authenticator get '/v1/charges/:id' do user = env.user
id = params[:id] unless user.get_charge(id) raise UserError.new("No charge #{id}!") end end
APIMethods & APIResources
class ChargeCreateMethod < AbstractAPIMethod required :amount, :integer required :card_number, :string
resource ChargeAPIResource def execute create_charge(amount, card_number) end end
class ChargeAPIResource < AbstractAPIResource required :id, :string required :amount, :integer
required :card_number, :string required :success, :boolean def describe_card_number charge.redacted_card_number end end
post '/v1/charges' do APIMethod::ChargeCreateMethod.invoke end get '/v1/charges' do APIMethod::ChargeRetrieveMethod.invoke end
MAKE IT HARD TO MESS UP
class ChargeCreateMethod < AbstractAPIMethod required :amount, :integer required :card_number, :string
document :amount, "Amount, in cents." document :card_number, "The card number." ... end
HIDE BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
<todo: tweet>
def execute if !user.version_1? && params[:amount] raise UserError.new("Invalid param.") end
... if !user.version_1? response.delete(:amount) end end
GATES
- :version: 2014-09-24 :new_gates: - :gate: allows_amount :description: >- Sending
amount is now deprecated.
def execute if !user.gating(:allows_amount) && params[:amount] raise UserError.new("Invalid param.") end
... if !user.gating(:allows_amount) response.delete(:amount) end end
COMPATIBILITY LAYERS
Request compatibility API logic Construct API response Response compatibility
IN THE REAL WORLD
106 ENDPOINTS 65 VERSIONS 6 API CLIENTS
DESIGN FOR YOURSELF: SEPARATE LAYERS OF LOGIC MAKE IT HARD
TO MESS UP HIDE BACKWARDS COMPAT
WHAT ELSE?
NOT SURE. (WE'RE STILL FIGURING IT OUT AS WE GO.)
THANKS! (: @amfeng