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RESTful API

1. Error handling
2. Error logging
3. Validation
4. Authentication and authorization
5. Testing

REST Hypermedia Standard

And the winner is? Unfortunately, there is no clear winner. It depends on the contraints in place on your API. However, I will offer some suggestions. If you are augmenting existing API responses choose JSON-LD. If you are keeping it simple choose HAL. If you are looking for a full ?> featured media type choose Collection+JSON

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