Best Practices
Follow industry-leading patterns for secure, efficient, and maintainable integration workflows.
Security Best Practices
OAuth 2.0 Implementation
Always use PKCE for public clients and refresh tokens for long-lived sessions. Store credentials securely in hardware security modules.
JWT Claims Validation
Validate all JWT claims including nbf, exp, and iss. Use certificate pinning for token endpoint security.
Secret Management
Use environment variables or secret management services. Never hardcode credentials in client-side code.
Performance Optimization
Implement these strategies to ensure your implementation runs efficiently at scale.
Batch Requests
Combine multiple read/write operations into single transactions to reduce latency and improve throughput.
POST /api/v2/batch
{
"requests": [
{"method": "GET", "path": "/users"},
{"method": "POST", "path": "/logs", "body": {"event": "login"}}
]
}
Caching Strategies
Leverage HTTP caching headers with cache invalidation. Use ETag-based conditional requests for frequent updates.
- • Cache-Control: max-age=3600, private
- • If-None-Match: "{etag}"
- • Cache-Tag headers for bulk invalidation
Error Handling
HTTP Status Codes
Use standard HTTP status codes with detailed JSON error messages for debugging.
{
"error": "invalid_request",
"message": "Missing required parameter: token",
"code": 400,
"documentation_url": "/docs/endpoint-requests"
}
Retry Strategies
Implement exponential backoff with jitter for transient errors. Always validate request state before retries.
Retrying request: Attempt 1: 1.2s delay Attempt 2: 3.8s delay Attempt 3: 11.4s delay (max 5 attempts)