Patterns by Architectural Scope

Some of our patterns deal with API documentation, while others focus on API building blocks at different levels of abstraction and detail. This page groups patterns by such structural scopes to ease language navigation during service design.

Pattern Categories by Phase

Patterns by Scope

Which pattern to read when working on…

…API as a whole:

…API endpoint:

…operation:

…message representation:

…API documentation:

Not what you are looking for? Our pattern classifications by role, by phase or by quality suggest alternative entry points into the language.

Pattern Index

A complete list of all published patterns can be found in the Pattern Index.

Cheat Sheet

You can also try our Cheat Sheet.

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