Building RESTful APIs

Building APIs in Clojure is usually a “pure core / HTTP shell” story: parse and validate request data, call pure domain functions, then serialize the result into a response.

This section focuses on practical API concerns—JSON, validation, error shape, and versioning—without drifting into framework-specific trivia.

In this section

• RESTful API Design Principles: A Guide for Clojure Developers
  Explore the core principles of RESTful API design, including statelessness, resource identification, and the use of HTTP methods and status codes, tailored for Clojure developers transitioning from Java.
• Creating API Endpoints with Compojure: A Guide for Java Developers
  Learn how to define RESTful API endpoints using Compojure, handle HTTP methods, and map them to resource operations in Clojure.
• Handling JSON Data in Clojure Web Applications
  Learn how to effectively handle JSON data in Clojure web applications using libraries like Cheshire. Understand JSON parsing, serialization, and integration with RESTful APIs.
• API Versioning and Documentation in Clojure
  Explore strategies for API versioning and documentation in Clojure, ensuring backward compatibility and clear communication with tools like Swagger and OpenAPI.