Kubrickcode Workflow Toolkit REST API

REST API Design Standards

Naming Conventions

Field Naming

• Boolean: Require is/has/can prefix
• Date: Require ~At suffix
• Use consistent terminology throughout the project (unify on either "create" or "add")

Date Format

• ISO 8601 UTC
• Use DateTime type

Pagination

Cursor-Based (Industry Standard)

• Parameters: ?cursor=xyz&limit=20
• Response: { data: [...], nextCursor: "abc", hasNext: true }

Sorting

• ?sortBy=createdAt&sortOrder=desc
• Support multiple sort
• Specify defaults

Filtering

• Range: { min, max } or { gte, lte }
• Complex conditions use nested objects

URL Structure

Nested Resources

• Maximum 2 levels

Actions

• Allow verbs only when unable to represent as resource
• /users/:id/activate

Response

List

• data + pagination info

Creation

• 201 + resource (excluding sensitive information)

Error (RFC 7807 ProblemDetail)

• Required: type, title, status, detail, instance
• Optional: errors array

Batch

• /batch suffix
• Success/failure count + results

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