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API Standards for 18F

9 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 2 stories, 7 comments · first 2014-07-15 · latest 2016-11-03

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  1. One piece of 18F that I've always appreciated is their published API standards - https://github.com/18F/api-standards . They spawned it off the frequently mentioned White House API standards, and it phrases a lot of the opinions well…
  2. …we big believers ourselves, but we strive to help other agencies improve their API practices. [0] https://github.com/18F/api-standards [1] https://github.com/18F/jekyll_pages_api [2] https://github.com/18F/API-All-the-X and…
    comment by adelevie · 2015-02-03 · in Join the U.S. Digital Service
  3. …a set of standards will help ensure, among other things, baseline quality and consistency. [1] https://github.com/18f/api-standards
    comment by adelevie · 2014-10-28 · in Ask HN: What makes an API good?
  4. Thanks for the detailed reply! I turned this into an issue on our GitHub repo here: https://github.com/18F/api-standards/issues/45 .
    comment by adelevie · 2014-08-11 · in 18F API Standards
  5. …and if there is a compelling reason not to use it in a specific case, that should be fine[2]. [1] https://github.com/18f/api-standards/issues or https://github.com/18F/api-standards/issues/8 [2] https://github.com/18F/api-standards#just-use…
    comment by adelevie · 2014-08-09 · in 18F API Standards
  6. …out in the open, and meaningful feedback, suggestions, or pull requests are certainly welcome. [1] https://github.com/18F/api-standards/blame/master/README.md [2] https://github.com/WhiteHouse/api-standards [3]…
    comment by adelevie · 2014-08-09 · in 18F API Standards
  7. There is a discussion on documentation in one of the issues[1]. Feel free to weigh in! [1] https://github.com/18F/api-standards/issues/19
    comment by adelevie · 2014-08-09 · in 18F API Standards