API Style Guides

Google API Improvement Proposals (AIPs)

Google's design review system, modeled on Python PEPs and Rust RFCs. AIPs are numbered, individually reviewable design documents covering resource-oriented design, standard methods, errors, pagination, naming conventions, and long-running operations. Maintained at aip.dev with content under CC BY 4.0 and code samples under Apache-2.0.

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/aip-dev/google.aip.dev

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StyleGuide
https://google.aip.dev/
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ContentLicense
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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CodeLicense
https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: style-guides:google-aip
name: Google API Improvement Proposals (AIPs)
description: Google's design review system, modeled on Python PEPs and Rust RFCs. AIPs are numbered, individually
  reviewable design documents covering resource-oriented design, standard methods, errors, pagination,
  naming conventions, and long-running operations. Maintained at aip.dev with content under CC BY 4.0
  and code samples under Apache-2.0.
humanURL: https://google.aip.dev/
baseURL: https://google.aip.dev/
tags:
- REST
- gRPC
- Resource-Oriented
- Google
properties:
- type: StyleGuide
  url: https://google.aip.dev/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/aip-dev/google.aip.dev
- type: ContentLicense
  url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- type: CodeLicense
  url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- type: Scope
  data:
    surfaces:
    - REST
    - gRPC
    publisher: Google
    license: CC BY 4.0 (content) / Apache-2.0 (code)
    status: living
    approxRules: 70+ (general AIPs)