API Style Guides

IETF HTTPAPI Working Group Drafts and RFCs

The IETF httpapi Working Group is producing the cross-vendor vocabulary that style guides increasingly cite normatively. Includes RFC 9457 Problem Details for HTTP APIs, RFC 9652 Link-Template, RFC 9745 Deprecation header, RFC 9727 api-catalog, plus active drafts on privacy and digest problem types and recently-expired drafts on Idempotency-Key and RateLimit header fields.

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StandardsTrack
https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/httpapi/documents/
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RFC
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9457
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RFC
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9652
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RFC
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9745
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RFC
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9727
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ExpiredDraft
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpapi-idempotency-key-header/
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ExpiredDraft
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpapi-ratelimit-headers/
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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: style-guides:ietf-httpapi
name: IETF HTTPAPI Working Group Drafts and RFCs
description: The IETF httpapi Working Group is producing the cross-vendor vocabulary that style guides
  increasingly cite normatively. Includes RFC 9457 Problem Details for HTTP APIs, RFC 9652 Link-Template,
  RFC 9745 Deprecation header, RFC 9727 api-catalog, plus active drafts on privacy and digest problem
  types and recently-expired drafts on Idempotency-Key and RateLimit header fields.
humanURL: https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/httpapi/documents/
baseURL: https://datatracker.ietf.org/
tags:
- IETF
- HTTP
- REST
- Problem Details
- Rate-Limit
- Deprecation
tags_raw:
- IETF
- HTTP
- REST
- Problem Details
- RateLimit
- Deprecation
properties:
- type: StandardsTrack
  url: https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/httpapi/documents/
- type: RFC
  url: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9457
  name: RFC 9457 Problem Details for HTTP APIs
- type: RFC
  url: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9652
  name: RFC 9652 The Link-Template HTTP Header Field
- type: RFC
  url: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9745
  name: RFC 9745 The Deprecation HTTP Response Header Field
- type: RFC
  url: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9727
  name: RFC 9727 api-catalog Well-Known URI
- type: ExpiredDraft
  url: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpapi-idempotency-key-header/
  name: draft-ietf-httpapi-idempotency-key-header
- type: ExpiredDraft
  url: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpapi-ratelimit-headers/
  name: draft-ietf-httpapi-ratelimit-headers
- type: Scope
  data:
    surfaces:
    - HTTP
    - REST
    publisher: IETF
    license: IETF Trust (RFC) / public
    status: mixed (RFCs + active drafts + expired drafts)