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Restful Apis Crud Example

Example demonstrating standard RESTful CRUD operations with proper HTTP methods, status codes, and resource representation

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Restful Apis Crud Example is an example object payload from RESTful APIs, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

descriptionresourcebaseUrloperations

Example Payload

{
  "description": "Example demonstrating standard RESTful CRUD operations with proper HTTP methods, status codes, and resource representation",
  "resource": "Product",
  "baseUrl": "https://api.example.com/v1",
  "operations": [
    {
      "operation": "Create",
      "request": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "/products",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "Authorization": "Bearer {{token}}"
        },
        "body": {
          "name": "Wireless Headphones",
          "price": 79.99,
          "category": "Electronics",
          "sku": "WH-001"
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 201,
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "Location": "/products/prod_abc123"
        },
        "body": {
          "id": "prod_abc123",
          "name": "Wireless Headphones",
          "price": 79.99,
          "category": "Electronics",
          "sku": "WH-001",
          "href": "/products/prod_abc123",
          "createdAt": "2026-05-02T10:00:00Z"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "operation": "Read",
      "request": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "/products/prod_abc123",
        "headers": {
          "Accept": "application/json"
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 200,
        "body": {
          "id": "prod_abc123",
          "name": "Wireless Headphones",
          "price": 79.99,
          "href": "/products/prod_abc123"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "operation": "List",
      "request": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "/products?category=Electronics&page=1&limit=20",
        "headers": {
          "Accept": "application/json"
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 200,
        "body": {
          "data": [
            {"id": "prod_abc123", "name": "Wireless Headphones", "price": 79.99}
          ],
          "meta": {
            "total": 1,
            "page": 1,
            "limit": 20
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "operation": "Update",
      "request": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "url": "/products/prod_abc123",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "body": {
          "name": "Premium Wireless Headphones",
          "price": 99.99,
          "category": "Electronics",
          "sku": "WH-001"
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 200,
        "body": {
          "id": "prod_abc123",
          "name": "Premium Wireless Headphones",
          "price": 99.99,
          "updatedAt": "2026-05-02T11:00:00Z"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "operation": "Delete",
      "request": {
        "method": "DELETE",
        "url": "/products/prod_abc123",
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Bearer {{token}}"
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 204,
        "body": null
      }
    }
  ]
}

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