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Restful Apis Resource Structure

Structure documentation for a standard RESTful API resource representation

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RESTful Resource is a JSON Structure definition published by RESTful APIs.

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JSON Structure

{
  "name": "RESTful Resource",
  "description": "Structure documentation for a standard RESTful API resource representation",
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "id",
      "type": "string|integer",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Unique resource identifier"
    },
    {
      "name": "href",
      "type": "string (uri)",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Self-referencing URI (HATEOAS link)"
    },
    {
      "name": "type",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Resource type name"
    },
    {
      "name": "attributes",
      "type": "object",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Resource-specific data attributes"
    },
    {
      "name": "relationships",
      "type": "object",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Links to related resources"
    },
    {
      "name": "meta",
      "type": "object",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Metadata (timestamps, version)",
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "createdAt",
          "type": "string (date-time)",
          "required": false
        },
        {
          "name": "updatedAt",
          "type": "string (date-time)",
          "required": false
        },
        {
          "name": "version",
          "type": "integer",
          "required": false
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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