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RESTful Microservices

An architectural style that structures an application as a collection of loosely coupled, independently deployable services that communicate via REST APIs using HTTP methods and standard web protocols. This collection covers RESTful microservices patterns, tools, service mesh technologies, API gateways, observability, and the ecosystem of frameworks and platforms for building, deploying, and scaling microservice architectures.

RESTful Microservices is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Architecture, Distributed Systems, Microservices, REST, and Kubernetes.

The RESTful Microservices catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

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19.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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ArchitectureDistributed SystemsMicroservicesRESTKubernetesService MeshCloud Native

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 19.4/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 8.8 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Restful Microservices Context

29 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

RESTful Microservices API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Microservice

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Restful Microservices Service Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Restful Microservices Inter Service Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Restful Microservices Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

OpenTelemetry
OpenTelemetry

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Kubernetes Documentation
Kubernetes Documentation

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 8

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

12 Factor App
12 Factor App
 CNCF Cloud Native Landscape
CNCF Cloud Native Landscape
 Istio Service Mesh
Istio Service Mesh
 Kong API Gateway
Kong API Gateway
 Prometheus Monitoring
Prometheus Monitoring
 gRPC Framework
gRPC Framework
 Spring Cloud
Spring Cloud
 Open Liberty RESTful Microservices
Open Liberty RESTful Microservices

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: restful-microservices
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/restful-microservices.png
name: RESTful Microservices
description: An architectural style that structures an application as a collection of loosely coupled, independently deployable
  services that communicate via REST APIs using HTTP methods and standard web protocols. This collection covers RESTful microservices
  patterns, tools, service mesh technologies, API gateways, observability, and the ecosystem of frameworks and platforms for
  building, deploying, and scaling microservice architectures.
type: Index
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/restful-microservices/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Architecture
- Distributed Systems
- Microservices
- REST
- Kubernetes
- Service Mesh
- Cloud Native
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
artifacts:
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/restful-microservices/refs/heads/main/json-schema/restful-microservices-service-schema.json
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/restful-microservices/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/restful-microservices-vocabulary.yml
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/restful-microservices-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://microservices.io/
- type: 12 Factor App
  url: https://12factor.net/
- type: CNCF Cloud Native Landscape
  url: https://landscape.cncf.io/
- type: Kubernetes Documentation
  url: https://kubernetes.io/docs/
- type: Istio Service Mesh
  url: https://istio.io/
- type: Kong API Gateway
  url: https://konghq.com/
- type: OpenTelemetry
  url: https://opentelemetry.io/
- type: Prometheus Monitoring
  url: https://prometheus.io/
- type: gRPC Framework
  url: https://grpc.io/
- type: Spring Cloud
  url: https://spring.io/cloud
- type: Open Liberty RESTful Microservices
  url: https://openliberty.io/docs/latest/rest-microservices.html
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com