# RESTful Microservices

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/restful-microservices/  
**Website:** https://microservices.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 9.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 9.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 11.3 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Restful Microservices Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Tags

Architecture, Distributed Systems, Microservices, REST, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Cloud-Native

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/restful-microservices/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.