Building Ambitious APIs with Ruby

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A concrete workflow for an Ember + Rails API: scaffold a Pets/Toys app, use active_model_serializers with Ember Data, and follow the emerging JSON API shape to get consistent resource representations. Implement side‑loading (ids + included arrays) to eliminate duplication, offer sparse fieldsets via a fields= parameter, paginate with RFC5988 link headers, and secure endpoints with HTTPS and token-based auth (consider existing OAuth gems). The JSON API spec remains in flux.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:08API Checklist
3. 3:23HTTP Methods
4. 4:24RESTful APIs
5. 9:50JSON API
6. 21:18API Design
7. 27:32Sparse Field Sets
8. 28:43Sort Order
9. 28:56Pagination
10. 31:55Steves PDF
11. 33:07OAuth

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