Refactoring of REST API

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Shows concrete refactoring moves: identify and model assets, split a huge monolithic REST into domain-specific APIs, and replace monstrous flat parameter lists and RPC-over-HTTP with clear resources and hierarchical URLs. Moves shared security, rate-limiting and payload shaping into an API gateway or backend-for-frontend layer. Cites tooling (Apigee, Kong, Cloud Endpoints, Node-based gateways), migration pattern of extract-and-adapt, and real results: per-client façades and a catalog of unified APIs that cut payloads and integration work in deployed projects.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:13Why REST API matters
3. 5:26Modern API development
4. 9:44Poor API design issues
5. 17:17Refactoring API: first steps
6. 20:34Domain and resource separation
7. 23:10API Gateway and BFF
8. 27:40Redesign and system merging
9. 31:13API management tools
10. 33:43Summary
11. 34:50Q&A

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