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Building RESTful APIs with Rails🔌

Intermediate→Advanced

Rails 8.1

Create production-ready JSON APIs with Rails. Master API-only applications, authentication, serialization, versioning, and best practices for scalable API design.

6

Sections

18

Lessons

21

Challenges

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Creating API-Only Rails Applications

API Controllers and Routing

API-Only Mode(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Structuring JSON Responses

API Controller Base Class(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

API CRUD Flow(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

HTTP Status Codes(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

API Authentication Fundamentals

JWT Authentication

Authentication Methods(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Rails 8 Authentication Generator

Authorization Header(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Authentication Flow(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Authentication Features(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Customizing JSON with as_json

Building JSON with Jbuilder

Serialization Approaches(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Serializer Libraries

Jbuilder Syntax(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Serialization Methods(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Query Filtering and Scoping

Pagination Types(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Search and Sorting

Rails Scopes(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Pagination Math(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

API Versioning Strategies

API Documentation

API Deprecation Strategies

Versioning Strategy(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Rate Limiting Syntax(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Setting Up API Versioning(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

Structured Error Responses

Exception Handling(Sign in required)

Beginner+10 Mana

Production API Checklist

Production Readiness(Sign in required)

Intermediate+20 Mana

HTTP Status Code(Sign in required)

Advanced+30 Mana

API Testing Patterns(Sign in required)

Advanced+30 Mana

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