Design and Build Great Web APIs

Chapter Exercise

In this exercise, you get to convert your credit-check sketch into an API prototype using the OpenAPI Specification format. When you’re done with this exercise, you should have a working prototype of your Credit-Check API that you can use as a reference when we move on to writing code in the next chapter.

To start, log in to the WSD editor at https://www.websequencediagrams.com to create a new WSD document that reflects your translation of your credit-check-alps and credit-check-diagram.wsd into an HTTP-style API. This is the creative part of the exercise. There’s no right or wrong answer. Once you’re done, export your PNG and text versions of the WSD diagram and add them to the assets folder of your Onboarding repository. ...