Versioning and errors in APIs clients actually enjoy
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Versioning and errors in APIs clients actually enjoy
Conventions for pagination, filtering, and error shapes in Laravel-backed APIs.
Errors are part of the contract
Every non-2xx response should carry a machine-readable code and a human message. Clients branch on codes; humans read messages.
- Use problem+json or a consistent internal schema
- Never leak stack traces to public consumers
- Log correlation IDs server-side
Versioning without drama
URL prefixes or headers are both fine; consistency matters more than dogma. Document defaults and sunset old versions with dates.
Your API is a product; changelogs are marketing.
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