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Software Architecture: REST API Design - The Complete Guide (Udemy.com)

Become a better Software Architect by designing professional, easy to use and attractive REST API

4.5
6,224 reviews

Created by: Memi Lavi

Last updated August 2026

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What you will learn

  • Best Practices of professional REST API
  • Correct use of HTTP Verbs, URL structure and response codes
  • Using world-leading documentation engine to document your REST API
  • Integrating Authentication & Authorization capabilities into REST API
  • Performance techniques to speed up the response from the REST API
  • Using Postman to test your REST API

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  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 51% of them
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  • Length3.9 hoursshorter than 70% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 92% of them

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Course Description

Every Software Architect is going to design REST API these days.

REST API is the de-facto standard of the Web API world, and all the major websites are having it - Twitter, Amazon, Facebook, Google and lots and lots more.

If you're designing a web app - the developers using it will expect it to have a REST API.

But, how can you make your REST API stand out? How can you convince the API users to actually use the API, and not just take a quick look at it and go away?

In today's world, where everyone expose REST API, it's not easy to attract developers. And if no developer will come - usage and monetization will be a problem.

The key to make your API stand out is to design a well thought-of API, one that is:

1. Easy to use

2. Easy to understand

3. Consistent

4. Performant

5. Just Works


A good Software Architect must be able to design such an API. In fact, designing the API is one of the most important tasks of the Software Architect.

In this comprehensive course, you'll get all the knowledge required for designing great, professional, REST API, using the techniques used by all industry-leading APIs.

Here are some of the topics discussed in this course:

- What is API, and what is Web API

- The inner structure of REST Request and Response

- Tools that can help you simulate REST API calls, such as Postman and Beeceptor

- The special role of HTTP Verbs

- How a REST API URL should look like

- What are Response Codes and why do they matter

- How to give your API a professional looking documentation

- How to add authentication and authorization to your API

- Performance techniques to improve your API responsiveness

- Monitoring  and its importance

- And lots more...


But that's not all...

At the end of this course, you'll be able to download the REST API Checklist, a comprehensive checklist that will guide you through the process of creating the most professional and attractive REST API. This checklist is your go-to-guide whenever you'll design REST API, and as a Software Architect - you'll design a lot of REST API...


This course takes you from the absolute basics of API to the most advanced topics, known only to few. Completing this course will give you all the knowledge required for building professional REST API, and, as a bonus, will put you in a great position when looking for your next job.

No other course covers this topic in such a comprehensive and thorough way. I've put all my 20+ years of experience with hundreds of clients in this course, and I'm sure you will greatly benefit of it.


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What do my students have to say about my courses?

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"well done - The course was very practical" - Sam

"Good explanation on the topics covered, "Soft Skills" section is a great addition of topics" - Sergio

"[The course] given me the confidence to go out to the market and advertise myself as such [an Architect]" - Mathew

"Life Changing" - Arivazhagan

And lots more...


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Who is this course for?

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Any person who is involved in web development, even system analyst, can profit from this course.

That includes:

- Junior developers

- Senior developers

- Architects

- Anyone else involved in web development

If you're not sure if this course is for you - drop me a note!


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What are the prerequisites for this course?

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In this course we'll use tools simulating REST API server and client (Beeceptor and Postman), so no actual coding is required.

Students are expected, however, to be able to understand simple coding snippet (there are a few), and to know how the internet is working (HTTP protocol, Request / Response model, and so on).

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About Me

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I've been in the software industry for more than 20 years, and a Software Architect for more than 17 years, working with a variety of clients - Fortune 100 enterprises, start-ups, govt. entities, defense, telco, banking, and lots more.

I'm an avid speaker and trainer, having trained thousands of students in various courses.

I love what I do, and my greatest passion (well, besides my family...) is designing modern, practical, and reliable systems for my clients, using the best possible API.
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Instructor Details

Memi Lavi

Senior Software & Cloud Architect with more than 20 years of experience in the Software Industry.

In 2018 I founded my own software and cloud architecture boutique company, which grew 100s% every year, until it was sold a few years later to one of the largest IT companies in the country for millions of dollars.

Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert.

Worked with all kinds of clients - govt. entities, start-ups, banks, telcos and more - designing the architecture of their systems and working closely with the development teams.

Frequent speaker in many tech conferences & meetups, and a real software enthusiast.

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By Francisco Castro on 11/11/2023

Extraordinary content! It was really what I usually expect from a good course. Up until now, I managed to get most (if not all) of the main concepts and good practices in one go. Of course, to actually understand and apply these concepts correctly, one will need actual designing and testing in a more tangible and real use case and/or scenario. Still, for the purposes and scope of this course (considering the length of the material presented here), the lectures are more than great!

By Tomasz Miłaszewski on 9/6/2023

Really, really good course. It precisely fit my expectations for a course that is a throughout overview of REST API with both fundamentals and some more advanced information covered. Well designed, well structured, with relevant content. I'd definitely consider other Memi's courses if the topics would match my needs.

By Niluk F on 6/30/2023

This course is quite heavy on the theory, but yet, is still a very good introduction to ReST API design concepts. The author does a very good job of providing a great breadth-first intro to the associated topics, that, I believe, will be of great benefit to those new to ReST! The URL Structure and OAuth2.0 sections were especially very informative, plus, the author provides several useful nuggets of supplementary information such as the Response Codes cheat sheet and the ReST API Checklist that will serve as valuable aids on the job! The integration of some real-world practical ReST API scenarios/usecases into the course would've been great.

By Anonymized User on 1/20/2023

This is really a good course for all architects and developers for both who and who doesn't have experience on API world ! Memi went over and explained in detail manner of most of the key REST api architectural concerns and strategies. This course is really helpful, Thank you Memi Again!

By Tarun on 6/3/2022

It was good experience, However this could have been above expectation if following to points can be added. 1. More exam test after each section, this will make sure revision of what we learnt. 2. Some time I had issue with English accent of the Instructor. I had to listen to the content repeatedly to understand what actually it meant. If English transcript can be added (Not sure if it is possible). But the auto Transcript is not useful at all and created confusion.

By Slavimir Vesić on 1/3/2022

The course is great. Above my expectations. The concepts presented in the course are platform-independent. The course is at a higher level of abstraction, and that leads to the perception of the bigger picture. Very good choice for developers, software engineers, architects, data engineers, etc. The author knows the topic and proves vast knowledge and experience.

By Ishtiaque Ahmed on 8/15/2021

I took this course to refresh my REST API knowledge as well as to clear up some of the confusion with my understanding of REST API. This course has covered the basics of REST API design very well. I got answers to some of my confusions which is a plus. Thanks Memi Lavi for this wonderful course.

By Rajip Patel on 7/16/2021

This is an excellent and a very practical course to know how to design REST API without any prior knowledge. Every section of this course is practical and with details. The added bonus is the Resources material and checklist that you can download and keep it with to help you for designing your own REST API. Overall, it is a very good course for someone who wants to know how to design REST API.

By Roberta B on 4/19/2021

This is a very basic approach to API. Course is good, he is prepared and he knows a lot of things. It's a pity his English pronunciation of "th" like it is a "z", the English phonetics is only one, but he makes mistakes and it becomes difficult, at the beginning, to get used to his sounds of consonant and vowels.

By Kelly P on 12/29/2020

This course should be mandatory for all architects and API developers! For years as a developer I understood some of the "why" but not enough of it! Memi went over key architectural concerns and strategies for API communication that are critical for determining IF you should use a REST API and HOW to do so correctly and efficiently. Another excellent course from Memi! Thank you so much again sir! :-D

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