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Public API Glossary

Scope

Baseline terms for future public API design and integration discussions.

Terms

Public API

Externally consumable endpoints intended for non-admin clients.

Resource

Entity exposed by an API endpoint (for example: page, media, news).

Contract

The stable request/response schema for an endpoint version.

Version

Compatibility boundary for API contracts (for example: v1).

Authentication

Identity verification mechanism for protected API routes.

Authorization

Permission check determining whether an authenticated actor can access a resource/action.

Pagination

Mechanism for splitting large result sets across requests.

Idempotency

Property where repeating a request does not change final state beyond the first successful call.

Rate Limit

Request threshold policy applied per consumer/time window.