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Best Practices for REST API Error Handling

It is highly desirable in APIs to properly handle errors and provide meaningful error messages, as it can help the API client respond to issues correctly. The default behavior tends to return stack traces that are hard to understand and ultimately useless for the API client. Splitting error information into fields also allows the API client to parse it and provide better error messages to the…
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Time Frame – What Is a Time Frame?

What is time frame? A time frame is defined as a span of seconds, minutes, days, hours, weeks, months, or years during which something might happen or occur.  For example, a project with a two-week deadline illustrates a time frame. The purpose of trend research across time…
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Ping - What is Ping?

What is Ping? Ping is a command-line application that checks if a networked device is accessible and is available on practically any operating system with network connectivity.  It delivers a request to a particular device via the network.  The machine pinged back to the original computer and responded to a successful ping. Ping “Packet Internet Groper” is a technique for determining latency…
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JSONP Callbacks – What Is a JSONP Callback?

JSON with Padding, or JSONP for short, is a technique that allows developers to get around browsers' same-origin policies by exploiting the nature of the <script> element.  The policy prohibits reading any responses made by websites with origins other than those…
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Understanding Country Codes: Their Significance and Usage

Understanding country codes and their importance in international communication and data processing is crucial. This article explores the concept of country codes, their significance, and how they are used in various contexts. What is the country code? A country code is a…
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"Did you mean this?" API: Use cases and examples

Google’s famed autocorrection feature is made simple with APILayer’s relevant API. Google is without a doubt, the most widely used web engine in the world. We all use Google to have a solution for our every problem. But have you ever thought about why Google is so commonly used? While there are many other search engines like Yahoo, Bing, etc. The thing about Google’s fame is…
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