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How do you define a version of your API?
API versioning is the practice of transparently managing changes to your API. Versioning is effective communication around changes to your API, so consumers know what to expect from it. You are delivering data to the public in some fashion and you need to communicate when you change the way that data is delivered.
What is REST API version?
The REST API version number forms part of the base URL for REST requests. For example, https://localhost:9443/ibmmq/rest/v2/admin/installation . The version number is used to isolate clients from changes to the REST API that might be introduced in future releases.
Why is it important to version Your REST API?
REST API Versioning. To manage this complexity, version your API. Versioning helps you iterate faster when the needed changes are identified. Change in an API is inevitable as your knowledge and experience of a system improve. Managing the impact of this change can be quite a challenge when it threatens to break existing client integration.
When to opt in to REST API framework?
You can specify a REST API framework version to make REST API calls when you want to opt into the features that the framework version defines. You may utilize a new feature or enhancement that is introduced in a version of the REST API framework if your application opts into the framework version within the visual development tool.
Which is the latest version of Oracle REST API?
Currently, Oracle offers the following framework versions. Each REST API framework version after version 1 introduces functionality that the previous framework versions does not support.
What are breaking changes in the REST API?
Breaking changes include: a change in the format of the response data for one or more calls a change in the request or response type (i.e. changing an integer to a float) removing any part of the API. Breaking changes should always result in a change to the major version number for an API or content response type.