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How does versioning work in Azure API management?
When you use the Azure portal to enable versioning on an existing API, the following changes are made to your API Management resources: A new version set is created. The existing version is maintained and configured as the Original API version. The API is linked to the version set but doesn’t require a version identifier to be specified.
How to change the version of an API?
Effective change management in the context of an API is summarized by the following principles: 1 Continue support for existing properties/endpoints 2 Add new properties/endpoints rather than changing existing ones 3 Thoughtfully sunset obsolete properties/endpoints More
Is it wise to version a REST API?
Adding a required field on the request (e.g. a new required header or property in a request body) It is never wise or kind to force consumers of an API to make a change. If you must make a breaking change, that’s what versioning is for, and we’ll cover the most effective ways to version your application and endpoints.
What does it mean when Uri path versioning?
URI path versioning implies orchestrated releases of application versions that will require one of two approaches: maintaining one version while developing a new one or forcing consumers to wait for new resources until the new version is released. It also means you’d need to carry over any non-changed endpoints from version to version.
What happens when I add a version to an API?
If you add a version to a non-versioned API, an Original version will be automatically created and will respond on the default URL, without a version identifier specified. The Original version ensures that any existing callers are not broken by the process of adding a version.
Which is the best way to version the REST API?
REST doesn’t provide for any specific versioning guidelines but the more commonly used approaches fall into three categories: Using the URI is the most straightforward approach (and most commonly used as well) though it does violate the principle that a URI should refer to a unique resource.
Where do I put the version identifier in an HTTP request?
The format of an API request URL when using path-based versioning is: https:// {yourDomain}/ {apiName}/ {versionIdentifier}/ {operationId}. When the header versioning scheme is used, the version identifier needs to be included in an HTTP request header for any API requests. You can specify the name of the HTTP request header.