Thread by @Rapid_API

Millions of websites are using API somehow in today's era.

It's imperative to optimize your API to provide a better user experience.

Here are five ways to optimize your API performance and make it stand out. 🧵👇🏻

1️⃣ Use rate-limiting strategy

There might be a case where the user executes a loop, causing many API requests that can slow down your API performance.

In order to avoid such scenarios, use rate-limiting factors and limit the specific number or request in the given time period.

2️⃣ Cache Requests

You can implement cache endpoints for the frequently used requests. This will reduce the number of round trips of client requests to the server and improve API performance and latency.

You can use some predefined HTTP headers to specify whether the data is stale or fresh.

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3️⃣ Use PATCH Over PUT

The PATCH request method only updates the necessary part of the resource whereas PUT updates the entire resource.

Consider it like this, you bought a new camera online, but the lens is broken. Instead of replacing the whole camera kit, you can replace the lens only.

PATCH is faster as compared to PUT.

⚠️ There may be some cases where you can't use PATCH at the place of PUT because PATCH is not idempotent.

4️⃣ Compress Data

Massive data transactions make the API slow. Consider using compression techniques like GZip to compress the data sent through the API.

It will make the transfer faster and improve the overall performance of your API.

5️⃣ Using Appropriate Hosting

If you expect your API to see high traffic surges, make sure you use a good hosting company that provides you with enough CPUs and database instances to make your API fast.

It will solve your network-related issues.

With that being said, these are five tips to improve API performance.

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