# The Web API Checklist 43 Things To Think About When Designing, Testing, and Releasing your API - Mathieu Fenniak

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## What Jamie wrote

This is a good list.

<blockquote>
I dont want you to build an API and only know about your unknown unknowns when they bite you in the ass. So, heres a list of a bunch of things, both obvious and subtle, that can easily be missed when designing, testing, implementing, and releasing a Web API.
</blockquote>

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