Api model
An API-accessible model is a machine-learning model whose capabilities are made available to software through an application programming interface.
ASP.NET Core in Action, 3e
An API model is the data representation returned by an API action for serialization and transmission to a client.
- How it is used
- Uses returned data as the machine-readable payload of a web API action.
- How deep it goes
- Explains creation, serialization, format selection, and result typing, but does not detail model class design.
- Examples
- Uses fruit objects from an apples category and JSON or XML serialization as concrete response examples.
- What you can do after
- Apply API models with output formatters to return client-readable JSON or XML from controller actions.
Machine Learning System Design
A model API is a programmatic interface that exposes machine-learning model operations such as generating embeddings and scoring candidates.
- How it is used
- Serves model operations behind an HTTP layer, extracting predictions for demand or embeddings and candidate scores for search.
- How deep it goes
- Specifies responsibilities, JSON boundaries, release cadence, and layering, but stops short of implementation details.
- Examples
- Uses demand-prediction and photo-search endpoints returning prediction arrays or scored search-result arrays.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure model-serving boundaries by separating transport, model work, candidate retrieval, ranking, and release responsibilities.
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Functional Design and Architecture: Examples in Haskell
An API model is a data representation designed for communication across an application programming interface rather than for internal domain behavior.
- How it is used
- Separates network communication from business logic while defining request and response representations.
- How deep it goes
- Defines boundary responsibilities, contrasts specialized and duplicated types, and demonstrates validation before stopping short of a universal duplication solution.
- Examples
- Uses asteroid templates, HTTP request schemas, optional object names, validation errors, and Servant handlers as concrete examples.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Haskell and Servant by defining boundary types, validating requests, and passing justified values to business logic.
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Related concepts
- domain modelproduces · A domain model is a software representation of the concepts, entities, relationships, rules, and behavior of a problem or business domain.
- apiuses · An application programming interface (API) is a defined set of operations and conventions through which software components access functionality or exchange data.
- contractuses · An API contract is a specification of the operations, data, and behavioral expectations that govern interactions between software components.
- endpointuses · An endpoint is a network-accessible address or interface through which a service exposes a resource or operation and handles requests and responses.
- data transfer objectequivalent to · A data transfer object is a data-carrying structure that conveys defined information between software components or across application boundaries without encapsulating substantial domain behavior.
- Formatterused by · A formatter is a software component that converts or structures data, records, or messages according to a specified representation format.
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