Url path
A URL path is the hierarchical component of a URL that identifies a resource or route within its host.
The Design of Web APIs, Second Edition
A resource path is the URI path used to identify a REST resource, including a collection or one of its elements.
- How it is used
- Maps REST resources and their relationships into meaningful HTTP request targets.
- How deep it goes
- Explains syntax, hierarchy, parameters, naming, shortening, OpenAPI description, and compatibility, while deferring fine-grained data modeling.
- Examples
- Uses /products, /products/{productReference}, /accounts/{accountId}/transactions, banking paths, and library-path correction exercises.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via HTTP and OpenAPI to design, document, review, and evolve predictable collection and element paths.
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ASP.NET Core in Action, 3e
An HTTP path identifies the resource or resource location targeted by an HTTP request.
- How it is used
- Locates the resource that an HTTP request asks a web application to handle.
- How deep it goes
- Defines path composition and demonstrates routing it with MapGet, but stops short of detailed HTTP protocol internals.
- Examples
- Uses /account/manage as a path example and maps the root path / to a Hello World response.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via ASP.NET Core's MapGet function to associate a GET request with a URL path and response.
Automating API Delivery
A URI path is the path component of a uniform resource identifier that identifies a resource or resource hierarchy in an API.
- How it is used
- Enforces consistent API path versioning during automated API linting.
- How deep it goes
- Descends from resource identification to JSONPath Plus selection, regular-expression matching, testing, and Spectral execution.
- Examples
- Uses product-catalog-v3.oas.yaml, yq conversion, jpp evaluation, and a version-matching Spectral ruleset.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Spectral to detect API paths that do not begin with a numeric version segment.
Related concepts
- route parameterhas part · A route parameter is a named variable embedded in a URL path whose value is captured from a matching request to identify or select a resource or operation.
- hierarchical identifierincludes · A hierarchical identifier is a resource identifier whose segments express the resource’s position within a parent-child hierarchy.
- unique identifierconfigured by · A unique identifier is a value or name that distinguishes an entity or record from others within a defined scope or namespace.
- resourceuses · An API resource is a conceptual entity or target exposed through an interface and addressable for access or manipulation.
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