REST-API

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API Platform and OpenAPI: What Is Automatically Good and What You Must Override

Maxim Mironjuk - April 15, 2026

API Platform generates OpenAPI documentation from PHP classes, which saves hours of manual work. But schema names with internal counters, missing examples, rudimentary security definitions and undocumented error cases show where the automation promise reaches its limits. This article shows concretely what works well, and what needs to be overridden.

Symfony REST-API

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REST API Design: Cleanly Separating Resources, Verbs, Idempotency and Status Codes

Maxim Mironjuk - April 01, 2026

Many REST APIs use HTTP as a transport protocol without ever tapping into its semantics. Resources modeled incorrectly, verbs misused, idempotency not guaranteed and status codes chosen arbitrarily, these are not questions of style but design errors with direct consequences for caching, retry logic and client implementation.

Symfony REST-API

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Symfony Request DTOs and Response DTOs Instead of Arrays Everywhere

Maxim Mironjuk - March 29, 2026

Arrays as request and response data containers are the most common maintenance problem in Symfony REST APIs: no type safety, no autocompletion, no documentation generated from the code. PHP 8.4 readonly properties, the Symfony Serializer and the Symfony Validator turn DTOs into a clear upgrade, with less code, more safety and better IDE support.

Symfony REST-API

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Structuring OpenAPI YAML: components, Reuse, Naming and Versioning

Maxim Mironjuk - March 26, 2026

An unstructured OpenAPI specification turns into a maintenance burden the moment more than three developers work on it. With components/schemas, consistent $ref references and a clear versioning strategy, the API description stays the single source of truth for documentation, code generation and contract tests.

REST-API Security/OWASP

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OpenAPI and Security Audits: What Auditors Really Want to See

Maxim Mironjuk - March 25, 2026

Security auditors open an OpenAPI document with a clear checklist in mind: are all endpoints authenticated? Are error responses fully documented? Is input validated? Whoever understands this perspective builds API documentation that speeds up audits, reduces findings, and builds trust.

Symfony REST-API Security/OWASP

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REST API Security Review: Auth, Rate Limiting, Input Validation, SSRF and Mass Assignment

Maxim Mironjuk - March 19, 2026

Insecure REST APIs are not a rare occurrence. They do not arise from bad intentions but from missing security layers in a growing codebase. Authentication gaps, missing rate limiting, unvalidated input, SSRF vectors and mass assignment weaknesses are the most common findings in API security reviews, and they can be closed systematically with clear patterns.

REST-API Testing/E2E

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OpenAPI Generator in CI: Generating Client SDKs and Stubs Automatically

Maxim Mironjuk - March 03, 2026

Manually generating client SDKs from an OpenAPI spec is error-prone and blocks releases. Running openapi-generator inside a CI/CD pipeline generates, validates and publishes SDKs automatically on every spec change, with Spectral linting, breaking change detection and contract tests acting as gates.

REST-API

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Describing File Uploads and Downloads Cleanly in OpenAPI

Maxim Mironjuk - February 26, 2026

OpenAPI specifications for file operations frequently contain errors: misused format values, missing encoding objects and undocumented response headers for downloads. This article shows how to model uploads and downloads precisely in OpenAPI 3.1, so that client generators produce correct code and integrators encounter no surprises.

Symfony REST-API

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Swagger UI, Redoc, Scalar and Stoplight Compared

Maxim Mironjuk - February 21, 2026

Choosing the right documentation UI for a REST API is not a minor decision. It affects how quickly external developers get up to speed on the API, whether consumer teams can try out endpoints directly, and how much effort integrating it into the CI pipeline costs. Swagger UI, Redoc, Scalar and Stoplight Elements each bring different strengths and philosophies to the table.

REST-API Testing/E2E

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Using OpenAPI and Postman Together Without Duplicate Maintenance

Maxim Mironjuk - February 16, 2026

Anyone who maintains Postman collections by hand while also managing an OpenAPI specification doubles the effort on every API change. With the right import workflow, automatic synchronization and Newman CLI, the OpenAPI specification becomes the single source, for documentation, testing and CI integration.