Imagine a scenario where an API needs to provide data to a mobile app, web application, and third-party integrators. How might versioning be managed to ensure backward compatibility while allowing for enhancements and changes?
- Use strict versioning, with separate endpoints for each version
- Utilize content negotiation with Accept headers
- Implement a single version with optional features
- Avoid versioning altogether
Using strict versioning with separate endpoints for each API version ensures backward compatibility while allowing for enhancements and changes. Clients can specify the desired version in their requests, and new versions can be added without affecting existing clients.
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