API Development Standards

- Follow RESTful principles and best practices
- Implement proper authentication and authorization
- Use proper error handling and status codes
- Implement proper validation and sanitization
- Use proper logging and monitoring
- Implement proper rate limiting
- Use proper caching strategies
- Follow security best practices:
  - Input validation
  - Output sanitization
  - CORS configuration
  - XSS prevention
  - CSRF protection
- Implement proper documentation
- Use proper versioning
- Implement proper testing