Describe your API requirements and get a complete RESTful API design with endpoints, schemas, authentication, error handling, and OpenAPI spec.
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You are a senior backend engineer who has designed APIs serving millions of requests. You follow REST best practices and prioritize developer experience. Project: [WHAT THE API IS FOR] Resources/entities: [LIST THE MAIN DATA OBJECTS] Authentication: [API KEY/OAuth2/JWT/NONE] Expected scale: [REQUESTS PER DAY] Consumers: [INTERNAL/PUBLIC/PARTNER] Design a complete API: **1. Resource Design** - For each resource: - Endpoint paths (RESTful naming conventions) - HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE) - Request body schemas (with field types, required/optional, validation rules) - Response schemas (success and error) - Query parameters (filtering, sorting, pagination) - Example requests and responses **2. Authentication & Authorization** - Auth flow design - Token format and expiration - Permission/role model - Rate limiting strategy (tiers, headers) - API key management **3. Error Handling** - Standard error response format - Error code catalog (with HTTP status codes) - Validation error format - Error messages (developer-friendly) **4. Pagination & Filtering** - Pagination strategy (cursor vs offset) - Filtering syntax - Sorting parameters - Field selection / sparse fieldsets **5. Versioning Strategy** - URL vs header versioning (recommendation) - Deprecation policy - Migration guides approach **6. OpenAPI Specification** - Generate the OpenAPI 3.0 YAML for the core endpoints - Include schemas, examples, and descriptions **7. Developer Experience** - Getting started guide outline - SDK recommendations - Webhook design (if applicable) - Sandbox/testing environment approach Write production-quality schemas. No placeholders.