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Excalidraw Data
Text Elements
Layer
Examples
Example: weather API
API Description
OpenAPI · AsyncAPI · Protobuf (.proto) · GraphQL SDL
Weather API: OpenAPI 3.1 document
Architectural Style
REST · RPC · GraphQL · Event-driven
REST (resources, uniform interface)
Data Format
JSON · XML · Protobuf · CSV
JSON
Application Protocol
HTTP/1.1 · HTTP/2 · HTTP/3 · WebSocket · MQTT · AMQP
HTTP/1.1
Transport
TCP · UDP · QUIC
TCP
design decisions = conventions
protocols = strict specs (RFCs)
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