API Style Guides

Microsoft REST API Guidelines

Microsoft's organization-wide REST API design guidelines, originally published in 2016 and now maintained as separate Azure and Microsoft Graph guideline documents under the umbrella Guidelines.md. Licensed CC BY 4.0 to encourage adoption beyond Microsoft.

GitHub

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines

Other Resources

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StyleGuide
https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md
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AzureStyleGuide
https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/azure/Guidelines.md
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GraphStyleGuide
https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/graph/GuidelinesGraph.md
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License
https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/license.txt
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Scope

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: style-guides:microsoft
name: Microsoft REST API Guidelines
description: Microsoft's organization-wide REST API design guidelines, originally published in 2016 and
  now maintained as separate Azure and Microsoft Graph guideline documents under the umbrella Guidelines.md.
  Licensed CC BY 4.0 to encourage adoption beyond Microsoft.
humanURL: https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines
baseURL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/vNext/
tags:
- REST
- Microsoft
- Azure
- Microsoft Graph
- OData
properties:
- type: StyleGuide
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md
- type: AzureStyleGuide
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/azure/Guidelines.md
- type: GraphStyleGuide
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/graph/GuidelinesGraph.md
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/license.txt
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines
- type: Scope
  data:
    surfaces:
    - REST
    publisher: Microsoft
    license: CC BY 4.0
    status: living