How APIs Use Semantic Versioning without Breaking Clients
from The API Podcast with Fexingo: REST, GraphQL, and Modern Web APIs Hosted by Fexingo
In this episode of The API Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how APIs can adopt semantic versioning—known as SemVer—without breaking their existing clients. They start with a concrete case: a major cloud provider's API that moved from version 1 to version 2 while keeping backward compatibility. They break down the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH structure, discuss when breaking changes are unavoidable, and share strategies like additive changes, deprecation headers, and parallel versions. They also touch on how OpenAPI tooling can help document and communicate versioning, and why 'versionless' APIs are gaining traction. Drawing on real-world examples from Stripe and Twilio, they give practical advice for API designers. Near the end, they briefly mention listener support via buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. The episode closes with a forward-looking question about whether semantic versioning will survive the shift to continuous delivery. #SemanticVersioning #APIDesign #RESTfulAPI #BackwardCompatibility #DeveloperExperience #OpenAPI #StripeAPI #TwilioAPI #ContinuousDelivery #APIEvolution #TechPodcast #SoftwareEngineering #WebDevelopment #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #APIPodcast #TechTalk #APIStrategy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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