---
id: wiki-2026-0508-public-apis
title: Public APIs
category: 10_Wiki/Topics
status: verified
canonical_id: self
aliases: [Public API, External API, Open API, Developer API]
duplicate_of: none
source_trust_level: A
confidence_score: 0.9
verification_status: applied
tags: [backend, api, rest, graphql, design]
raw_sources: []
last_reinforced: 2026-05-10
github_commit: pending
tech_stack:
  language: typescript
  framework: hono
---

# Public APIs

## 매 한 줄
> **"매 API 매 product"**. Public API 매 외부 developer-facing — versioning · auth · rate-limit · docs · SLA 매 first-class. 2026 stack: REST + OpenAPI 3.1, GraphQL Federation v2, gRPC for 내부, MCP for AI agents — Stripe · GitHub · Twilio 매 reference.

## 매 핵심

### 매 Design pillars
- **Versioning**: URL(`/v1`) · header(`API-Version: 2026-05-01`, Stripe). 매 deprecation policy.
- **Auth**: OAuth2 · API key · JWT · mTLS. Per-key scopes.
- **Rate limit**: token bucket per key/IP. `Retry-After` · `X-RateLimit-*` headers.
- **Pagination**: cursor (preferred) > offset. 매 stable · efficient.
- **Errors**: RFC 7807 Problem Details. 매 stable error codes.
- **Idempotency**: `Idempotency-Key` header (Stripe pattern).
- **Docs**: OpenAPI 3.1 + interactive (Scalar / Redocly).

### 매 Protocol selection
- **REST + JSON**: 매 default · widest compat.
- **GraphQL**: 매 client-shaped queries · over-fetch 의 X.
- **gRPC**: 매 internal · low-latency · binary.
- **MCP**: 매 LLM agent tool exposure (2025+).
- **Webhooks**: server-push · async events.

### 매 응용
1. SaaS public API (Stripe, GitHub, Twilio).
2. Platform / marketplace.
3. Mobile/web client backend.
4. Partner integration.

## 💻 패턴

### REST endpoint with OpenAPI (Hono + Zod)
```typescript
import { Hono } from 'hono';
import { z } from 'zod';
import { describeRoute } from 'hono-openapi/zod';

const app = new Hono();

const Order = z.object({
  id: z.string().uuid(),
  amount_cents: z.number().int().nonnegative(),
  currency: z.enum(['USD','EUR','KRW']),
});

app.get('/v1/orders/:id',
  describeRoute({
    summary: 'Get order',
    responses: { 200: { content: { 'application/json': { schema: Order } } } },
  }),
  async (c) => {
    const o = await db.orders.find(c.req.param('id'));
    if (!o) return c.json({ type:'/errors/not-found', title:'Order not found' }, 404);
    return c.json(o);
  });
```

### Cursor pagination
```typescript
// GET /v1/orders?limit=50&cursor=opaque
app.get('/v1/orders', async (c) => {
  const limit = Math.min(Number(c.req.query('limit') ?? 50), 100);
  const cursor = c.req.query('cursor');
  const after = cursor ? decode(cursor) : null;       // {id, created_at}
  const rows = await db.orders.list({ after, limit: limit + 1 });
  const hasMore = rows.length > limit;
  const page = rows.slice(0, limit);
  return c.json({
    data: page,
    next_cursor: hasMore ? encode(page[page.length-1]) : null,
  });
});
```

### Rate limit (Cloudflare/Redis token bucket)
```typescript
async function rateLimit(key: string, capacity = 100, refillPerSec = 10) {
  const now = Date.now()/1000;
  const lua = `
    local b = redis.call('HMGET', KEYS[1], 'tokens','ts')
    local tokens = tonumber(b[1]) or tonumber(ARGV[1])
    local ts = tonumber(b[2]) or tonumber(ARGV[3])
    local refill = (tonumber(ARGV[3]) - ts) * tonumber(ARGV[2])
    tokens = math.min(tonumber(ARGV[1]), tokens + refill)
    if tokens < 1 then return 0 end
    redis.call('HMSET', KEYS[1], 'tokens', tokens-1, 'ts', ARGV[3])
    return 1
  `;
  return redis.eval(lua, 1, key, capacity, refillPerSec, now);
}
```

### Idempotency-Key (Stripe pattern)
```typescript
app.post('/v1/payments', async (c) => {
  const idem = c.req.header('Idempotency-Key');
  if (!idem) return c.json({ error: 'idempotency_key_required' }, 400);
  const cached = await idemStore.get(idem);
  if (cached) return c.json(cached.body, cached.status);
  const result = await chargeCard(await c.req.json());
  await idemStore.put(idem, { status: 200, body: result }, { ttl: 86400 });
  return c.json(result);
});
```

### Webhook with HMAC sig (verified)
```typescript
import crypto from 'node:crypto';
function verify(payload: string, sig: string, secret: string) {
  const expected = crypto.createHmac('sha256', secret).update(payload).digest('hex');
  return crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(sig), Buffer.from(expected));
}
```

### Versioning by header (Stripe-style)
```typescript
app.use('*', async (c, next) => {
  const v = c.req.header('Stripe-Version') ?? '2026-05-01';
  c.set('apiVersion', v);
  await next();
});
// 매 handler 매 version-aware shape transform.
```

### Problem Details error (RFC 7807)
```typescript
function problem(status: number, type: string, title: string, detail?: string) {
  return new Response(
    JSON.stringify({ type, title, status, detail }),
    { status, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/problem+json' } }
  );
}
```

### MCP server (AI agent tool)
```typescript
// 매 Public API 매 LLM-callable
import { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server';
const server = new McpServer({ name: 'orders-api', version: '1.0.0' });
server.tool('get_order', { id: z.string() }, async ({ id }) => {
  const o = await fetch(`https://api.acme.com/v1/orders/${id}`).then(r => r.json());
  return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(o) }] };
});
```

## 매 결정 기준
| 요건 | Choice |
|---|---|
| External developer-facing | REST + OpenAPI 3.1 |
| Client-shaped queries | GraphQL |
| Internal RPC | gRPC |
| AI agent tool | MCP |
| Async event push | Webhooks |
| File upload large | Resumable (tus) |
| Real-time | SSE / WebSockets |

**기본값**: REST + OpenAPI + Idempotency-Key + cursor pagination.

## 🔗 Graph
- 부모: [[Backend Architecture]] · [[API Design]]
- 변형: [[REST]] · [[gRPC]] · [[MCP]]
- 응용: [[OpenAPI - Swagger]]
- Adjacent: [[Webhooks and Notifications]] · [[Rate Limiting]]

## 🤖 LLM 활용
**언제**: OpenAPI spec generation, error-shape design, 매 SDK scaffolding.
**언제 X**: 매 production rate-limit policy 의 직접 결정 — 매 traffic data 의 review.

## ❌ 안티패턴
- **No versioning**: breaking change 매 직격탄.
- **Random error shapes**: client 매 parse 못 함 — RFC 7807 의 사용.
- **Offset pagination on huge tables**: 매 deep scan.
- **Sync auth check on hot path**: cache JWT verification.
- **No `Idempotency-Key`**: 매 retry 매 double charge.
- **Leaking internal IDs**: opaque · cursor · UUID 의 사용.

## 🧪 검증 / 중복
- Verified (Stripe API docs 2026; GitHub API docs; *API Design Patterns* JJ Geewax).
- 신뢰도 A.

## 🕓 Changelog
| 날짜 | 변경 |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Phase 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | Manual cleanup — full content (pillars + 8 patterns) |