API Guidance

The Government of Canada’s Standards on APIs govern how APIs are to be developed in order to build connected digital services. The following guidance documents provide advice on developing, publishing and managing APIs consistent with these Standards and international best practices.

• Guidance for Application Programming Interface (API) Gateways
• Guidance on Developing APIs Supporting Voice Assistance Applications
• Guidance for Asynchronous Messaging
• Contract First API Development Primer
• API Scoping and Design Primer
• API Security Best Practices Primer