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# 6 Guidelines for Building and Using APIs

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Description: Download the APIContext infographic on 6 guidelines for building and using APIs\. Practical principles for teams designing and consuming APIs at scale\.

## Summary
6 Guidelines For Building And Using APIs\. Good API design and usage practices compound over time\. This infographic distils six core guidelines that help teams build APIs that are reliable, discoverable, and easy to consume\.

## Page sections

### 6 Guidelines For Building And Using APIs
Good API design and usage practices compound over time\. This infographic distils six core guidelines that help teams build APIs that are reliable, discoverable, and easy to consume\. Download the PDF or view the infographic below\.

## Key facts
- Good API design and usage practices compound over time\. This infographic distils six core guidelines that help teams build APIs that are reliable, discoverable, and easy to consume\.
- Download the PDF or view the infographic below\.

## Primary entities
- APIContext
- Infographic
- 6 Guidelines For Building And Using APIs
- API monitoring
- API best practices

## Audience
- API teams
- technology leaders
- SRE teams

## Primary links
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