API & Security

The defense-in-depth mental model behind Rust API security - authentication, authorization, secrets, and cryptography as independent layers that each fail on their own.

Learn API design principles for Rust services, covering resource URLs, HTTP status codes, error handling, and API versioning with examples.

Learn to implement GraphQL in Rust using async-graphql and Axum, covering schemas, resolvers, and DataLoader for efficient data fetching.

Issue and validate JWT access tokens for stateless API authentication and microservice identity propagation. Integrate OAuth2 for delegated login.

Implement Rust security best practices for HTTP APIs. Learn to secure authentication, validate input, manage secrets, and handle dependencies effectively.