aid: restful-microservices
name: RESTful Microservices
description: >-
  An architectural style that structures an application as a collection of
  loosely coupled, independently deployable services that communicate via REST
  APIs using HTTP methods and standard web protocols. This collection covers
  RESTful microservices patterns, tools, service mesh technologies, API
  gateways, observability, and the ecosystem of frameworks and platforms for
  building, deploying, and scaling microservice architectures.
type: Index
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/restful-microservices/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Architecture
  - Distributed Systems
  - Microservices
  - REST
  - Kubernetes
  - Service Mesh
  - Cloud Native
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
artifacts:
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/restful-microservices/refs/heads/main/json-schema/restful-microservices-service-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/restful-microservices/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/restful-microservices-vocabulary.yml
common:
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/restful-microservices-domain-security.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://microservices.io/
  - type: 12 Factor App
    url: https://12factor.net/
  - type: CNCF Cloud Native Landscape
    url: https://landscape.cncf.io/
  - type: Kubernetes Documentation
    url: https://kubernetes.io/docs/
  - type: Istio Service Mesh
    url: https://istio.io/
  - type: Kong API Gateway
    url: https://konghq.com/
  - type: OpenTelemetry
    url: https://opentelemetry.io/
  - type: Prometheus Monitoring
    url: https://prometheus.io/
  - type: gRPC Framework
    url: https://grpc.io/
  - type: Spring Cloud
    url: https://spring.io/cloud
  - type: Open Liberty RESTful Microservices
    url: https://openliberty.io/docs/latest/rest-microservices.html
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com