Requirements of the Twitter API
Learn the functional and non-functional requirements for Twitter's API service.
Introduction to the Twitter API
Twitter is a social media platform where millions of users share their
Designing an API for a platform like Twitter requires an in-depth understanding of the back-end system. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the workflow of the Twitter system and then move on to designing an API for it.
Let's establish the expectations from our API by defining some requirements.
Requirements
This section discusses the functional and non-functional requirements that the Twitter API needs to fulfill. ...