API Error Codes: A Test Suite Pattern I Stole from Stripe

1. 1Read Stripe's API reference to understand their error code enumeration pattern
2. 2Identify and enumerate possible error codes for your own API endpoints
3. 3Build a test suite to validate error code handling for each endpoint
4. 4Configure error code responses for each endpoint using the test suite pattern
5. 5Test and validate error code handling using the test suite
6. 6Apply the test suite pattern to all API endpoints to ensure consistency and reliability

Software engineers and developers on a team can benefit from this pattern to ensure robust error handling, while product managers can use it to improve overall API quality and user experience

💡 Enumerating and testing API error codes can significantly improve error handling and reliability, leading to better user experiences and reduced support requests

🚀 Improve API reliability with a test suite pattern inspired by @Stripe! 💡