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API Integration Best Practices

Follow these guidelines to build robust, efficient integrations with the OathNet API.

1. Authentication

Store Keys Securely

Never hardcode API keys. Use environment variables or secret managers:
Rotate API keys periodically:
Create distinct keys for dev, staging, and production:

2. Request Optimization

Use Search Sessions

Always initialize a session for related queries:
Use field selection to reduce response size:
Cache responses to avoid redundant requests:

3. Error Handling

Handle All Error Types

4. Rate Limit Management

Monitor Quota Usage

5. Data Handling

Handle Large Result Sets

Stream results instead of loading all into memory:

6. Security

Sanitize User Input

7. Monitoring

Track API Metrics

Quick Reference

Next Steps

API Reference

Explore all available endpoints

SDKs

Use official client libraries