API Development Projects | Endpoint Lifecycle

API development requires endpoint tracking, versioning, and documentation. GitScrum tracks the full lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, documentation, and release coordination.

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How to manage API development projects?

Manage API development by creating tasks for each endpoint group, using labels for API version and status, and documenting specifications in NoteVault. Track the full lifecycle: design → implementation → testing → documentation → release. Coordinate with consumer teams using dependency labels and maintain changelog notes for each API version.

API development board columns

Column	Purpose	WIP Limit
Backlog	API requirements	None
Design	Spec/contract creation	5
Implementation	Backend coding	3
Testing	Integration tests	3
Documentation	OpenAPI docs	3
Review	Consumer feedback	3
Released	Live in production	None

API task workflow:

Create endpoint task - "GET /users/{id} endpoint"

Add to Design column - Write spec first

Document in NoteVault - Request/response shapes

Label with version - api:v2

Move to Implementation - Build to spec

Add tests - Unit and integration

Write docs - OpenAPI specification

Consumer review - Get feedback from frontend

Release - Deploy and announce

Labels for API projects

Label	Purpose
api:v1	Version 1 API work
api:v2	Version 2 API work
api:breaking	Breaking change warning
api:deprecated	Deprecation work
endpoint:users	Users resource
endpoint:orders	Orders resource
type:new-endpoint	New functionality
type:enhancement	Existing endpoint improvement

API documentation in NoteVault

# API v2 Specification

## Users Endpoints

### GET /api/v2/users/{id}

Request:
- Path: id (required, string)
- Headers: Authorization: Bearer {token}

Response 200:

json { "id": "user_123", "email": "user@example.com", "name": "User Name", "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z" }


Response 404:

json { "error": "USER_NOT_FOUND", "message": "User does not exist" }


## Changelog

### v2.1.0 (2025-01-27)
- Added: GET /users/{id}/preferences
- Changed: User response includes created_at
- Deprecated: v1 endpoints (sunset 2025-06-01)

API project task structure

Task Type	Example
Endpoint group	"User management endpoints"
Single endpoint	"POST /users registration"
Enhancement	"Add pagination to GET /users"
Bug fix	"Fix 500 error on invalid input"
Documentation	"Update OpenAPI spec for v2"
Deprecation	"Deprecate v1 user endpoints"