# Summary

There you have it, the 8 step recipe for creating any API endpoint. Follow this design document and you will be prepared to take on building any RESTful API endpoint. We will be using it for rest of the upcoming chapters in *Part 3: The Code,* so make sure to go back and review this chapter if you need to.


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