If I had to design an API,

I'd consider these 12 techniques:

1 Clear Resource Names

2 Standard Methods

3 Idempotency

4 API Versioning

5 Correct Status Codes

6 Pagination

7 Filtering & Sorting

8 Security

9 Rate Limiting

10 Caching

11 API Docs

12 Pragmatic

What else should make this list?