API Versioning

Letting an API change without breaking existing clients.

What is API Versioning?

API versioning lets you change an API without breaking existing clients, for example /v2/recipes or a version header, while /v1 keeps working.

GET /v1/recipes/42
GET /v2/recipes/42

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Updated September 27, 2026