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Asked: 2016-09-17 04:35:24 +0800 CST

Should I use api.mydomain.com or mydomain.com/api/ for my API?

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Im developing a web-based application, using Angular2 as front-end and Django 1.10 as back-end, and Nginx as web-servers interface.

Should Angular2 access the Django API through api.mydomain.com or mydomain.com/api/?

I have seen examples of both, and I want to know the pros and cons.

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  1. I generally prefer using api.example.com instead of a URL path. Doing this allows you to de-couple your web application infrastructure from your API infrastructure. Perhaps they're running on the same server now, but by using a sub-domain, you can easily separate them in the future without requiring major code changes.

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