reference-documents

Helpful links for how to do stuff

Basic Design Guide For RESTful APIs

Covers basic naming convensions (and anti-patterns) and the use of each of the HTTP verbs https://www.restapitutorial.com/

Design patterns on uploading a file

Whilst it is always possible to use a multipart/form-data this comes with a host of problems with scalability. But is there another way? Why yes there are: https://phil.tech/api/2016/01/04/http-rest-api-file-uploads/

Things I cannot remember how to do off the top of my head

Setting up a SSH tunnel

https://blog.trackets.com/2014/05/17/ssh-tunnel-local-and-remote-port-forwarding-explained-with-examples.html

Using NetCat for various tunnels

https://www.sans.org/security-resources/sec560/netcat_cheat_sheet_v1.pdf