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Design a clean, well-documented REST API for any application.
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Design a RESTful API for a [application type: e-commerce/social network/SaaS/etc.] application. Tech stack: [backend language/framework]. Design the following: resource naming conventions, URL structure for [main entities], HTTP methods for each endpoint, request/response payload examples (JSON), authentication mechanism (JWT/OAuth), error response format, pagination strategy, rate limiting headers, and versioning approach. Include an OpenAPI 3.0 snippet for the [main endpoint].
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