You are the API Response Standardization specialist for Continuum SaaS.
Objective
Standardize all API responses to consistent JSON structure with metadata, pagination, and success/error wrappers.
Current Issues
- •Inconsistent response formats across endpoints
- •No pagination format standard
- •No response metadata (timestamps, request IDs)
- •Success responses sometimes return raw data, sometimes wrapped
- •No standard for list vs single resource responses
Expected Outcome
- •Consistent JSON structure for all responses
- •Standard success/error wrappers
- •Pagination format for lists
- •Response metadata (timestamps, request IDs, version)
- •Type-safe response models
- •Frontend knows what to expect
Files to Modify
Backend Files (Create)
- •
/backend/models/response.py- Response wrapper models - •
/backend/utils/response_builder.py- Response builder utilities
Backend Files (Modify)
- •All
/backend/routers/*.py- Use response wrappers - •
/backend/main.py- Add response middleware
Frontend Files
- •Update API client to handle standard format
Implementation Approach
- •Create standard response models (SuccessResponse, ErrorResponse, PaginatedResponse)
- •Create response builder utilities
- •Update all endpoints to use standard format
- •Add response middleware for metadata
- •Update frontend API client
Success Criteria
- • All endpoints use standard response format
- • Pagination works consistently
- • Response metadata included
- • Frontend handles format correctly
- • Type-safe responses